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Microsoft needs to get back to its roots; stealing developers who wrote robust and usable operating systems -- as they did for NT. Absolutely! Back to when devs ran the company, as opposed to legal and marketeers.
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TTFN - Kent
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as opposed to legal and marketeers.
Like the path Apple is currently trompling down.
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Definitely starting to look that way (e.g. them vs. Samsung)
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TTFN - Kent
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History shows that no matter who gets the nod, some of the commentariat will cry foul. Sometimes, the easiest predictions are the most accurate
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When New York City hosted The World’s Fair in 1964, Isaac Asimov, the prolific sci-fi author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, took the opportunity to wonder what the world would look like 50 years hence — assuming the world survived the nuclear threats of the Cold War. Thank goodness for those long- lived batteries running on radioisotopes
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Wow, Stunningly close.
I can't tell you how much my wife would like to be able to cycle through wall colors.
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Ron Anders wrote: Stunningly close
You've got to be kidding me!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Most of his predictions were absolutely wrong:
Kitchen units will be devised that will prepare ‘automeals,’
Wrong (Sorry, TV dinners don't count, they were available in 1964.)
heating water and converting it to coffee
Wrong (Alchemy? WTF?)
Breakfasts will be ‘ordered’ the night before to be ready by a specified hour the next morning.
Wrong
electroluminescent panels will be in common use.
Wrong
The appliances of 2014 will have no electric cords
Wrong (Note: some battery-powered appliances are available, but it's neither common nor reliable.)
long-lived batteries running on radioisotopes.
Wrong -- no such thing, and Thank GOD! WTF was he thinking? Why would anyone want radioactive batteries???
ground travel will increasingly take to the air a foot or two off the ground.
Wrong (Except in Star Wars!)
[V]ehicles with ‘Robot-brains’
Wrong (yeah, yeah, Google is working on it, but it's not here unless it's in my garage and your garage)
[W]all screens will have replaced the ordinary set;
Wrong (Sorry, LCD screens don't count until they're built-in to the home and cover the entire wall)
but transparent cubes will be making their appearance in which three-dimensional viewing will be possible.
Wrong (So-called, 3D LCD screens notwithstanding.)
And later he warns that if the population growth continues unchecked, “All earth will be a single choked Manhattan by A.D. 2450 and society will collapse long before that!”
No way to know now, but probably wrong as well.
“Ordinary agriculture will keep up with great difficulty
Wrong (Individual and coporate farms are doing quite well thank you very much.)
and there will be ‘farms’ turning to the more efficient micro-organisms.
Wrong (LMFAO!)
Processed yeast and algae products will be available in a variety of flavors.”
Wrong (Thank GOD! WHO TF wants to eat algae?!!!??)
The world of A.D. 2014 will have few routine jobs that cannot be done better by some machine
Wrong (Maybe in another 100 years... LMAO)
Mankind will therefore have become largely a race of machine tenders.
Wrong
Schools will have to be oriented in this direction….
Wrong
All the high-school students will be taught the fundamentals of computer technology
Wrong
will become proficient in binary arithmetic
Wrong
and will be trained to perfection in the use of the computer languages
Wrong
[M]ankind will suffer badly from the disease of boredom,
Wrong
psychiatry will be far and away the most important medical specialty in 2014.”
Wrong
[T]he most glorious single word in the vocabulary will have become work!”
Wrong
in our ”a society of enforced leisure.”
Wrong
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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LOL! You're just Wrong!. 
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Collin Jasnoch wrote: Have you been talking with my wife?
Didn't need to! It's all over the social web! Aren't you the famous last-to-know dude! 
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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LOL. Just trying to get and give a smile!! But you're probably write, I needs me some edmucashun.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Collin Jasnoch wrote: that
Or who can use proper grammar!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Quote: and there will be ‘farms’ turning to the more efficient micro-organisms.
Wrong (LMFAO!)
Today we would call this organic farming. Why do you think he is wrong?
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: organic farming.
No, he's not referring to "organic farming", he's referring to farming micro-organisms, such as algae...
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Interesting. Every couple of years it seems like you hear some story about how algae can be farmed for making gasoline or some other thing but as far as I know it hasn't happened yet.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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RyanDev wrote: farmed for making gasoline
Actually, I've read some interesting stuff about that recently. Very promising.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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These "Laws", developed over three decades, may highlight things you're doing wrong, or help you avoid the worst screw-ups. Violate them at your peril… Sadly, they don't include, "Computers may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm."
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"the idea of having everything in the cloud is, frankly, insane."
Word. You can't secure your data by giving it to someone else.
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In this article, I will list some topics related to java and Java Applets that will give strong points about their use with proper resources. Some other related content for Java Applets will also be discussed here. Yes
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