tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678883564720529882.post3818958455343411945..comments2023-07-20T05:23:38.125-04:00Comments on The Comics of Rhodey: One big thing futurists got wrong!Hubehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04174184653675541885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678883564720529882.post-11298830826736216702014-12-13T12:18:33.271-05:002014-12-13T12:18:33.271-05:00Forbidden Planet didn't have a computer named ...Forbidden Planet didn't have a computer named "Krell". Krell was the name of the alien race that was on the planet. The machine that was shown in the film wasn't "planet-wide", either. It was an 8000 cubic mile cube (twenty miles on each side).Engineer Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01025657826187841626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678883564720529882.post-54562101657505088072009-08-16T17:30:00.708-04:002009-08-16T17:30:00.708-04:00Obviously not well-known enough, Pat! Thanks for p...Obviously not well-known enough, Pat! Thanks for pointing that out. I hadn't even considered that, especially since our computer teacher had that very pic and caption hanging in her room! <br /><br />Yikes! I'd better let her know!Hubehttp://comicsofrhodey.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678883564720529882.post-80244592251819165452009-08-14T13:15:04.680-04:002009-08-14T13:15:04.680-04:00That supposed home computer circa 2004 is a well-k...That supposed home computer circa 2004 is a well-known hoax:<br /><br />http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.aspPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060349239296193385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678883564720529882.post-67608432019988087802009-08-11T11:34:43.509-04:002009-08-11T11:34:43.509-04:00That's true, SWT; however, of course, why woul...That's true, SWT; however, of course, why <i>would</i> we build a planet-sized computer when -- by the time we could actually do something like that -- the processing power we'd need will probably be available via something the size of a pebble!Hubehttp://comicsofrhodey.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678883564720529882.post-87691406901901988762009-08-10T21:40:31.087-04:002009-08-10T21:40:31.087-04:00We may all laugh about it, but think about this: i...We may all laugh about it, but think about this: if as Soccer Dad noted the cell phone has more processing power than the old fashioned room-sized computers, you have to figure a planet sized computer with even today's technology would have even more processing power, much less a future advancement.ShadowWing Tronixhttp://bwmedia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6678883564720529882.post-45739656780081908222009-08-10T10:56:38.128-04:002009-08-10T10:56:38.128-04:00When I first started working in the summers, I wor...When I first started working in the summers, I worked on an HP computer, slightly larger than a refrigerator. Now my cell phone has more computing power!Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.com