Technology these days

Scanlas The 2nd · 03-08-2012 08:40AM #1

You hear so many people mentioning how amazing technology is these days, it's almost like they think they are superior to people in the past without the latest technology. Thinking back 10 years ago it was pretty much the same, people continuously talking about the wonders of modern technology with an undercurrent of superiority. When did this start, In 1992 I vaguely remember it being similar but I was only 7 or so so can't really say.

Was it the same in the 1950's or 15 th century for example?

Wacker The Attacker · 03-08-2012 08:45AM

Its ok to have a technological hard on from time to time.

Mr Benevolent · 03-08-2012 08:56AM

Someone who was born in 1985 is NOT permitted to use the phrase 'these days' (you must be 70 or over). You're 27 ffs. Technology is fucking brilliant. I have a PC in my pocket that only cost €100. What's there to complain about? Technology even compensates for your problem with pulling. Or rather, it helps you pull something else.

Duckworth_Luas · 03-08-2012 08:59AM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

When did this start

With the invention of the wheel probably!

OldGoat · 03-08-2012 09:33AM

Pft, the wheel was pretty crap till the axel came along.

FatherLen · 03-08-2012 09:35AM

if you think technology hasn't progressed in the last ten years then you don't know enough about technology.

Ah_Yeah · 03-08-2012 09:37AM

People will always bang on about how great technology is, and how far it has come all the time. In 10 years time, if technology advances further, people will be saying how great it is and how far it has come compared to 2012.

5starpool · 03-08-2012 09:37AM

Wasn't it around 1900 that someone proudly proclaimed "Everything that can be invented, has been invented". Good shout by that man.

03-08-2012 09:43AM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

You hear so many people mentioning how amazing technology is these days, it's almost like they think they are superior to people in the past without the latest technology. Thinking back 10 years ago it was pretty much the same, people continuously talking about the wonders of modern technology with an undercurrent of superiority. When did this start, In 1992 I vaguely remember it being similar but I was only 7 or so so can't really say.

Was it the same in the 1950's or 15 th century for example?

Anyway OP I just asked Siri and it said,
'Do you want me to search the internet for "Was it the same in the 1950's or 15 th century for example?"'

What should I do now?

bryaner · 03-08-2012 09:46AM

640K ought to be enough for anybody.
Bill Gates 1981

Duggy747 · 03-08-2012 09:48AM

10 years ago you couldn't get beastiality in HD.

So there!!

Ghandee · 03-08-2012 09:55AM

OldGoat wrote: »

Pft, the wheel was pretty crap till the axel came along.

Axle was shít too, until slash and the gang came along ....

DipStick McSwindler · 03-08-2012 09:58AM

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preddy · 03-08-2012 10:10AM

IrishFeeney92 wrote: »

Hopefully Holographic Interactive Porn

That's just called having sex with a duurty girl!

Scanlas The 2nd · 03-08-2012 10:13AM

FatherLen wrote: »

if you think technology hasn't progressed in the last ten years then you don't know enough about technology.

I never said technology hasn't progressed. Many people ten years ago had a similar feeling of superiority due to modern technology IMO.

davet82 · 03-08-2012 10:16AM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Was it the same in the 1950's or 15 th century for example?

ok i'm gonna need a time machine or a ouija board to answer this one :rolleyes:

Duggy747 · 03-08-2012 10:20AM

Well, to be fair, we always compare technology to what it was like a decade before.

Be it gaming, mp3 players, phones, laptops, desktops, TVs, etc, all you have to do is look at something 10 years ago and you'll see how far it's progressed.

In the 1950's it was all about "the future" and "tomorrow's technology" with the advent in TV and other tech in the American household and the rise in sci-fi popularity.

Though I don't see all the hub-bub over smart phones, even if they have come an enormous way in the past 10 years. They're good but no way I'd fork out €300+ for a phone, personally. I work in IT but I just want a phone that does it's job.........phone things :pac:

Scanlas The 2nd · 03-08-2012 10:24AM

davet82 wrote: »

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Was it the same in the 1950's or 15 th century for example?

ok i'm gonna need a time machine or a ouija board to answer this one :rolleyes:

Ever hear of technology such as a pen and paper.

It's been around for thousands of years, past events can actually be documented using it. No need for your time machine :rolleyes:

A2LUE42 · 03-08-2012 10:26AM

What about the Antikythera mechanism which dates to BC. That was pretty advanced. It has taken almost a hundred years to figure out how complex it actually was.

Chuck Stone · 03-08-2012 10:32AM

I'm mature old enough to remember when we got a phone in the house. Heck, I remember when my Ma got a front loader washing masheen and me and my siblings running out the door screaming when it went into a high speed spin :pac: (we thought it was going to blow up)

I was trying to explain 'before the internet' to my niece and nephew and told them that the nearest thing to it was having the Encyclopaedia Britannica book collection at home or off down to the library and they were like > :eek::eek:

We're living in 'the information revolution' and I reckon it will be looked back upon with the same significance as the industrial revolution in time.

03-08-2012 10:35AM

Everybody nowadays references technology from The first Matrix movie onwards anyway.:pac:

foxyboxer · 03-08-2012 10:35AM

Any technological breakthrough is not truly a breakthrough unless it can make fart noises.

e.g. http://ifartmobile.com/

davet82 · 03-08-2012 10:36AM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Ever hear of technology such as a pen and paper.

It's been around for thousands of years, past events can actually be documented using it. No need for your time machine :rolleyes:

pen and paper? :pac:

wft is that? some kind of primative text messaging :P

Gurgle · 03-08-2012 10:39AM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Was it the same in the 1950's or 15 th century for example?

Ever since the industrial revolution everyone is affected by new technologies.

Prior to that anything new and amazing was the exclusive preserve of the super rich, most people wouldn't even know it existed.

BrianD3 · 03-08-2012 10:40AM

For a few years we've been experiencing a technological/digital revolution which shows no signs of ending. Some think that progress is accelerating and that we are on our way to a sort of technological "singularity".

Is it a surprise that people think that the (fairly recent) past is old hat when you consider, for example, the increase in supercomputer speed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_supercomputing
Fastest supercomputer in the world by year
1997: 1.338 TFLOPS
2002: 35.86 TFLOPS
2007: 478.2 TFLOPS
2012: 10.51 PFLOPS

So, from 1997 to 2002 the increase in speed of the fastest supercomputer was around 34 TFLOPS
A decade later in the 2007-2012 period the increase was around 10000 TFLOPS.

Scanlas The 2nd · 03-08-2012 10:45AM

Gurgle wrote: »

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

Was it the same in the 1950's or 15 th century for example?

Ever since the industrial revolution everyone is affected by new technologies.

Prior to that anything new and amazing was the exclusive preserve of the super rich, most people wouldn't even know it existed.

Well, what about the invention of new farming methods, agriculture etc? These effected everyone. I wonder what people's thoughts about those new technologies were.

CodyJarrett · 03-08-2012 10:47AM

davet82 wrote: »

ok i'm gonna need a time machine or a ouija board to answer this one :rolleyes:

Wibbs will be in soon, he'll tell us

Ray Palmer · 03-08-2012 10:48AM

A2LUE42 wrote: »

What about the Antikythera mechanism which dates to BC. That was pretty advanced. It has taken almost a hundred years to figure out how complex it actually was.

While very impressive it wasn't really a leap in technology. Gears were known as was the figures for lunar movements.

We are truely inventing new things at the moment. Technology at the moment is inventing things never thought of.

We are living in a time of massive innovation. It is also happening at amazing speed.

hooradiation · 03-08-2012 10:50AM

Scanlas The 2nd wrote: »

You hear so many people mentioning how amazing technology is these days, it's almost like they think they are superior to people in the past without the latest technology. Thinking back 10 years ago it was pretty much the same, people continuously talking about the wonders of modern technology with an undercurrent of superiority. When did this start, In 1992 I vaguely remember it being similar but I was only 7 or so so can't really say.

Was it the same in the 1950's or 15 th century for example?

My fucking christ - it's almost like technology is constantly advancing and improving.

What an amazing observation.

SEPT 23 1989 · 03-08-2012 10:52AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkyLnWm1iCs

Stephen P · 03-08-2012 11:03AM

I remember being told in college in 1999 that a 3GB hard disk is loads and I think RAM was 32MB.

Technology these days

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