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Jan
2009
if only we knew in 1981, what we know now.
categories: journalism
This video is HIL.ARIOUS! and a little sad. in a funny, depressing kind of way.
Circa’ 1981 news report: “Engineers now predict the day will come when we get all our newspapers and magazines by home computer. But that’s a few years off.”
AND
“It takes over two hours to receive the entire text of newspaper over the phone and with a $5 an hour use charge, the new tele-paper won’t be much competition for the 20-cent street edition.”
like i said. hilarious in a sad way.
h/t Journalism news.
Lyndon
January 30, 2009 at 10:10 am (13 years ago)Wow. If they only knew.
joshlos
January 31, 2009 at 1:31 pm (13 years ago)I have $10.
I’ll buy one.
Dijea
January 31, 2009 at 8:11 pm (13 years ago)Nice hair.
Casey
February 2, 2009 at 11:21 am (13 years ago)I love that when they flashed the guys name up, they thought it was significant enough to put the words below his name, “Owns a Home Computer”, it’s hard to imagine that back then it was a big freaking deal. I think in 1981 I thought my sit n’ spin was a big freaking deal….
SCVegan
February 2, 2009 at 7:40 pm (13 years ago)Oh man, social networking must have been a real bummer back then. I can just imagine owners of pet birds switching over to that fancy future newspaper only to realize they will have nothing to line their cages with.
Don’t judge me, I read the paper first.