The speed of sound....

May 02, 2011 13:59

An example of how things have changed in my lifetime ( Read more... )

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tg2k May 2 2011, 19:07:43 UTC
I figured I wasn't the only one to learn the news through a social network. Though, if not for it, I probably would have read about it this morning anyway.

As for the future--still waiting for my flying car...but all in all it's not too bad.

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freeptop May 2 2011, 19:54:53 UTC
To take two, rather related, events, I can illustrate a similar progression:

On September 11th, 2001, I was awoken by a phone call (I was in CA at the time, so it was pre-work time for me). It was my father-in-law telling me, effectively, to turn on the news. That's how I found out that day.

Last night, I brought up facebook on a laptop, and got the first news there, from which I ended up turning on CNN about an hour before President Obama did his announcement, and while waiting for that, I browsed to various news websites.

Screw flying cars. Instant information is much more useful, anyways!

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jwildstr May 2 2011, 20:56:00 UTC
I found out when I got a text from my wife saying she wondered if this would make her commute hell.

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