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The Onion in 2056

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

agonist writes "Has anyone seen The Onion in 2056? I accidentally ran across it after clicking on one of the hyperlinks in my weekly Onion email." It's been awhile since we link The Onion. Always good for numerous laughs.

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  1. Re:At least Jim Anchower is still there by Crimson+Dragon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Satire.... meant to be funny.... not to predict future accurately....????

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  2. Re:At least Jim Anchower is still there by Ironsides · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sure, since 50 years ago (1955), it was pretty much like it is today...well, except for the Internet, the Cold War and Globalization

    Globalization has been happening for several hundred years. Start with China's and Spain's silver trade for one. Nothing new, just no one noticed it until recently.

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  3. Relax, dorks... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One story they missed, though, is that even in 2056, some slashdot geeks still don't have a sense of humor.

    Fer chrissakes... so it's in Flash... turn off flashblocker for 5 friggin' minutes and read some of the stories... they're quite good.

  4. Re:Click here to download plugin by encyclo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For those entirely missing the point, the problem is the old maxim that over time the usefulness of proprietary software (and also proprietary plugins) drops inexorably to zero.

    A simple example - I'm running a 64-bit version of Firefox on Linux. There is no Flash plugin available for this platform, and there is nothing I or anyone else can do about it because only Macromedia make the plugins (yes, I know you could reverse-engineer the thing...)

    So, I can't see the content, now in 2005. What will it be like in 2056? What are the chances of Macromedia still producing a plugin or supporting a 60 year-old technology? Flash content has an unknown lifespan completely out of your control.

    HTML is an open standard. There are free programs available now which can parse it. When you use HTML you can be sure that in the future there is a very good chance of it still being accessible because even if the standard falls into disuse you can still go back and read the open spec and recompile / reuse the free code out there.

    Flash in 2056? It's true irony...