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Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:53 pm
by Typhoon
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Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:47 pm
by Hoosiernorm
Man I miss when the future was great. Now the future is all about global warming and plagues and asteroids and zombies.
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:56 pm
by Hoosiernorm
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Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2013 2:05 am
by Typhoon
Hoosiernorm wrote:Man I miss when the future was great. Now the future is all about global warming and plagues and asteroids and zombies.
+1
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:03 am
by Miss_Faucie_Fishtits
on the other hand...... we'll look great in skintight latex suits.....'>........
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:08 am
by noddy
Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:on the other hand...... we'll look great in skintight latex suits.....'>........
some of we will..
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 5:06 pm
by Typhoon
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:48 pm
by Hoosiernorm
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Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:10 pm
by Enki
Hoosiernorm wrote:Man I miss when the future was great. Now the future is all about global warming and plagues and asteroids and zombies.
That's because we've already achieved a whole lot of the halcyon cool stuff.
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:12 pm
by Enki
Hoosiernorm wrote:V6DSu3IfRlo
This is one of the few predictions of the future that was actually not optimistic enough. Little did he know that by 1995 the home office would be orders of magnitude more advanced than that.
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:00 pm
by Typhoon
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:01 pm
by Nonc Hilaire
Typhoon wrote:
Business opportunity concept here. Teach a Roomba to analyze crumbs, send the results to NSA/Google and watch your adservs targeting change.
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 2:35 am
by noddy
having cats and dogs in the house - i always think of this when i see a roomba
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/82784667/
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 10:13 pm
by Nonc Hilaire
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:00 pm
by Typhoon
To translate the obvious:
母親 [hahaoya] -> parent
ロボット [robotto] -> robot
This image of the future past is ripe with irony.
Aside from industrial automation, the major drive for [humanoid] robot development in Japan has been to assist the aging elderly population rather than to take care of the young.
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 5:18 am
by Miss_Faucie_Fishtits
We have so many aspiring weeaboo here that want to put their
language skills and cultural affiliation to good use. Give them a chance to work in nursing homes for the elderly, who may otherwise have to have android companions to contend with. Who knows, a real human being may be worth it for some...'>>......
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 5:34 am
by Typhoon
Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:We have so many aspiring weeaboo here that want to put their
language skills and cultural affiliation to good use. Give them a chance to work in nursing homes for the elderly, who may otherwise have to have android companions to contend with. Who knows, a real human being may be worth it for some...'>>......
What the origin of the word "weeaboo"? I don't think it's from Japanese.
There are nurses from overseas, but the language exam is challenging
I doubt that many anime/manga fans could pass it.
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2013 5:55 am
by Miss_Faucie_Fishtits
it's a
mutililisation of a mongrel term.........
Anyway.... on some other boards I frequent, they are rather insistent in feeling that the country of their obsessions needs help with their popular culture somehow, or as native english teachers. You don't want then for their english language skills, either. I think they would be more useful in changing bedpans or transitioning people from bed to wheel chair. If anything. If they can handle it...'>......
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 5:31 am
by Typhoon
Ah. Thanks for the info. Interesting.
Miss_Faucie_Fishtits wrote:iAnyway.... on some other boards I frequent, they are rather insistent in feeling that the country of their obsessions needs help with their popular culture somehow, or as native english teachers. You don't want then for their english language skills, either. I think they would be more useful in changing bedpans or transitioning people from bed to wheel chair. If anything. If they can handle it...'>......
There is a general [mistaken] belief in Japan that English is hard/very difficult/impossible for Japanese to learn.
This is due, in part, to the the very poor manner in which English is taught in high school: grammar rules by Japanese teachers who often don't speak English.
Changing bedpans and dealing with the infirm elderly is not for the faint of heart.
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 4:15 pm
by Typhoon
Typhoon wrote:
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Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 4:18 pm
by Typhoon
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 9:11 pm
by Enki
The desire for the urban Utopia has been replaced by pastoralism? Demographic trends would argue with his points pretty hard. New York City has been trying very hard to become what those pictures show.
Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:18 am
by Heracleum Persicum
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Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 12:20 pm
by Hoosiernorm
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Re: Futurism of the Past
Posted: Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:39 am
by Nonc Hilaire