Hah -- even better. I always wanted my own personal nuclear sub. I'll be sure to update my students.
Kirby ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phillip Kent Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 10:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] RAND corporation 1954 This does not invalidate Kirby's point, but for sake of veracity a colleague informed me that this photo is a hoax... *Online research can be easy, but beware of hoaxes* (!) "A hoax revealed: The e-mailed photograph, at left, was touted to be a 1954 projection of what a home computer would look like in 2004. The doctored image was actually altered from a photo, at right, of a 2000 Smithsonian Institution exhibit "Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War." The Smithsonian photo depicted a full-scale mock-up of a typical nuclear-powered submarine's control room."�� http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20041206/1019371.asp At 18:21 09/01/2005, Kirby Urner wrote: When they walk in, sometimes with a parent (parents don't get to stay though), they see a projected picture of a personal computer of 2004 -- as envisioned by some guy at the RAND corporation in 1954.� Here's the picture (from Popular Mechanics): http://www.4dsolutions.net/satacad/background/pc2004.jpg ++++++ Dr Phillip Kent, London, UK mathematics� education� technology� research [EMAIL PROTECTED] mobile: 07950 952034 ++++++ _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
