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The fact that they weren't familiar with "common knowledge" technologies before encountering them in court, or haven't chosen to incorporate them into their life isn't.

"Common knowledge" is the key point here. Could the same argument be made about electricity, or the auto-mo-car (see item 3), 30 years after their invention?

"who needs courage when you've got a gun?"

You got an A--? The worst grade imaginable?

How very neutral of you!

I hate you filthy neutrals! With enemies you know where they stand, but with neutrals? Who knows! It sickens me.

How very neutral of you!

I hate you filthy neutrals! With enemies you know where they stand, but with neutrals? Who knows! It sickens me.

( http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSounds/1ACV05/ )
He's good, all right, but he's no Clem Johnson. And Johnson played back in the days before steroid injections were mandatory!

We all know he just steals all of his discoveries. Should totally be a Fry Hole.

Shouldn't that be jacking on, since Taco Bell/Wifi is concerned?

"Aha! Once again the conservative sandwich-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor!" [Eats Sandwich] "Oh.. I'm ruined! Wuahahahaaha why ... why...."

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSounds/3ACV21/

You're reading Slashdot, the site that does not advocate the cooool crime of extortion.

The winner is.. Number Three!

Hmmm, Omicron Eridani. Is that near Omicron Persei 8

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSounds/2ACV03/16.mp3

I'm more interested in the sound bites from the future:

John Jackson: "It's time someone had the courage to stand up and say: I'm against those things that everybody hates."
Jack Johnson: "Now, I respect my opponent. I think he's a good man. But quite frankly, I agree with everything he just said."
John Jackson: "I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far."
Jack Johnson: "And I say your three cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough."

Popplers:
http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Encyc-41-Popplers/

I can't! I'm a vampire!

Myself, I like porcinated gum.

Big Pink! It's the only gum with the breath-freshening power of ham.

And it pinkens your teeth while you chew!

I wasn't. I was thinking of Futurama. Tubes to move people.

I knew it!

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Encyc-21-SmellOScope/

Is it the Great Stone Ass of Mars? http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSounds/3ACV10/09.mp3

Hey, this guy hasn't been a CD since before his first birthday!

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/MP3Sounds/xmaselves.mp3

Dolomite, duh.

Nah, give me my Lucy Liubot (warning: MP3).

Or better yet, I'd really rather have an Uma Thurmanbot.

Where are those hot grits....

Anonymous Robot From Future: (dreaming) Hey, sexy lady! Wanna kill all humans?

"This is an outrage! I was going to eat that mummy!"

Note: you must cut and paste the link. Their site checks referrers.

You aren't the first to make that mistake.

I really hope the new Futurama brings back the Brain Slugs.

[Hermes is under the control of a brain slug, which is attached to his head]

Hermes: On to new business. Today's mission is to go to the brain slug planet.
Dr. Zoidberg: What are we going to do there?
Hermes: Nothing. Just walk around not wearing a helmet.

Career Chip
A small electronic implant used by the government of Earth to identify and regulate the employment assignments of its citizens. Testing and implanting is done at the age of 3. In 2999, Fry initially receives a career chip with the designation of delivery boy, but it is later replaced with a career chip of the designation of delivery boy.

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Information/Encyc-2-Car eer_Chip/

Gotfuturama and the interview they link, at RottenTomatoes. (minor spoilers there, if you can call them that)

They've already finished voice recording on four new Futurama movies that will be shown on Comedy Central as 16 half-hour episodes.

Leela: "Didn't you have ads in the 20th century?"
Fry: "Well sure, but not in our dreams! Only on tv and radio...and in magazines...and movies. And at ball games, on buses, and milk cartons, and t-shirts, and bananas, and written on the sky. But not in dreams! No sirree."

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSound s/1ACV06/

Molten Boron!

Which of those parties is this guy? He's got my vote, and probably my roomba's vote as well.

I suspect that these were the last two ducklings that had to fall in line. Once they were in position the EFF could fire their shot the next time a case got to the stage that exposed the target.

No, the brief spoken word rap from "Where No Fan has Gone Before" is the best!

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSound s/1ACV08/11.mp3

pff. please. everyone knows the solution to global warming is just really big ice cubes.

Why not? We all know there were Whalers on the Moon...

Of course it is? Why else would lunar whales be in such demand that they become extinct by the year 3000?

We're whalers on the moon,
We carry a harpoon.
But there ain't no whales
So we tell tall tales
And sing our whaling tune.

Sure, if you want to play semantics and have no sense of humor. No need to get technical - it was a joke, and more importantly, a Futurama reference.

"Does that dummy have a brother?"

...And we think it was something like this

"Politicians finally came up with a cheap, last-minute solution to control Global Warming: dropping a giant ice cube from the Halley's Comet in one of Earth's oceans every now and then. This fix worked for nearly a millennium, and so by the year 3000, Global Warming was considered by many a scientific fraud, like secondhand smoke."
~The Futurama Encyclopedia

It's wonderful that so many people are willing to say they want to make a difference. That's just as good as actually doing it! Studies also show that 74% of all Americans also say they want to start excersizing regularly, continue their education, spend time with their families, and find a cure for cancer. That's a load off my mind, I'll definitely sleep better tonight.

Regardless of that, the real problem isn't with the masses, its with the elite. My father is a plumbing and mechanics inspector in one of the richest counties in America. He recalls one house he inspected that had 7 heated swimming pools joined together with hottubs. The owner would keep them heated year-round just in case a random party broke out. He also had 10 furnace and airconditioning units in his 35,000 sqft. house that I'm sure he ran the hell out of. He also had a 6 car garage, one spot for each of his SUVs.

The real problem is, there are no limits on how much gasoline, electricity, or natural gas one person is allowed to use. Supplies are being wastefully depleted and turned into greenhouse gasses, and people are blaming the average consumer.

So when gas prices go up by 80%, this rich bastard probably won't even think twice. Meanwhile, an average person is being asked to "turn thermostats down in winter by 2 degrees, caulk around windows, combine driving trips when running errands... wash clothes in cold water, turn down water heater temperature, buy energy-efficient light bulbs, buy energy-efficient appliances, and buy energy-efficient cars." And this is a solution?

It's like having some large corporation lower 100,000 sub-management employee wages by $5 an hour instead of laying off one CEO who is making $500k per year.

Whoever said one person can't make a difference. --
"Man Bites Dog
Then Bites Self"

See Got Futurama?.

That's a lot funnier if you read the whole conversation, and/or listen to the actual dialogue.

Farnsworth 1: "Hope you won't think it's evil of me to ask how you got that stylish head-wound?"
Farnsworth A: "Oh, this old thing? I was experimenting to see if I could remove my own brain."
Farnsworth 1: "Of course! I had the same idea. I flipped a coin to decide if I should proceed. But it came out tails, so I didn't. How'd it go?"
Farnsworth A: "Well, getting the brain out was the easy part. The hard part was getting the brain out." *insane laugh*,
Farnsworth 1: "Hehehe, you..."

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSound s/4ACV15/05.mp3

1000 years from now even people will be controlled by slime. This is just the start! Resist the slime!

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSound s/1ACV02/26.mp3
found at:
http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSound s/1ACV02/

Man: "Yep! Drops down to minus 173."
Fry: "Fahrenheit or Celsius?"
Man: "First one, then t'other."

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSound s/1ACV02/26.mp3
found at:
http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSound s/1ACV02/

Man: "Yep! Drops down to minus 173."
Fry: "Fahrenheit or Celsius?"
Man: "First one, then t'other."

Professor: "Start the ship, Leela! Let's just steal the damn radar dish, and get back to our own time."
Fry: "But, but, won't that change history?"
Professor: "Oooh... A lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-my-own-grandpa! Let's get the hell out of here already. Screw history!"

http://www.gotfuturama.com/Multimedia/EpisodeSound s/3ACV19/27.mp3