[ale] #OT HUMOR: The "home computer of 2004" (as envisioned circa 1954)...

[HanRan]

At 06:57 PM 10/15/2007, you wrote:
>http://lyst.org/Crap/rand_computer.jpg
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http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp

  "Although the photograph displayed could represent what some
people in the early 1950s contemplated a "home computer" might
look like (based on the technology of the day), it isn't, as the
accompanying text claims, a RAND Corporation illustration from
1954 of a prototype "home computer." The picture is actually an
entry submitted to a Fark.com image modification competition,
taken from an original photo of a submarine maneuvering room
console found on  U.S. Navy web site, converted to grayscale,
and modified to replace a modern display panel and TV screen
with pictures of a decades-old teletype/printer and television
(as well as to add the gray-suited man to the left-hand side of
the photo)"