 When I grew up in the seventies then the TV series pictured the future computers on the future space ships with a lot of blining lights and bells and whistles. That was of course sooo cool – back then that is. I found this picture some time ago, and frankly I don’t know where it origially comes from, but it must be from the 50’s as they talk about ’50 years from now’. One thing that makes me wonder though is what on earth they need that big wheel for? It just doesn’t make any sense to me… |
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December 1st, 2005 at 0:48
because it’s a submarine simulator, not a computer…
December 1st, 2005 at 2:40
yawp! snopes totally debunked it:
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp
December 1st, 2005 at 14:49
Hahaha! God, I really fell for it!
Thanks for the link, it really explains what the wheel is for
March 5th, 2006 at 20:21
It’s a ship’s engine room control center. That big wheel is used to control the speed of steam
turbines.
April 17th, 2006 at 12:31
No, they use it to turn the hard disk.
April 28th, 2006 at 11:02
sorry this is a hoax i read it in a pop sci article!
February 15th, 2007 at 2:07
That wheel is the mouse…lol