This news report from 1981 on computers downloading newspapers (only takes 2 hours per paper!) is both hilarious and terribly sad. To hear a quote like, "We're not in it to make money," is ironic, given the fact that the Internet is doing a number on newspapers today since nobody is making money on the Web.
Regardless, this is a fun news report showing that some scientific predictions do come true. Now where the hell is my flying car?
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DAN SCAPUSIO joined the Sun Sentinel's online team in 2008. A self described Internet enthusiast, he says the World Wide Web brings him joy, sadness, excitement, joy and a deep sense of terror all at once. For him, it's a crossroads where college humor and the most valuable scholarly information can be found and, in some cases, even melded.
