Are you ready for the internet - TW 1994

[Jedi boro]

It’s often hard to see how far and how quickly technology around us has moved on in such a short time period.

But this clip from tomorrows world from1994 shows just that.

 

[Smogonsea]

We all thought 2023 would be flying cars and jet packs. But it’s still an amazing feat of technology that you can carry around all the worlds music, movies and information in your pocket.

 

[Boro_Interlinked]

they didn't predict cookies, pop-ups, buffering, constant browser upgrades, inappropriate ads, virtual queues to look at a pic of a footy shirt - albeit a very nice one from back in the day , password resets emails that take more than an hour to arrive and only valid for their first hour . They didn't mention all these my favourite internet things

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

We all thought 2023 would be flying cars and jet packs. But it’s still an amazing feat of technology that you can carry around all the worlds music, movies and information in your pocket.

I never cease to be amazed what a mobile 'phone' can do.
Beyond my wildest childhood dreams.

 

[NYboro]

Back then, at the major oil company I was working for, we conducted an experiment to see if one T1 line (1.5 Mbps) in California would be enough for the whole company to access the internet......

 

[coluka]

It’ll never take off

 

[afcb_acklam]

it WILL end in tears

 

[Brian Marwood]

You never see jizz mags on school fields since this internet lark.

 

[Bernies_quiff]

You never see jizz mags on school fields since this internet lark.

Or the great find of the ‘porn bush’

My boss, at the time, said to me “I’ll eat my hat if this internet takes off”

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

Or the great find of the ‘porn bush’

My boss, at the time, said to me “I’ll eat my hat if this internet takes off”

And yet while NME, melody maker, Loaded, FHM and countless other titles have all gone online only or ceased to exist, you can still buy men only, mayfair, escort etc.

 

[Glover_elbow]

Who says information super highway these days

 

[ThePrisoner]

The internet is a series of tubes. It's all explained here.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Little did we know then, just how much time would be wasted on football message boards.

 

[BoroBosco]

Little did we know then, just how much time would be wasted on football message boards.

I used to spend a fair bit of time reading all the messages from Tim' Lloyd's mailing list