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From: ofut@gitpyr.UUCP (Jeff Offutt)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: A Speculation on "Back to the Future" - 1985 vs 1955
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Date: Thu, 25-Jul-85 13:24:02 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 25 13:24:02 1985
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Reply-To: ofut@gitpyr.UUCP (Jeff Offutt)
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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> Here's a topic me and some friends have been bandying about:
> 
> What things about 1985 would be most suprising to someone from 1955?
> ...
> Any comments?
> 
> Charley Wingate  umcp-cs!mangoe
> 

One of the most surprising thing would be the continuation of the
Cold War.  Quite a chilling thought, eh?

To a science fiction fan, the lack of meaningful space exploration
would be disapointing.  To others, the space exploration we have done
would be amazing.

As far as the electronics go, I think the average person would expect
something along those lines -- though perhaps not quite what we do
have.

-- 
Jeff Offutt
School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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