That didn't age well. (1 Viewer)

[Gromett]

Nice one Daily Mail

 

[AlunandFelicie]

Nice one Daily Mail

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Experts eh! Perhaps they all went of to become climatologists

 

[SpeedyDux]

Warren Buffett thought the same and didn't invest his massive Fund in the FAANGs, missing out.

FAANG stocks are the publicly traded stocks of U.S. technology giants Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google. They are among the best-performing technology and most well-known companies in the world. Currently, the combined market value of FAANG exceeds $3 trillion.

 

[scotjimland]

Stop Press:

James Chapman is looking for a new job with a Science Fiction publication

 

[TheBig1]

When I think back to those days, it was a different beast and very frustrating with mega slow dial up modems. I can see why some thought it was too early to use it till technology caught up. The world wide web was almost science fiction when first released

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[steve69]

Oh, how I wish that headline were true.

 

[dunnah01]

Sssssccccrrrreeeccchhwwwooooawhhhiiiirrraarrrgggscrreeecchoohbbbbeeepp - dial up was an expensive noise back in the day

 

[The Wino]

Maybe we ought to view a lot of daily fail articles today in a similar way especially ones about EVs and heat pumps.

 

[Gina M]

I remember back in the 90's I was watching the late night news and it was mentioned that people would soon be able to buy their food on their computers. I laughed so much I thought it was a joke, I mean who wants to buy food on a computer!!

 

[meanders]

The issue I had was it was often quicker to drive to our nearest office (12 miles) and have access to the inter-site megastream rather than dial up. That had a single gateway to the web initially. Once that gateway was expanded, the dial up became a more viable option because I could load the browser and access everything via the gateway.

Then along came internet security and shut it down again. ADSL later made a big difference.

Forgotten that even with local echo on, you might wait 5 minutes for a response to the enter key only to realise you had mistyped it.

Oh they were fun days and nights .... Not.

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[DuxDeluxe]

Maybe we ought to view a lot of daily fail articles today in a similar way especially ones about EVs and heat pumps.

You forgot exploding Teslas

 

[dash300]

Maybe we ought to view a lot of daily fail articles today in a similar way especially ones about EVs and heat pumps.

The article from what is visible is simply relaying what the so called experts were saying at the time.

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

I was never that interested in computers, but as they became more user friendly I got on board.Our eldest was very into computers, and also collected this odd new digital currency called Bitcoin. He had several hundred of them bought and traded out of his pocket money, so mine in a roundabout way, if only he could remember the digital key .
Mike.

 

[L' Hobo]

I have said it before but, who remembers Raymond Baxter on Tomorrow's World, telling us that the biggest problem we would ALL have, when we got our own individual computers was what to do with our leisure time because, everything would be processed so fast, that we would only have to work 3 days a week.

What happened to that prediction?

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

I worked as a postie in the late 80s and our union rep kept rabbiting on about the threat to our job and business of something called, 'electronic post'. Looking back he was probably talking about fax machines, so the Royal Mail has long known about something threatening their 350 years old business.

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[JnJ]

We can't give up on it now as everything most things in life are run by it!

 

[Gina M]

I have just received my online shopping from Sainsbury's which I mocked back in the nineties that no one would use. It is the only way I shop for food these days

 

[westhamman]

The Internet has in my opinion made life so much easier. There are so many benefits, remember queuing to renew vehicle tax, banking, booking holidays,shopping the list is endless. One of the negatives is born.

 

[Carpmart]

I have said it before but, who remembers Raymond Baxter on Tomorrow's World, telling us that the biggest problem we would ALL have, when we got our own individual computers was what to do with our leisure time because, everything would be processed so fast, that we would only have to work 3 days a week.

What happened to that prediction?

I’m of working age (trendy speak = economically inactive) and I’ve managed to reduce my working week to zero days!

All down to the computers innit!

 

[mitzimad]

I have said it before but, who remembers Raymond Baxter on Tomorrow's World, telling us that the biggest problem we would ALL have, when we got our own individual computers was what to do with our leisure time because, everything would be processed so fast, that we would only have to work 3 days a week.

What happened to that prediction?

its filed next to nuclear power will make electric so cheap it wont be worth them sending a bill even allowing for we were entering the next ice age

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[Odd job]

Back in the days of dial up I would write emails in Outlook then connect to send them, we paid by the minute back then

 

[The Wino]

I remember the early days of easyJet my in laws had just moved to France and easyJet to Geneva were a fraction of the cost of the other airlines. It was pot luck if your connection stayed reliable long enough to complete the booking

 

[Ridgeway]

I never use the internet.

Oops

 

[SpeedyDux]

I have just received my online shopping from Sainsbury's which I mocked back in the nineties that no one would use. It is the only way I shop for food these days

The anticipation and excitement of discovering which unusual and creative substitutions Sainsbugs send you is something I have yet to experience!

 

[Gina M]

I once ordered strawberries and was substituted with straws

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