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Fri, Jan 04 2013 15:16:14

iPhone to the future

  1. RupertMyers
    Rupert Myers@RupertMyers
    1956, and a 5MB hard drive is being lifted onto an aircraft i.imgur.com/uqKOX.jpg
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 00:57:59
  2. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    I dream of going back in time and showing them my iPhone RT @RupertMyers 1956: 5MB hard drive lifted onto an aircraft bit.ly/RwWhry
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 11:42:46
  3. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    ...I loved that story, by Harry Turtledove. It's in an ebook but not on the Web. From Analog (1984!) bit.ly/RwXZsV
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:08:29
  4. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    There was a great short story (not online) about SF writers from the 50s discovering a colleague who was a woman from the future.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:07:48
  5. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    Best scene in Hindsight: She pops a tape into a VCR and shows them Star Wars on a color TV. ("My God, that's Alec Guinness!")
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:10:00
  6. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    If I've intrigued you and you have $10 to burn, the (very) short story is available in this larger ebook collection: bit.ly/RwYeV6
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:12:30
  7. dtnick
    Nick Mediati@dtnick
    @jsnell HE'S A WITCH! GET HIM!!
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 11:44:29
  8. mikea
    Mike Andrews@mikea
    @jsnell I really had the dream of going back in time and showing Steve Jobs the iPhone and iPod.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:04:52
  9. PanchoRamirezA
    Francisco J. Ramírez@PanchoRamirezA
    @jsnell well, it wouldn't be such an awesome thing cause, you know, no Internet back then. So maybe photos and music. Better bring an iPod
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:15:52
  10. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    @Cameron_Talley Sure, but the net result of the iPhone is more impressive. Touch, big screen for video, still room for lots of music
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 13:23:33
  11. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    @urbanape @KuraFire But I can say that about the iPhone too. "It's a phone in my time, but here it can't do that. However..."
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 13:46:43
  12. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    @urbanape @KuraFire I agree, but the original argument was not iPhone v. iPad v. iPod touch, it was iPhone v. 160GB clickwheel iPod.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 13:45:41
  13. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    @urbanape @KuraFire Not to people in 1950.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 13:40:48
  14. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    @shanselman In case you are suddenly thrown back in time?
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 13:22:04
  15. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    Starting to wonder if I should write a story about taking Apple technology into the past. For future reference... #mrfusion #tardis
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:54:51
  16. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    @jasonrbarry @RoderickOn I haven't! It's on my (2012) iPhone.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 13:14:34
  17. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    @Cameron_Talley How do you use your iPhone? Mine plays music, videos, games, etc. The iPod does nothing my iPhone doesn't do.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:53:09
  18. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    I mentioned that "160GB iPod" is this, right: bit.ly/Rx1pfk
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:54:28
  19. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    Airplane Mode = Time-Travel Mode. File this away, battery-saving time travelers.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:49:48
  20. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    @franckhertz I think someone from 1950 would not care that there was no Internet on the magic rectangle.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:52:30
  21. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    @rudyrichter I don't carry a charger in my pocket.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:48:18
  22. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    @kiggle If we didn't fry it first! We'd have to figure out how to get the right power into the Lightning port.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:49:04
  23. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    @kestinen @RupertMyers You can't watch a movie or listen to music on 4 floppies.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:48:37
  24. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go make a time machine.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:48:01
  25. jsnell
    Jason Snell@jsnell
    All the people suggesting that the iPod touch would be better in 1950 apparently missed where I said the 160GB iPod. No touch. Click wheel.
    Fri, Jan 04 2013 12:47:50

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