On 03/12/2013 06:23 PM, Warp wrote:
> However, not all technology is feasible. 50 years ago it was envisioned
> that by the end of the century we would have flying cars and that space
> travel would be as trivial as taking the bus. Nope, it's still too
> freaking expensive and dangerous to be in any way feasible. Maybe some
> day, but it's still not looking very good.

The problem with flying cars is the absurd fuel bills. Plus, lots of 
people don't look where the **** they're going when driving in *two* 
dimensions - imagine the carnage in 3D!

Cars that drive themselves? Well, that's looking like it may one day be 
plausible.

The problem with space flight is that everything is so damned far away. 
It's been decades since anybody went to the moon, so I think people have 
forgotten this... the Apollo astronauts didn't just get into a spaceship 
and then land on the moon a few hours later. It took them *days* to get 
there! And that's just the moon, the nearest planet. It took the various 
Mars probes *months* to get there!

Even if the technological problems of living in space could be overcome, 
you wouldn't go to Jupiter for your summer holiday. It would take you 
many, many years to get there.

(Also, Jupiter isn't a planet, it's a star that didn't ignite properly, 
but anyway...)

You know what? Computers that program themselves... Yeah, never 
happened. People keep telling me it's just around the corner... yeah, 
still hasn't happened. Oh, and human-level AI. Also not happened.

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