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1 Prideful, Arrogant Marriage Equality Advocate  Sun, Feb 12, 2012 12:38:02pm

OMG! Free University? Do the wingnuts know their ancestors were really just a bunch of Commies? ///

2 FreedomMoon  Sun, Feb 12, 2012 12:54:52pm

For some reason this article is a huge hit with the Koreans. They're the only ones in the comment section. (of the article)

3 Vicious Babushka  Sun, Feb 12, 2012 1:06:14pm

They predicted the Internet:

"Man will see around the world. Persons and things of all kinds will be brought within focus of cameras connected electrically with screens at opposite ends of circuits, thousands of miles at a span. American audiences in their theatres will view upon huge curtains before them the coronations of kings in Europe or the progress of battles in the Orient. The instrument bringing these distant scenes to the very doors of people will be connected with a giant telephone apparatus transmitting each incidental sound in its appropriate place. Thus the guns of a distant battle will be heard to boom when seen to blaze, and thus the lips of a remote actor or singer will be heard to utter words or music when seen to move."

4 ReamWorks SKG  Sun, Feb 12, 2012 1:11:00pm

Pneumatic tubes make a lot of sense in cities. Maybe the folks at Google will take a look at them, once they perfect the self-driving car

5 Flavia  Sun, Feb 12, 2012 2:38:23pm

The accuracy is as breathtaking as the misses are amusing.

6 steve_davis  Sun, Feb 12, 2012 5:51:14pm

re: #5 Flavia

The accuracy is as breathtaking as the misses are amusing.

They missed the part where the cats have taken over the world and are using humanity as their wait staff....

7 Surabaya Stew  Sun, Feb 12, 2012 5:58:43pm

Highly amusing and thought provoking. One wonders how the predictions made in 2000 for the year 2100 will turn out....

8 Shiplord Kirel  Tue, Feb 14, 2012 8:48:57am

Really a very thoughtful and well-informed article for the time. The emphasis on communication, and the relative accuracy of the predictions, is in contrast to many predictions of the time. The assumption of social progress, and the general direction it would take, are also at odds with most contemporary predictions, many of which either ignored such considerations or assumed that Victorian social mores would last forever.


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