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Now, after 30 years, you can carry all of this in your pocket... (i.imgur.com)

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[–]Cotton112 1108 points1109 points ago

I wonder what we will be able to put in our pockets thirty years from now.

[–]DiscoDonkey 1803 points1804 points ago

Dude, we won't... we like... we won't even need pockets maaaan

[–]Airazz 1230 points1231 points ago

Where we're going we don't need pockets.

[–]pasis 347 points348 points ago

Everything won't just fit into your pocket. It will fit into the strange condom pocket that no one ever uses.

[–]NigelKF 238 points239 points ago

That is a watch pocket.

For pocket watches.

[–]idiotthethird 259 points260 points ago

I like how a lot of us have effectively gone back to pocket watches - by ditching watches and using a phone to tell the time instead.

[–]rarisgod 66 points67 points ago

I just made this observation the other day. It's amusing because we went from pocket watches to wristwatches, and now back to pocket watches (except they do more than just tell time).

If this keeps up, we'll be going right back to wristwatches (except they do more than just tell time).

[–]alchemist5 58 points59 points ago

I still wear a wristwatch despite having a cell phone. I wonder if I'll buy a pocket watch once cell phones move to our wrists...

[–]another_guy_montag 35 points36 points ago

I like wristwatches as well, phone might have the time but it feels better to check the tme from a device that has that sole purpose, like my bad boy right here

[–]griffiw 40 points41 points ago

I have this watch as well. I call it my terrorist watch.

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          [–]selfish_king 35 points36 points ago

          Get the fuck out of town.

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            [–]IamTalking 51 points52 points ago

            That pocket is much too big for my condoms :[

            [–]Sit-Down_Comedian 64 points65 points ago

            Upvote for honesty.

            My dick, however, is huge.

            [–]SensibleMadness 35 points36 points ago

            That's not what my mom says.

            Wait, that's not how that joke is supposed to go...

            [–]Tofusteak 34 points35 points ago*

            Why are you frowning? REJOICE, for you have a big penis.

            Edit: Apparently I read that wrong and now appear to be rubbing it in your face (poor choice of words?). I apologize.

            [–]CoreyRogerson 14 points15 points ago

            i believe he was noting that his condoms were very small. quite oppositely of you.

            [–]Tofusteak 21 points22 points ago

            You are correct. Now I feel like a dick.

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                  [–]ReignOfTerror 286 points287 points ago

                  Also known as foreskin.

                  [–]OompaOrangeFace 265 points266 points ago

                  It was a relief when the microSD card came out. The full sized ones were a pain.

                  [–]aerodit 38 points39 points ago

                  See, now I can't tell if this is a euphemism or not.

                  [–]RandyMachoManSavage 7 points8 points ago

                  More like eupenism.

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                    [–]Im_not_bob 53 points54 points ago

                    But by then it will only be a oneskin.

                    [–]Phoequinox 91 points92 points ago

                    iSkin.

                    [–]MYDOGSTELLA 29 points30 points ago

                    I have tried a thousand times to use my forskin to hold a condom, but I'm just too circumcised

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                      [–]snoharm 46 points47 points ago

                      I miss smoking, it was a perfect lighter pocket.

                      [–]Explains__The__Joke 41 points42 points ago

                      Guitar picks, man.

                      [–]Justicedrummer 7 points8 points ago

                      Loose change, man!

                      [–]cornel44 5 points6 points ago

                      It makes laundry day fun because I always fail to check for picks.

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                        [–]mooseman780 19 points20 points ago

                        I use it for change. Loonies and toonies.

                        [–]yourparadigm 15 points16 points ago

                        I use that pocket for my chapstick.

                        [–]Nametab 24 points25 points ago

                        it's also where I find my tube of melted chapstick after I take my jeans out of the dryer. :(

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                          [–]exnor 2 points3 points ago

                          That pocket is actually intended for a watch, if anyone was wondering.

                          [–]meter1060 7 points8 points ago

                          Actually its for watches that you attach to a chain.

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                            [–]Tobi_Addams 33 points34 points ago

                            Prepare your anus.

                            [–]worminator88 55 points56 points ago

                            I don't know why I clicked that...

                            [–]Andre_Gigante 17 points18 points ago

                            because scumbag brain said, "For what?"

                            [–]kaimarouet 5 points6 points ago

                            I don't know why either, but I clicked it anyway.

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                                  [–]mdoggdx316 47 points48 points ago

                                  "The FUCK I need pockets for? She took EVERYTHING!"

                                  [–]frientlywoman 31 points32 points ago

                                  Any man that doesn't have pockets don't care about life - Kevin Hart

                                  [–]Mharbles 20 points21 points ago

                                  Don't you dare imagine a future like that. I learned how to sew just so I can add more pockets to my clothing. Pockets are like the only reason to wear clothes.

                                  [–]XenoX101 16 points17 points ago

                                  Actually with Project Glass you might be right :P.

                                  [–]sgtpeppers93 20 points21 points ago

                                  In 30 years all of that and more will be on a contact lens.

                                  [–]Groening_References 12 points13 points ago

                                  With the new eyePhone you can watch, listen, ignore your friends, stalk your ex, download porno on a crowded bus, even check your email while getting hit by a train. All with the new eyePhone. From Mom.

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                                      [–][deleted] 12 points13 points ago

                                      We are already doing it with our pets...

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                                        [–]pahncrd 22 points23 points ago*

                                        The biggest revolutions will hopefully be in energy and energy storage, as that is what is holding us back the most in general. If energy was virtually endless and and easily stored for use, we could build and do just about anything we want. Power armor would be no problem, nor would extremely fancy prostheses, nanobots or just about anything else we can dream up. Eventually (and if we have enough) it would even bring us closer to creating matter from energy.

                                        [–]tunapepper 2 points3 points ago

                                        I've given this a lot of thought over the years and have come to the conclusion that, while energy storage technology is THE bottle neck standing between the present and a massive paradigm shift, it will simply never be allowed to progress past a certain level of energy density, precluding most things that we might dream of.

                                        My reasoning, in short, is that ability to store energy inevitably allows for the rapid release of that energy, which enables destruction on a level proportional to that energy. ie. batteries are bombs.

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                                          [–]wil 33 points34 points ago

                                          I spent a lot of time in The Future, and we don't even have pockets there.

                                          [–]latecraigy 3 points4 points ago

                                          Do they have New Comic Book Night?

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                                            [–]leftsideofthelane 97 points98 points ago

                                            Pokemon, hopefully.

                                            [–]Hennashan 27 points28 points ago

                                            If thirty years from now I don't have reality simulated sex in my pocket then the boys who died on the beaches died in vain

                                            [–]shutupjoey 27 points28 points ago

                                            Spaceships. We will call them pocket rockets!

                                            [–]ThunderGyra 12 points13 points ago

                                            And when we're older we'll just crack up any time one of the kids then says it.

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                                              [–]aetheralloy 36 points37 points ago

                                              Well, look at the larger pieces of equipment and microtize it:

                                              • Robots

                                              • DNA Sequencers

                                              • Rapid prototypers

                                              [–]nbarnacle 24 points25 points ago

                                              I'm hoping for cooking appliances as well: e.g. microwave, oven

                                              [–]tara_maclay 42 points43 points ago

                                              I can just imagine pulling my mini microwave out of one pocket, and microwaving tiny bagel bites one a a time, delicous!

                                              [–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

                                              "The Pockrowave"... the next innovation in pocket baking technology... Time to make your first million nbarnacle!

                                              [–]MBD123 11 points12 points ago

                                              How much food could you put in a pocket-sized microwave? Probably not much.

                                              This is a good idea, though. We need to manufacture these and sell them under the brand name MicroMeals.

                                              [–]segaboy 74 points75 points ago

                                              You don't put the food in the microwave, man. You put the microwave in the food.

                                              [–]arrachion 53 points54 points ago

                                              Whoa...

                                              r/trees is leaking again.

                                              [–]Idescribetheanimals 4 points5 points ago

                                              You can't tell me any of the people who invented such technology in the past 30 years weren't under the influence of marijuana.

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                                                [–]amishpariah 19 points20 points ago

                                                Sounds like some Soviet engineering that I would be OK with.

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                                                        [–]RaptorJesusDesu 19 points20 points ago

                                                        As many canned foods and shotgun shells as I can stuff into my rucksack

                                                        [–]FreyWill 6 points7 points ago

                                                        Probably bottle caps

                                                        [–]Bramsey89 14 points15 points ago

                                                        Food stamps

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                                                          [–]nawoanor 387 points388 points ago

                                                          Cleverly hidden in the background is every encyclopedia, ever.

                                                          [–]Cynovae 183 points184 points ago

                                                          It's scary to think that you can download wikipedia and put it on a microSD card that costs less than a t-shirt.

                                                          All that knowledge on something that can comfortably fit in your belly button ... just imagine that, a summary of all human knowledge sitting in your belly button. God I think I'll do that right now just for the hell of it.

                                                          [–]lulu114 59 points60 points ago

                                                          relevant xkcd!

                                                          [–][deleted] 28 points29 points ago

                                                          Is there always a relevant xkcd?

                                                          They should make a comic about that ^

                                                          [–]manomow 8 points9 points ago

                                                          I seriously think there is one.

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                                                            [–]d0105950 15 points16 points ago

                                                            Aaaaaaand now I'm viewing every XKCD ever.

                                                            [–]no-sweat 27 points28 points ago

                                                            I've undoubtedly learned more from Wikipedia than I learned in school. Today I learned that Alaska was called "Russian America" up until 1867, the year it was purchased by America! I also learned about the Old West. Check out those three maps of the states - interesting!! (I was watching Back to the Future 3)

                                                            [–]cheechw 23 points24 points ago*

                                                            Is it actually possible to download all of Wikipedia on an sd card? One would think that they'd have something like a couple terabytes of data at least.

                                                            Edit: So apparently it is possible. Who would have thunk...

                                                            [–]slagdwarf 36 points37 points ago

                                                            "The size of the 11 April 2012 dump is approximately 7.8 GB compressed, 34.8 GB uncompressed"

                                                            Source

                                                            [–]orijing 9 points10 points ago

                                                            Does that include all of the sound files/images/other attachments?

                                                            [–]slagdwarf 5 points6 points ago

                                                            I think it's just the articles themselves; there's a full breakdown of the contents in the link there...

                                                            [–]Cynovae 35 points36 points ago

                                                            Technically not all of it, but the important stuff

                                                            Current English revision without discussion pages or media files (text only) as of 4/11/12 is about 7.8 GB compressed. An 8 GB microSD actually can cost as low as $5, so about as much as a coffee.

                                                            So for the price of a coffee, you can have wikipedia in your belly button.

                                                            [–]bearXential 12 points13 points ago

                                                            Ok is that a thing, to put stuff in your belly button?

                                                            Did I miss the memo about belly button storage? I seem to have misplaced my invite to any recent "cool kids" meetings.

                                                            [–]PasswordLost 4 points5 points ago

                                                            Yes.

                                                            pages-articles.xml.bz2 – Current revisions only, no talk or user pages. (This is probably the one you want. The size of the 11 April 2012 dump is approximately 7.8 GB compressed, 34.8 GB uncompressed)

                                                            From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_download

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                                                                [–]astrothug 13 points14 points ago

                                                                Yeah, I only see a couple of CDs. He's missing a couple hundred CDs.

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                                                                  [–]yasminelababidi 195 points196 points ago

                                                                  I don't think my pockets are big enough for that man

                                                                  [–]redlightnetherlands 102 points103 points ago

                                                                  Thats the guy who does the GPS voices.

                                                                  [–]KevRose 31 points32 points ago

                                                                  I recently (maybe within the past 5 weeks) saw an episode on TWiT.tv where they had the female who does a TON of voices for one of the gps companies. I think she mentioned doing well over 100 voices, including the proper English woman, even though she's american, while having an actual english woman consult her language. They couldn't get that english consultant to do the voices though, because she was simply too shy lol... I thought that was kinda amusing in a way.

                                                                  [–]SalanderousWasp 20 points21 points ago

                                                                  socially awkward awesome English consultant lady

                                                                  [–]stinepelletier 4 points5 points ago

                                                                  I use the British lady for mine

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                                                                    [–]whatIwasntlistening 19 points20 points ago

                                                                    I read your comment with a comma before man, then glanced away and read it as you meant it

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                                                                      [–]Twitch380 385 points386 points ago

                                                                      My phone don't have a VHS player D:!

                                                                      [–]FlyingBishop 31 points32 points ago

                                                                      I'm not really concerned by my phone's lack of a VHS player, but I am concerned by its lack of a jack I can plug into an arbitrary video source and record to internal storage. There's definitely something we've lost here.

                                                                      [–]Catapulted_Platypus 10 points11 points ago

                                                                      What good is micro HDMI when you can record tv shows on your phone.

                                                                      [–]irrationalNumber 7 points8 points ago

                                                                      Holywood is specifically making a point to prevent this. They call it "closing the analog hole." Notice how new TVs do not have RCA jacks or any other analog inputs/outputs anymore? The MPAA is why. They want all devices to be digital so they can control how you consume it (e.g. the DRM on HDMI, Blu-Ray encryption key checks, etc.) and prevent you from recording it.

                                                                      The days of taping your favorite show/movie are over.

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                                                                        [–]ohples 122 points123 points ago

                                                                        Did anyone else's only start calling them "VHS players" after DVD players came out. I know I did

                                                                        [–]fanaticflyer 619 points620 points ago*

                                                                        It will always be a VCR to me

                                                                        [–]rydan 36 points37 points ago

                                                                        My mom had a VTR. I think the T stood for Tape. It was otherwise the same thing except made out of wood.

                                                                        [–][deleted] 26 points27 points ago

                                                                        Ah yes, the days when electronics had wood paneling. Too bad the 90's did away with that.

                                                                        Now who's going to make me a wood-paneled xbox 360?

                                                                        [–]captainhowdy27 33 points34 points ago

                                                                        http://i.imgur.com/mKGBy.jpg

                                                                        [–]TheAdAgency 40 points41 points ago

                                                                        3 red rings of burn your house down

                                                                        [–]KallistiEngel 11 points12 points ago

                                                                        Damn, you carve quick!

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                                                                          [–]Niqulaz 23 points24 points ago

                                                                          Taking the 360's heat-problems into account, that sounds like a fire hazard.

                                                                          [–]markycapone 11 points12 points ago

                                                                          Red ring of death acquires while new meaning

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                                                                            [–]bearXential 4 points5 points ago

                                                                            Everything seemed to be made of wood back in those days.

                                                                            TVs, VCRs, Microwaves, Car side-panels, tables, condoms, etc

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                                                                                [–]jrriddle 12 points13 points ago

                                                                                VCR FTW!

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                                                                                  [–]Mehowthegreat 21 points22 points ago

                                                                                  When I forget the name for the VCR I will usually say VHS player and feel like an idiot...

                                                                                  [–]Ironfruit 30 points31 points ago

                                                                                  Everyone I know (I like in Britain) calls them Video Players and Video Tapes. Strangely generic once you think about it but it's apparently the norm here. I referred to it as a VCR a while ago and my parents asked me what I was talking about.

                                                                                  [–]Scootsalot 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                  I had Beta. My dad was so confident it would beat out VHS in that format war.

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                                                                                      [–]string97bean 104 points105 points ago

                                                                                      All except for the typewriter thingy. Portable printers still suck.

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                                                                                      [–]beerisgod 69 points70 points ago

                                                                                      Obligatory

                                                                                      [–]QuintusEques 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                      PC Load Letter? What the fuck does that mean?

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                                                                                        [–]DAL82 16 points17 points ago

                                                                                        Imagine a foldable printer...

                                                                                        [–]WhipIash 51 points52 points ago

                                                                                        It would never be operational because you didn't have the foldable CD that came with, it would make an extremely loud noise whilst just shaking and not actually printing, and eventually if you tried to cancel the printing it would have a mental breakdown and fold back into its original position.

                                                                                        [–]uzuhl 48 points49 points ago

                                                                                        My HP printer already does most of that.

                                                                                        [–]WhipIash 19 points20 points ago

                                                                                        Yes, but will it fold?

                                                                                        [–]UncleTogie 11 points12 points ago

                                                                                        ....purposely?

                                                                                        [–]torbar203 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                        Reminds me of when they blend an iPad or some other big device on Will It Blend, and the guy smashes it against the table to fold it to make it small enough to fit in the blender

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                                                                                          [–]AdamBombTV 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                          It's easy if you try.

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                                                                                              [–]tunesNmunchies 87 points88 points ago

                                                                                              We've finally done it!? We have made a super gigantic pocket!

                                                                                              [–]webby_mc_webberson 475 points476 points ago

                                                                                              Dat buttons. Kids today will never know the satisfaction of feeling the play button click into place or the awesome expression of power when a VHS tape goes into auto-rewind.

                                                                                              [–]peon47 91 points92 points ago

                                                                                              Pressing the "Play" and "Record" buttons at the same time, and feeling their initial slight resistance give beneath your finger with a click.

                                                                                              [–][deleted] 301 points302 points ago

                                                                                              If you went back in time and did all of that now, I doubt you'd find it as satisfying as you think. Nostalgia is usually a disappointment when you actually go back and visit.

                                                                                              [–]christianjb 822 points823 points ago

                                                                                              Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

                                                                                              [–]MO91 93 points94 points ago

                                                                                              The nostalgia paradox

                                                                                              [–]WhipIash 34 points35 points ago

                                                                                              That's just the nostalgia of cynicism talking.

                                                                                              [–]Pafnouti 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                              Yeah, I'm nostalgic of the times when nostalgia was still what it used to be.

                                                                                              [–]McBurger 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                              DAE REMEMBER NOSTALGIA

                                                                                              [–]Tipsyy 11 points12 points ago

                                                                                              Don't you remember when nostaglia was good? That's so nostalgic

                                                                                              [–]lechuza-ojos 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                              Now, it's just a feeling that I used to know.

                                                                                              [–]JavaLSU 148 points149 points ago

                                                                                              When I was in college I lived in a crappy studio that was around 400 square feet.

                                                                                              The heater would break anytime the weather dropped below 25 degrees and I would have to sleep in three layers.

                                                                                              I was poor as shit and could barely afford my cheap rent let alone all my meals.

                                                                                              I would never want to live like that again. But when when I think back to my life back then I smile and think about how happy I was despite all the bad parts.

                                                                                              That's what nostalgia is. It isn't a desire to relive the moments. It's an appreciation of the fact that you had those experiences.

                                                                                              [–]MacaRonin 38 points39 points ago

                                                                                              You should write a song about that.

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                                                                                                [–]pime 22 points23 points ago

                                                                                                Remember how amazing Goldeneye was?

                                                                                                Don't try playing it again.

                                                                                                [–]IndianaJwns 20 points21 points ago

                                                                                                I remember getting headshots across the room on Pyramid playing 4-player splitscreen on a 13" TV. I'll never know how this was possible, as last time I fired Goldeneye up I discovered that at that distance an entire body is represented by a single pixel.

                                                                                                [–]catsfive 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                so.... did you join the army?

                                                                                                [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                I agree there for sure, but I wouldn't say that about many of the 16-bit games however. I think that 3D graphics of the old days haven't held up very well, but sprite-based games have.

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                                                                                                  [–]Bitter_Idealist 16 points17 points ago

                                                                                                  Remember when you hated calling people on the phone who had a lot of zeroes in their number, because it took so long for the telephone dial to turn back?

                                                                                                  [–]adrianmonk 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                  Almost, but I remember it was neat it would make so many click noises. I kind of hoped for numbers with lots of clicks in them.

                                                                                                  Incidentally, dunno if it's true, but I have heard this is the reason why major cities have area codes with small numbers. Stepper switches were used (moving into a new position and connecting to a new line with every click), so smaller numbers took less time to dial, so area codes with smaller numbers were quicker to access. Hence 212 for New York, 213 for LA, 214 for Dallas, and 312 for Chicago.

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                                                                                                    [–][deleted] 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                                    Ah, the feeling of disappointment when you remember a game with 10x better graphics than it actually had.

                                                                                                    [–]flippityfloppityfloo 43 points44 points ago

                                                                                                    Hey buddy - Why don't you get out of here with your logical viewpoints on nostalgia? CATDOG IS THE GREATEST CARTOON EVER INVENTED.

                                                                                                    [–]snoharm 32 points33 points ago

                                                                                                    [–]WhipIash 25 points26 points ago

                                                                                                    I see your green tourtuses and I raise you my pink, screaming dog

                                                                                                    [–]Capitan_Amazing 15 points16 points ago

                                                                                                    That show scared me more than I'll admit.

                                                                                                    [–]aitiafo 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                    This might sound weird, but the first time I tried Shrooms, it reminded me of Courage the Cowardly Dog. Real life had the same atmosphere about it that that show did. It was a little creepy.

                                                                                                    [–]Capitan_Amazing 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                    If I was ever in a situation that reminded me of Courage the Cowardly Dog I would try my hardest to get out of it before shit started getting real.

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                                                                                                              [–]Akiba89 18 points19 points ago

                                                                                                              Tactile feedback helps a bit

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                                                                                                                  [–]short_lurker 13 points14 points ago

                                                                                                                  Remember when they introduced Super Rewind? Three freaking arrows on the button.

                                                                                                                  [–]bugdog 26 points27 points ago

                                                                                                                  They also won't know the joy of songs slowing down on your Walkman because the batteries are dying.

                                                                                                                  [–]Damogran6 19 points20 points ago

                                                                                                                  Or FFWD | Flip | Play | Flip | FFWD | Flip | Play

                                                                                                                  Because my parents were too damned cheap to pay for a player with reverse.

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                                                                                                                      [–]Suckydog 20 points21 points ago

                                                                                                                      Bob Sirott.

                                                                                                                      [–]ThInKTAnKMK91 22 points23 points ago

                                                                                                                      I don't know about everyone else's pockets, but I doubt a large man would fit in mine.

                                                                                                                      [–]LegoMyEgo 55 points56 points ago

                                                                                                                      Except for the speakers. Everybody apparently hates when I play music on my phone speaker.

                                                                                                                      [–]1369ic 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                                                      Spot on. Headphones are nice, but sometimes you want speakers and as much as they've done to shrink them (like the Audioengine A2), you still ain't getting them into your pockets.

                                                                                                                      [–]knylok 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                      Then again...

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                                                                                                                          [–][deleted] 18 points19 points ago

                                                                                                                          when i was in elementary, i never assumed i would be carrying a calculator around with me at all times.
                                                                                                                          also this guy looks like the sham wow guy.

                                                                                                                          [–]sulaymanf 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                          You never had a calculator watch in school then.

                                                                                                                          [–]jax9999 24 points25 points ago

                                                                                                                          that was a fight i got into with a math teacher once. "no one ever carries a calculator around with them all the time" he'd say...

                                                                                                                          HA! who's right now, Mr Melski!

                                                                                                                          [–]amosh 33 points34 points ago

                                                                                                                          30 years? Try 17, I remember 90% of that stuff being used in the mid 90's with the exception of the Betamax being replaced with a VCR.

                                                                                                                          [–]misseliza 8 points9 points ago

                                                                                                                          Yeah, I'm 31 years old and I filled out my college applications on a typewriter. It hasn't been that long AT ALL. At least it hasn't felt that way (...or maybe senility's kicking in already?)

                                                                                                                          [–]amosh 6 points7 points ago*

                                                                                                                          I had a computer science professor who would give extra credit if you did your papers on a typewriter (this was early 2000's). His reasoning was that you had a better understanding of how computers work if you could do things analog/manually.

                                                                                                                          He was actually a really cool professor and since we always approached everything like that, it made it a lot easier to grasp concepts. Things got crazy though when he would have us throw balls around and yelling protocols to simulate data transfer or bringing in giant stationery scissors and have us manually cut & paste things.

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                                                                                                                            [–]klsi832 103 points104 points ago

                                                                                                                            With this!!

                                                                                                                            [–]stanleyhudson 49 points50 points ago

                                                                                                                            Is that a fat hasidic cactus?

                                                                                                                            [–]cC2Panda 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                                            Nope the cactus is reformed.

                                                                                                                            [–]VictoryGin 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                                            Yes. We have those everywhere in Arizona.

                                                                                                                            [–]Dreadrazorbeast 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                                                            Now the real question is which one of those devices do you miss the most?

                                                                                                                            [–]nawoanor 41 points42 points ago

                                                                                                                            The unshitty camcorder.

                                                                                                                            [–]Alililele 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                                                            the walkman!!! when the battery was low :P

                                                                                                                            [–]jonnie5 12 points13 points ago

                                                                                                                            I don't go anywhere without my portable Betamax player.

                                                                                                                            [–]lazarusmind 11 points12 points ago*

                                                                                                                            He was an Irish tech journalist for a news paper. In the early 90's he wrote about digital music players the fit in your hand and always on internet streaming and all the stuff we see now a days. Unfortunately he fell down a flight stairs in his house and died leaving a young family behind. His son is a fairly cool guy.

                                                                                                                            [–]missysue 37 points38 points ago

                                                                                                                            Is that Bob Sirott?

                                                                                                                            [–]jmichael 4 points5 points ago

                                                                                                                            Came here to ask the same question, but I'll be damned if it isn't.

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                                                                                                                              [–]DarkFox08 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                                              Yes pocket technology has really advanced.

                                                                                                                              [–]focusing 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                                              no way you can fit those headphones in your pocket

                                                                                                                              [–]pwenk 9 points10 points ago

                                                                                                                              You forgot something

                                                                                                                              [–]Werv 45 points46 points ago

                                                                                                                              I thought that was a girl trapped in a microwave.

                                                                                                                              [–]papalkombat 17 points18 points ago

                                                                                                                              Yeah, why don't we have portable microwave girls yet?

                                                                                                                              [–]gljo 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                                                              Nope, the Watchman™ is already there.

                                                                                                                              [–]YouAmStupid 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                                              Who watches the Watchman™?

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                                                                                                                                [–]bugdog 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                                                Did anyone else's parents buy Betamax instead of VHS? Prior to that, they'd bought a laser disk player that was never widely adopted, so we only had Airplane, MASH, and Tora Tora Tora for it.

                                                                                                                                [–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                                                Still need real speakers. Your iPod earbuds just aren't cutting it.

                                                                                                                                [–]melance 5 points6 points ago

                                                                                                                                You can't put that much awesome into your pocket.

                                                                                                                                [–]bettorworse 30 points31 points ago

                                                                                                                                Is that Bob Sirrott?

                                                                                                                                [–]JonY82 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                                                That explains the Chicago Bears helmet sticker on the radio.

                                                                                                                                [–]matt2500 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                                                That's a TV - the Sony Watchman.

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                                                                                                                                  [–]wil 11 points12 points ago

                                                                                                                                  There is no way that guy would fit in my pocket.

                                                                                                                                  [–]IMightBeMistaken 19 points20 points ago*

                                                                                                                                  Can Iphones receive an FM/AM radio signal?

                                                                                                                                  Edit: Thanks for the replies: 'twas an honest question since I'm still on a non smart phone.

                                                                                                                                  [–]elmassivo 75 points76 points ago

                                                                                                                                  My HTC Evo has a radio tuner.

                                                                                                                                  It uses headphones as an antenna.

                                                                                                                                  [–]celestialwolf 38 points39 points ago

                                                                                                                                  I have an Android app called Tune In Radio that lets me stream most radio stations in the country.

                                                                                                                                  [–]Fusioncept 14 points15 points ago

                                                                                                                                  and the world! I listen to BBC Radio 1 with Tune In all the time.

                                                                                                                                  [–]haifischsandiwch 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                                                  And NPR for Americans.

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                                                                                                                                    [–]robbiedo 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                                    TuneIn

                                                                                                                                    [–]dirtymoney 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                                                    also... receive tv signals?

                                                                                                                                    [–]InsightfulLemon 25 points26 points ago

                                                                                                                                    Watch shows and listen to radio? sure.

                                                                                                                                    Just over the intertubes instead of airwaves.

                                                                                                                                    [–]Ironfruit 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                                                    There are a few devices that can pick up TV signals, believe it or not.

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                                                                                                                                      [–]liescontrolus 6 points7 points ago

                                                                                                                                      My android has an FM radio receiver in it, not AM though.

                                                                                                                                      [–]jax9999 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                                                                      There's an app for that.

                                                                                                                                      you can get radio, and even police scanners. they all stream online tho, not through actual RF

                                                                                                                                      my zune (RIP) had a radio in it. damn i miss my zune.

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                                                                                                                                        [–]Habana 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                                                                        I could do that 30 years ago!

                                                                                                                                        [–]bingletons 3 points4 points ago

                                                                                                                                        My smartphone doesn't have a CD player. Or a cassette player. I'm going to return it right now.

                                                                                                                                        [–]ACommentFromBelow 19 points20 points ago

                                                                                                                                        Actually, the computing power on a modern smart phone is far greater than any computer that existed in 1982, including contemporary super-computers.

                                                                                                                                        Like waaaaaaaaaaaaaay greater.

                                                                                                                                        A decent smart phone has at least ten times the proccesing power of the fastest computer in the world from 1985-90 (Cray-2).

                                                                                                                                        [–]That_Russian_Guy 26 points27 points ago

                                                                                                                                        Dat shit Cray-2

                                                                                                                                        [–]marsten 10 points11 points ago

                                                                                                                                        Nope. The Cray-2 could do 1.9 gigaflops. The latest cell phones can do perhaps 100 megaflops at most. (Latest Android phones are benchmarked here. I couldn't find stats for the iPhone 4S, but the iPhone 4 clocks in at 33.4 megaflops.)

                                                                                                                                        So the current fastest phones are around 1/20th of a Cray-2.

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