[Edu-sig] RAND corporation 1954

[Kirby Urner]

Hah -- even better.  I always wanted my own personal nuclear sub.

I'll be sure to update my students.

Kirby


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This does not invalidate Kirby's point, but for sake of veracity a colleague
informed me that this photo is a hoax... 
*Online research can be easy, but beware of hoaxes* (!)
"A hoax revealed: The e-mailed photograph, at left, was touted to be a 1954
projection of what a home computer would look like in 2004. The doctored
image was actually altered from a photo, at right, of a 2000 Smithsonian
Institution exhibit "Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War."
The Smithsonian photo depicted a full-scale mock-up of a typical
nuclear-powered submarine's control room."  
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20041206/1019371.asp


At 18:21 09/01/2005, Kirby Urner wrote:

When they walk in, sometimes with a parent (parents don't get to stay
though), they see a projected picture of a personal computer of 2004 -- as
envisioned by some guy at the RAND corporation in 1954.  

Here's the picture (from Popular Mechanics):
http://www.4dsolutions.net/satacad/background/pc2004.jpg

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