Well, actually it's one of those internet rumors that grew out of a
fark.com photoshop contest.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp
Surprisingly, this photoshop contest entry doesn't have any domo-kuns or
Star Wars admirals. Must have been the guy's first photoshop entry. :)
On Fri, 2005-02-25 at 09:58 -0500, Steven Buehler wrote:
> Just had to share this one with you guys.
>
> A colleague passed on to me a scan from a book in the 1950s about what a
> "home computer" would look like circa 2004. I've posted it to my blog
> (http://www.sanctuaryweb.org/blog).
>
> Just a hint, here's the caption:
>
> "Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this model to illustrate
> how a "home computer" could look like in the year 2004. However the related
> technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the
> scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented
> technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is
> expected to solve these problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran
> language, the computer will be easy to use."
>
> "scientific progress is expected to solve these problems" ... I'll say ...
> :-)
>
>
> SWB
>
>
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