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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

They still aren’t reliable enough