tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10235575.post3949743293113001430..comments2024-02-04T15:48:48.193-05:00Comments on Adventures in Applied Math: New Year, Old MemoriesRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927630155994067676noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10235575.post-79227870748143387742009-01-06T22:03:00.000-05:002009-01-06T22:03:00.000-05:00Thanks a lot, Rachel and Ceresina, I'm feeling eve...Thanks a lot, Rachel and Ceresina, I'm feeling even older. It's interesting to think that from a kid's perspective, 1985 was a long time ago. Yeah, let's get on it and invent those fusion reactors and hover cars. Hopefully Obama's economic stimulus plan will cover both of those. <BR/><BR/>And Ceresina, I had never thought about how the things that were formerly over the top are now normal parts of everyday life. I wonder what kind of stuff we missed out on when watching movies from earlier generations!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927630155994067676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10235575.post-54082983303646235632009-01-05T13:05:00.000-05:002009-01-05T13:05:00.000-05:00Hey! that phone set is how Matthew Broderick conne...Hey! that phone set is how Matthew Broderick connected to WOPR in War Games! <BR/><BR/>My favorite technology change story is more recent. In the movie Clueless, it's supposed to be funny, over the top, the way those rich kids are so tied to their cell phones, they can't even walk from one class to another without calling each other. Kids/teens now think it's normal.ceresinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236935216909790266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10235575.post-3295911444122177772009-01-03T15:38:00.000-05:002009-01-03T15:38:00.000-05:00Here's a crazy story that will make you feel old: ...Here's a crazy story that will make you feel old: Back to the Future was on TV, and we thought to ourselves, hey, Byron would like that! Mad scientist, time travel, what's not to love?<BR/><BR/>Problem was: for Byron, traveling back to 1955 didn't seem that interesting. As far as he was concerned, the movie STARTED OUT in the past. 1985 is ANCIENT!<BR/><BR/>Also amusing: the brief glimpse of future tech we get at the end of that movie. We only have six more years to invent fusion reactors that run on trash, not to mention the obligatory hover cars!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com