Comments on: Wonderful scans from a 1962 book of tech predictions for1975 http://boingboing.net/2010/10/16/wonderful-scans-from.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 13:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: turn_self_off http://boingboing.net/2010/10/16/wonderful-scans-from.html#comment-912899 turn_self_off Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-912899 Ah, atomics radiated food storage. Every up to date home must have one. And look, grayscale bacon in a easy to use package. Ready to be heated in the toaster. Hmm, one of those tv sets looks like a laptop without a keyboard. I wonder what it will take to get this kind of hope for the future back into gear. Most likely some way to get around the second law of thermodynamics... Ah, atomics radiated food storage. Every up to date home must have one.

And look, grayscale bacon in a easy to use package. Ready to be heated in the toaster.

Hmm, one of those tv sets looks like a laptop without a keyboard.

I wonder what it will take to get this kind of hope for the future back into gear. Most likely some way to get around the second law of thermodynamics…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/10/16/wonderful-scans-from.html#comment-912906 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-912906 Curses upon the time traveler who sent us into this alternate future! Where is my bacon-in-a-toaster?!? Curses upon the time traveler who sent us into this alternate future! Where is my bacon-in-a-toaster?!?

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2010/10/16/wonderful-scans-from.html#comment-913164 querent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-913164 Meat Puppets! Meat Puppets!

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2010/10/16/wonderful-scans-from.html#comment-912937 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-912937 Interesting stuff, but as optimistic about futuristic items Barach may have been, I'm sure he didn't count on people like my mom. Her decorating sensibilities wouldn't allow anything odd-shaped or overtly metal/fiberglass in her home. Even the two Futuristic brand cylindrical floor speakers we had back then were encased in wood. (Side note: Can we do something about womikii? He/she isn't adding any useful discourse to the forum discussions.) Interesting stuff, but as optimistic about futuristic items Barach may have been, I’m sure he didn’t count on people like my mom.
Her decorating sensibilities wouldn’t allow anything odd-shaped or overtly metal/fiberglass in her home. Even the two Futuristic brand cylindrical floor speakers we had back then were encased in wood.

(Side note: Can we do something about womikii? He/she isn’t adding any useful discourse to the forum discussions.)

]]> By: Lady Katey http://boingboing.net/2010/10/16/wonderful-scans-from.html#comment-912946 Lady Katey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-912946 Bacon-in-a-toaster folks: I think a recent issue of Everday Food included a bunch of suggestions for non-bread items to cook or reheat with your toaster. I don't think bacon made the list, but butterflied sausages did. Bacon-in-a-toaster folks: I think a recent issue of Everday Food included a bunch of suggestions for non-bread items to cook or reheat with your toaster. I don’t think bacon made the list, but butterflied sausages did.

]]> By: catastrophegirl http://boingboing.net/2010/10/16/wonderful-scans-from.html#comment-912955 catastrophegirl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-912955 the bacon in the toaster entry did specify pre-fried bacon being reheated. you can buy precooked bacon, i know hormel makes it and probably some other companies that i just haven't seen. with one of these toaster bags to crisp it up, you could have toaster bacon http://www.amazon.com/Set-NoStick-Toast-Toaster-Bags/dp/B0012XGM92 we got our international satellite tv, video surveillance at the front door [if you want/can afford it,] pacemakers, computer education/classes and video sales presentations. i'm still waiting for safe, affordable, easy to use flying cars though the bacon in the toaster entry did specify pre-fried bacon being reheated. you can buy precooked bacon, i know hormel makes it and probably some other companies that i just haven’t seen.
with one of these toaster bags to crisp it up, you could have toaster bacon
http://www.amazon.com/Set-NoStick-Toast-Toaster-Bags/dp/B0012XGM92

we got our international satellite tv, video surveillance at the front door [if you want/can afford it,] pacemakers, computer education/classes and video sales presentations.
i’m still waiting for safe, affordable, easy to use flying cars though

]]> By: cjp http://boingboing.net/2010/10/16/wonderful-scans-from.html#comment-913371 cjp Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-913371 Interesting. The woman at the typewriter is looking at an issue of Pravda. Doesn't she know that there is no 'truth' (or newspapers) in the future? Interesting. The woman at the typewriter is looking at an issue of Pravda. Doesn’t she know that there is no ‘truth’ (or newspapers) in the future?

]]> By: tuckels http://boingboing.net/2010/10/16/wonderful-scans-from.html#comment-912865 tuckels Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-912865 I thought I was pretty happy with my life, but on discovery that we were promised bacon toasters in 1975, I fear my life will never be complete. I thought I was pretty happy with my life, but on discovery that we were promised bacon toasters in 1975, I fear my life will never be complete.

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