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"Or you could use, I don’t know, talking to communicate cause that seems like it would still be around. God forbid a future person couldn’t figure out a pen after 2 tries. Course by then evolution could screw up our motor skills and we couldn’t perform the necessary actions."

Evolution does not work that way!

Induction is not a very efficient power distribution medium, especially with almost any amount of distance from the magnetic source.

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I started kindergarten in 1995 and never really learned cursive. I might be able to do about half of the alphabet.

I was tortured by sadistic nuns for years on end in grade school because my handwriting was illegible. God, how miserable that experience was! And now it turns out that nobody ever needs to use that skill.... HA, HA!!! In your FACE, Sister Deveiney!!!!!

this is kinda scary. when you really think about it.. like that movie WallE, where everyone has robots to do things for them they get so obese they don't even know how to walk.

People will still get lost. Especially with GPS devices. Some people just can't follow directions.

my grandkids will be unable to imagine a time before the rampaging zombies forced us all to live in underground bunkers.

Great post But it really got me thinking what will we be leaving behind for our grandchildren never mind our great grandchildren ... lets hope its all these wars going on around the globe the fear of the destruction of the planet. my grand-kids think that we are destroying it. For example, my grand-kids are worried about not recycling paper or wasting water. now that's an awareness that I didn't have how about you?

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Interesting list. It never occurred to me that that's why they used to get on our cases about having good handwriting. I thought they were just being petty. I hope they're right about HIV/AIDS.

Death of PCs? there is no way a handheld PC will ever have enough computing power to be used by scientist, researchers, programmers. Take away a good 19" screen for a 5" one? yeah that seems like a MAJOR improvement, i dont have to strain my neck anymore i just can make my eyes suffer instead. Imagine doing WORK on such a small thing? writing an essay for hours our putting numbers in for work then whoops the battery died. Yes i can see now the PC being replaced. And I wonder how the PC gamers, being that they are the greatest consumers for computer peripherals and upgrades, would be like in the future operating their COMPLEX games that require alot of hardware and processing power to run on such a mobile PC? I can just imagine doing musical recordings, video editing, photo editing and auto cad work on a hand held.[/sarcasm]

yeah right. death to PC's? every 5 years or so there is always talk about a PC killer. what happened to Symbian in 2006? PROMISING that their mobile PC technology will replace the PC in 5 years or less? never happened and never will. there are some things that a PC can do that a smaller dilute, mobile will. Killing the PC would require changing the way people do business interms of spread sheets, presentations, etc. I just don't see it.

I guess an atheist president is just way too crazy.

Nikola Tesla was working on wireless energy way back in the 1800s.

> Comment by AJ on 28 January 2009:

> Nikola Tesla was working on wireless energy way back in the 1800s.

... And it was a dumb, dangerous idea back then, too. Sure, I can see "free-range electrons" being a useful if limited approach to the problem of keeping low-demand devices ticking, such as input devices, but as the article implies, those are disappearing themselves. In the end, the efficiency of sticking a plug in a wall (or into another device) and the convenience of powering a high-demand mobile device with a battery or fuel cell will win out. What _will_ happen is docking and charging will get easier and more accessible, and energy storage technology will improve.

If there's a cure for lung cancer, smoking might revive.

How about an end to traditional legitimacy? And while I am dreaming of flying cars I would like a pony.

How will your free-range electron platform provide power if it's not plugged in?

Why Stop there? Why not just combine the two and wish for a flying pony?

thinking and free will.

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>Comment by Robyn on 30 January 2009:

>"this is kinda scary. when you really think about it.. like that movie WallE, where everyone has robots to do things for them they get so obese they don’t even know how to walk."

Don't know where you live but visit any of our local Walmarts and you'll see those people and their lil electric scooters. I would bet my money that 9 out of 10 people I see using the scooters are because of them being overweight. Heck, I see an elderly guy with one of the portable oxygen tanks WALKING down the aisles. It's a sad sad world we live in.

Speaking of Walmart, what about stores in general. I see more stores closing and more Walmarts going up. Buy N Large anyone!?

No writing? Where did you get that?

No *cursive.*

"How will your free-range electron platform provide power if it’s not plugged in?"

Induction.

sure, black, white, gay, indian, what have you, but an atheist? separation of church and state?

naw. it'll take at least another half of a century.

Thanks for noting AD&D, and not D&D, as any real player never abandoned it for the WOTC drivel.

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AIDS

what about the countless people dying in africa
and we only thought aids was killing gay dudes because of bush senior
regan knew about it, ignored it and when it turned into an epidemic daddy bush blamed the gays

EZ-E got it too and died

I take exception to the bit on HIV/AIDS. While it would be wonderful to live in a world in which this terrible virus is eradicated, the prospect of a viable, let alone affordable, vaccine are a long way off to say the least. The article you cited does not indicate any successful trials. It actually addresses recent failures of promising cures and our insufficient understanding of our bodies response to the virus.
Also, blithely characterizing the condition as "just a minor inconvenience" is insulting to multitude of people struggling with HIV/AIDS. I have worked with a wide variety of children afflicted with HIV and the impact of the disease and the side effects of their antiretroviral therapies touch every aspect of their lives. At one time or another, all of these kids will have to deal with comorbidities, discrimination, shortened life expectancies, etc.

Um, about the president thing, we already had a gay president. James Buchanan, the fifteenth president (the one before Lincoln), was homosexual.

yeah!!

Things even my daughters in their 40's haven't seen: an icebox, the iceman, the milkman, the breadman, tubes in radios and TVs (not the picture tube), xray shoe sizers, the landing on the moon, Polio, smallpox, integrated schools in the south, integrated conveniences in the US.

don't forget dildos. In the future, women will use virtual reality dongs. Check it out on Wikipedia if you don't believe me. There's some Harvard scientists working on it.

Excuse me, its dnd4e now, and cursive is totally useless now.

But Im still going to force my kid to learn it, at home.

No writing? Sure, and when the pulse takes out your systems, you can communicate with hand gestures.

Don't lean on those digits to heavily, Candide.

What does 4E have to do with it?

And can I play a Warforged in LFR?

Comment by EMP on 28 January 2009:

"No writing? Sure, and when the pulse takes out your systems, you can communicate with hand gestures."

Or you could use, I don't know, talking to communicate cause that seems like it would still be around. God forbid a future person couldn't figure out a pen after 2 tries. Course by then evolution could screw up our motor skills and we couldn't perform the necessary actions.

Tobacco won't be outlawed anytime soon, too many government programs are funded by the revenue. Have you ever known the powers-that-be to abandon a lucretive revenue stream just because it was bad for someone?

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Wait, bad posture with desktops? Have you ever used a laptop or a tablet PC? Those things are the fastest and easiest way to destroy your spine and wrists. I've got all three, and I never use the laptop or tablet for anything that requires input if I'm at home.

Even if the desktop computer does go, we'll still need the desktop for comfortably using our portables on. Ideally with a keyboard that separates from the screen.

What? No TV as we know it?

I think that satellite and cable as we know it will be a thing of the past. Internet based on demand will be the way.

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I agree that the world is heading towards digitizing so many things will disappear as Landline telephones