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SteamPoweredMikeJ In reply to ANZiBLE [2013-05-02 05:33:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! But yeah, that's the trouble with setting things in the future - You never really know how things'll turn out. When I drew this, cellphones were the size of a brick and almost nobody had them

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shadow07203 In reply to SteamPoweredMikeJ [2013-10-11 16:49:35 +0000 UTC]

Just like the one where you have a floppy disc being exchanged. No one uses those anymore. Funny thing is, the commonly used "Save" icon is still a floppy disc, and we're reaching the point where many computer users won't understand that icon.

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SteamPoweredMikeJ In reply to shadow07203 [2013-10-12 02:01:54 +0000 UTC]

Oh, interesting point! Makes me wonder how many kids ask their parents "How come we say the phone is ringing?"

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ANZiBLE In reply to SteamPoweredMikeJ [2014-01-17 03:49:30 +0000 UTC]

XD The sad thing is, I know people younger than me who only know floppy disks as "the save button". I had to explain what they were for.
I actually backed up the contents of one of my old computers entirely on floppies, once; took FOREVER, and a whole shoebox of disks. I'm pretty sure I still have them somewhere.
That said, I remember when stuff used to come on floppies all the time. Makes me wonder how software got so bloated...

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SteamPoweredMikeJ In reply to ANZiBLE [2014-01-19 04:00:00 +0000 UTC]

I remember reading something in WIRED magazine, back in the 20th Century - "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a 747 full of floppies."

Its funny though that the main remnant of floppies is the 'save' icon. I was thinking the other day about the fact e-mail still has a function called 'CC'... for Carbon Copy. How much explaining does THAT one take now?

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