tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post5799701747069699081..comments2023-10-14T02:24:04.900-07:00Comments on This Day In Science Fiction: 24 April 2014Prof. Hubbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-45089473174890490632014-04-24T21:29:38.656-07:002014-04-24T21:29:38.656-07:00Hi, Abu. Nice to hear from you. I was pretty sure ...Hi, Abu. Nice to hear from you. I was pretty sure "atomic-powered missiles" would be <i>tres humoresque</i> to you most especially.<br />Prof. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-58078221485573602312014-04-24T21:28:04.208-07:002014-04-24T21:28:04.208-07:00This is awfully cute. I think it's a standalon...This is awfully cute. I think it's a standalone one shot Sunday just to smooth out the nuclear holocaust vibe.<br />Prof. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-32717144923264300412014-04-24T16:00:55.594-07:002014-04-24T16:00:55.594-07:00Speaking of LOL, Prof, give yourself points for th...Speaking of LOL, Prof, give yourself points for the funniest prediction you've passed along. On just reading de Forest's clause fragment, "Atomic-powered missiles will carry freight and mail...," my first thought was, "What could <i>possibly</i> go wrong with that?"<br /><br />Rocket-powered passenger flights look almost as ridiculous to us today, but the underlying prediction (at least according to 1950s sf writers) was that supersonic, long-distance flights -- say, from San Francisco to Moscow, or Chicago to Mumbai -- would be mostly suborbital. Suborbital passenger flights, conventional wisdom held, would require rockets instead of jets -- hence, rocket planes!<br /><br />The notion of suborbital flights never really went away, but these days, it's mainly the province of the Richard Bransons of the world.Abu Scooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12042644295020578484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-8607987958275435242014-04-24T13:06:55.267-07:002014-04-24T13:06:55.267-07:00As the young people say LOL.
Or as I prefer to ty...As the young people say LOL.<br /><br />Or as I prefer to type... Tee Hee!<br />Prof. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575880031145705761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-12601264682230552822014-04-24T10:39:35.118-07:002014-04-24T10:39:35.118-07:00Possibly of interest.
Certainly humorous. Kind o...<a href="http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/fashions-of-the-future-as-imagined-in-1893/" rel="nofollow">Possibly of interest.</a><br /><br />Certainly humorous. Kind of the fashion equivalent of those huge vegetable predictions.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8247002493176705100.post-50380045814035782072014-04-24T06:44:04.528-07:002014-04-24T06:44:04.528-07:00landing a tall tube in an upright position is real...<i>landing a tall tube in an upright position is really hard.</i><br /><br />Not if you stick it in the ground like a lawn dart.<br /><br />Or, alternatively, just reverse the stock footage.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.com