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   Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@futurist.info)'s status on Sunday, 30-Apr-2023 05:35:33 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

   Bored kid.

   Also, I had this hair. Totally had this hair.

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     Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@futurist.info)'s status on Sunday, 30-Apr-2023 06:06:20 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

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     • Kenneth

     @Kencf618033 It's an old video I came across somewhere or other; it was a purported view of 1999. Fascinating stuff.

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     Kenneth (kencf618033@social.linux.pizza)'s status on Sunday, 30-Apr-2023 06:06:21 JST Kenneth

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     @jimcarroll As a Computer Assisted Instruction alumnus (ASR-33 teletype era), I found this screamingly hysterical. The meaningful flashing lights. The minimalistic keyboard with multiple x & y keys (and x & y themselves on screen (THE NEW MATH)). The screen itself obviously not being filmed on set... Very Escape From New York (1981), that. Heck, is there a history of panels of blinking lights in science fiction cinema and TV? if not, there should be. They denote... THE FUTURE