The Internet - Circa 1969

How the concept of a mass network of computers was conceived back in the early days of personal computers. Pretty accurate, if you ask me.

Take a look at the guy's face at 0:45.

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[giantbluemarlin]

Kids, this is deeply misleading. They hadn't even invented the hula-hoop yet and home computers were decades away. We played in the street throwing darts at concrete to make sparks and only the rich had a working bicycle and they were crap. Half the people still had outside toilets for heaven's sake! It was completely normal to smoke and be apallingly racist. But adults could do simple math.

Ha ha. And just like today, they always tried not to mention the PRICE of the goods! That old chestnut.

[PirateOfTheInternet]

@giantbluemarlin Um, it's a prediction?

[MEXICANJOKER45]

they would never imagine we wolud be watching them on youtube

[marzbite]

this is ridiculous, this is never gonna happen

[wing2912]

Husband pays the bills at his console...somethings never change

[OolTube02]

Well, at least the envisioned monitors appear to be flatscreens...

[djbat3]

I love how the man while reviewing the "wife's" purchases looks like he's stressing his ass off at all the charges she's racked up on her "console".

[StoneColdKrishna]

@giantbluemarlin Just because you couldn't take a course in electronics and engineering doesn't mean everybody else couldn't in the 60's. Stop painting the picture in your head that America as a whole was one big dumb redneck family like yours in the 60's pushing hoops down a hill with a stick.

[captainbackflash]

And where is the console for porn?

[upyr1]

I'd like to see the rest of this- this is one of the few world of tomorrow filmsthat didn't have me either laughing or crying.

[773SleepyHollow]

I've seen the full video of this, and it doesn't get EVERYTHING right... for example, it predicts that Spotify won't come to the States until 2012, not 2011.

[773SleepyHollow]

@giantbluemarlin I just wanted to reassure you that at least some of us realize you're joking.

[N31373]

Actually, the hula hoop dates back to the '50s. We got indoor toilets, electricity and a 2-party phone line (instead of 8 party) in 1950. Our number changed from 9611F212 to 1207J. By 1969, I was learning a programming language called "CREATE" via teletype terminal linked to a mainframe in Ohio. Time flies when you are having fun. BTW: don't forget the computer that beat IBM and Apple senseless: the Commodore Amiga. There was also GEM a system that pretty much whipped Windows v1 thru v3

[pansy765]

@giantbluemarlin Not sure how old you were, but I remember hearing about such things, we were not rich, rode our bicycles, and I also had a hula hoop in 1969! We most certainly had indoor BR as did my grandparents! These things were like sci-fi movies for us!