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Posted: 12/07/04 - 12:39
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compusmack
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Now if we only had everything so much beyond what people predicted we'd have by now.



My boss sent me this.


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Posted: 12/07/04 - 12:56
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Hehe nope, funny picture though:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp


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Posted: 12/07/04 - 13:24
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Compu's boss is apparently the source of all evil internet hoaxes


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Posted: 12/07/04 - 15:03
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lol

the best part is the floating 1950s television set


but the steering wheels are cool too


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Posted: 12/07/04 - 15:16
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sinrakin wrote:
Hehe nope, funny picture though:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp


Yeah while i was at lunch somebody sent that to my boss and he apologized.

I never thought that would be a hoax, why bother? lol

turns out it was a photoshop contest submission.


edit: spelling&grammer

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Posted: 12/07/04 - 15:17
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compusmack wrote:
sinrakin wrote:
Hehe nope, funny picture though:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp


Yeah while i was at lunch somebody sent that to my boss and he apologized.

I never thought that that would be a hoax, it seems feasible and why bother? lol


the floating television set!


a steering wheel!


wtf man


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Posted: 12/07/04 - 15:20
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I think i've seen too many black and white sci-fi movies, that's my problem. Vacuum tubes and mechanical solutions to do what transistors do are just a bit before my time so I don't know what that shit might have looked like or been projected to look like.


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Posted: 12/07/04 - 19:43
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it's an *awesome* photoshop job though


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Posted: 12/07/04 - 20:05
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atarom wrote:
it's an *awesome* photoshop job though


all but the floating TV

if it wasnt for the floating TV i could consider it as at least an actual photograph


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