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The Future That Hasn't Arrived

jonerik writes "MSNBC has this article on an exhibit starting this week at Philadelphia's Lost Highways Archive and Research Library. Entitled Radebaugh: The Future We Were Promised, the exhibit focuses on the artwork of the elusive A.C. Radebaugh, a commercial illustrator whose works promised us a glittering, shiny tomorrow from the '30s to the '50s; a helicopter in every garage, massive streamlined cars, vacations on Mars - in short, pretty much everything we didn't get. The exhibit collects examples from Radebaugh's portfolio, auto designs for Chrysler, DoSoto, and Dodge, ads, and 'Closer Than We Think!,' a syndicated weekly comic strip drawn by Radebaugh. I want my jetpack, dammit!"

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  1. First H-1B Post!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Suck it bitchez!!!!! H-1Bs are techinicallly superior!!! Die you American scum!!!!!

  2. who fucking modded this post up? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1. It has no content

    2. It does not mention uiuc.test of the anti slashdot jihad

    fucking *stupid*

  3. Day-o, day-ay-ay-o by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Daylight come and me want to go home!

    Fresh off the boat on a H-1B, man!
    Work all night in the serverfarm for the MAN!
    One server, two server, three server -- CLUSTER!
    Beautiful cluster of IIS servers,
    Hide the deadly black tarantula!

    Daylight come and me want to go home!

  4. Re:Vaporware icon by TheAwfulTruth · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Linus good. Gates bad. 'Nuff said."

    Maybe a little more can be said. Linus works for a proprietary tech company. Linux uses proprietary DVD decoding software and says "Nya Nya you can't have the source". Linus is no Jesus. On the other hand. Bill Gates has personally given away more money to charities than any individual person ever. In fact all rich people he's robbed to pay for all the poor he's helpd, well there was another peron of tale like that. And he was a hero.

    Must be nice to live in a world with only two colors like you do. Nothing to think about ever, no decisions to make. Everyone does all that for you and you just belong. Probably like the way I imagine our cats live their lives...

    --
    Contrary to popular belief, coding is not all free blow-jobs and beer. Those things cost MONEY!
  5. l would simply be happy with... by ewhenn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ... the cancellation of the ice capades.