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Cause the guys in marketing

Rootman — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:22:35 +0000

In reply to The point being that as this

Cause the guys in marketing take long lunches.

The point being that as this

cmaukonen — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:18:41 +0000

The point being that as this article about superconductors from the BBC makes fairly clear.

"You always think you can do it faster but if you look in the history of advances, it takes about a generation to get from lab discovery to marketable option," Professor Yurek told BBC News.
He noted that the optical fibres that criss-cross the globe carrying data and even transistors experienced the same lag between discovery and widespread use.

And thirty years away from

cmaukonen — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:11:32 +0000

In reply to We are five years away from

And thirty years away from having pigs fly.

Or cars.

We are five years away from

Rootman — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:57:07 +0000

In reply to I remember that quote as

We are five years away from having free energy. Nine years from a computer that will outthink the most intelligent human. Twelve years from medical immortality. Fifteen years from a computer with more intellectual power than all living humans combined. Sixteen years from having my credit cards paid down. Twenty years from antigravity.

I remember that quote as

cmaukonen — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:32:40 +0000

In reply to "Everything that can be

I remember that quote as well. I would say that is not the case but the next big things are a long way off.

We we have right now, more or less, is what we will be stuck with for a while. Just different colors and shapes.

I recall that line from

Richard Day — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:17:57 +0000

In reply to "Everything that can be

I recall that line from school!

Great quote.

"Everything that can be

Rootman — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:09:42 +0000

In reply to The New old Normal

"Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Patent Office, 1899.