Comments on: Voices Across the Land (Feb, 1959) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/12/15/voices-across-the-land/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Hip2b2 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/12/15/voices-across-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-1085183 Hip2b2 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:35:08 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8611#comment-1085183 "Assigned a telephone number at birth..." Just one? Hardly seems enough nowadays. hip “Assigned a telephone number at birth…” Just one? Hardly seems enough nowadays.

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]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/12/15/voices-across-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-1073817 jayessell Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:31:05 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8611#comment-1073817 In "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062153/" rel="nofollow">The President's Analyst</a>" (1967) phone numbers were to take the place of names. In “The President’s Analyst” (1967)
phone numbers were to take the place of names.

]]> By: carlm http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/12/15/voices-across-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-1073801 carlm Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:44:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8611#comment-1073801 I think it would be even better to go to a technology called morse code. You only need one finger to send the text message. It totally does away with the need for a keyboard. I think it would be even better to go to a technology called morse code. You only need one finger to send the text message. It totally does away with the need for a keyboard.

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/12/15/voices-across-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-1073795 Toronto Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:57:35 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8611#comment-1073795 PCarney: Really? I don't think actually texting has beat out voice yet, or are you lumping email in with that? It *is* a problem in the modern office - or at least my modern office - to get some people to actually pick up the phone and talk to someone instead of emailing back and forth all week long. PCarney: Really? I don’t think actually texting has beat out voice yet, or are you lumping email in with that?

It *is* a problem in the modern office – or at least my modern office – to get some people to actually pick up the phone and talk to someone instead of emailing back and forth all week long.

]]> By: pcarney http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/12/15/voices-across-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-1073792 pcarney Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:17:50 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8611#comment-1073792 Who would have though that, fifty years later, actually speaking over a phone would be almost totally supplanted by "texting" Who would have though that, fifty years later, actually speaking over a phone would be almost totally supplanted by “texting”

]]> By: john http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/12/15/voices-across-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-1073775 john Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:35:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8611#comment-1073775 What amazes me is that they were able to get away with such blatant corporate propaganda. What amazes me is that they were able to get away with such blatant corporate propaganda.

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/12/15/voices-across-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-1073774 Charlie Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:26:55 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8611#comment-1073774 S Jones: If you click on the tag for the article (http://blog.modernmechanix.com/tag/boris-artzybasheff/) you can see all of his work that is on the site. S Jones: If you click on the tag for the article (http://blog.modernmechanix.com.....zybasheff/) you can see all of his work that is on the site.

]]> By: S Jones http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/12/15/voices-across-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-1073771 S Jones Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:37:21 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8611#comment-1073771 The cover is by the great 20th century commercial surrealist, Boris Artzybasheff. You've got to give credit to Time's art directors for using him for so many corporate/industrial/military covers. No one before or since could bring inanimate objects to life like Artzybasheff. See more examples at: http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/02/media-artzybasheffs-machinalia.html The cover is by the great 20th century commercial surrealist, Boris Artzybasheff. You’ve got to give credit to Time’s art directors for using him for so many corporate/industrial/military covers. No one before or since could bring inanimate objects to life like Artzybasheff.

See more examples at: http://www.animationarchive.or.....nalia.html

]]> By: Chris Radcliff http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/12/15/voices-across-the-land/comment-page-1/#comment-1073768 Chris Radcliff Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:36:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8611#comment-1073768 My favorite future-phone prediction comes from Heinlein's 1948 novel _Space Cadet_. His protagonist doesn't just have a cell phone, he turns it off and sticks it in his bag to avoid having his parents call and embarrass him while he's with his new friends. My favorite future-phone prediction comes from Heinlein’s 1948 novel _Space Cadet_. His protagonist doesn’t just have a cell phone, he turns it off and sticks it in his bag to avoid having his parents call and embarrass him while he’s with his new friends.

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