The Funny Pic Thread, Pt. 6

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    GodFearinGunTotin

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    I'm glad they busted this before they moved on to the hard stuff...you know, like algebra.....and *gulp*.......CALCULUS!!!!!!

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    BigBoxaJunk

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    The television on the wall and printer with stand are photoshopped onto a picture of the control panels of a naval S5W Reactor.

    I've always wondered if technical people from the past would be amazed by the capabilities of today's technology, or by the things that we all mostly use it for.

    (I picture Sir Issac Newton being shown a modern home computer and the internet thinking awhile, then asking "You mean to tell me that, with a click of that mouse-thing, I can see hundreds of pictures of naked women?"
     

    Waveraider

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    I've always wondered if technical people from the past would be amazed by the capabilities of today's technology, or by the things that we all mostly use it for.

    (I picture Sir Issac Newton being shown a modern home computer and the internet thinking awhile, then asking "You mean to tell me that, with a click of that mouse-thing, I can see hundreds of pictures of naked women?"

    Not sure if they had thought of the porn angle, but they had the knowledge of advancement fairly correct.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law
     

    actaeon277

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    Yea, found that out on Snopes after posting it.

    snopes.com: Rand Corp 1954 Home Computer

    :ugh: Still funny, though.

    I didn't need snopes.
    I spent 6 months on land, and 42 months at sea sitting behind that panel.
    Far left panel, TCP, Throttle Control Panel (I might be off on this name)
    Center panel, RPCP, Reactor Plant Control Panel, also where I sat.
    Far right panel, EPCP, Electric Plant Control Panel
     
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