Then they showed her face and I thought "GAH! No that would NOT be better!"

^The hair rollers weren't exactly showing her at her best.

I liked the comedy value of the girl who descends the stairs - <clack><clack><clack>, <beeeep> <looks at device and then up the stairs again>.

Interesting predictions though how they though people would use such shitty interfaces and keyboards is beyond me.

Damn kids.

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I love this. It's like Monty Python source material. *promote

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Thursday, March 26th, 2009 8:55am PDT - promote requested by dag.

Wow, 1969 was great wasnt it! LOL, I miss the 60s!

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I find it interesting how accents seem to have changed. Although I may be believing the actors as too representative...

If this is actually from the 60s then it's damned prophetic. I reckon peoples' only mistake about communication of the future is the idea of video calls becoming staple. It prevents multitasking.

Quaint in it's way, but surprisingly accurate too.

I can't help but think this was more than a little tongue in cheek though.

Ya, but where are all the people collecting penises?

Actually I am pretty impressed with the quality of predictions in the video. Broadband cable to the home, video links, etc. Not bad if you didn't expect a Moore's law increase in digital processing capability. (That 'network computer option 20 = home purchase calculation' is pretty funny.)

In contrast, I saved an 'information technology technology forecast' report produced for the U.S. government in the late 1970's.

The 1970's prediction for the year 2000? "ULTRA-high-speed punched card readers."

Yep, Videophones and Telecommuting, the first we don't want and the second Corporations forbid.

BRING BACK THE MINISKIRT! (again)

edit: they really blew it on the printer.

they failed to predict the continuing misuse of apostrophe's.

"Somewhat" accurate? RUBBISH! That's EXACTLY how things turned out!

BTW Dag, I need another VS code card and a new pager battery. I'll wire you the pounds.

teh thing she usd to correctde a rong numer wus amazng.

It makes you wonder how misguided our own prophecies for technology in 2049 are today. Perhaps a guess at "ultra-high speed computers" would be just as inaccurate as the "ultra-high speed punch card readers" was 40 years ago.

That was some impressive screen capture software at 4:45.

Skype video chat is really great once you get used to it. Multi-tasking is fine if you ask permission.

I thought lame porno acting wasn't invented until the mid-70's.