• RacerX@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    In 6th grade for a public speaking assignment I gave a presentation on the world wide web and described how we could eventually use it for checking your bank account or ordering a pizza. My teacher said we’d never get there.

    Hope you’re still waiting on hold for that pepperoni Mrs. Z!

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      2 months ago

      In college in 1982 the professor wrote “blips” on the chalkboard abd said in the future all money would be blips in a computer, and we all laughed and said that’s ridiculous, computers will never be reliable enough to trust with that.