Animation
World Magazine, Issue 2.8, November 1997
ARCHEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES: THE YEAR 3050 A page from an archeologist's notebook reveals a scary future... In the garbage mounds of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, new evidence is being uncovered of a fierce war that raged between different electronic platforms. A study of the gadgets thrown away during these years tells the sad story of a decadent society bereft of electronic standards. Note the acceleration of abandoned devices as the 20th century draws to a close. As with all archeology, the dates are plus or minus a few years, so lighten up. 2008 Internal combustion cars Windows culture Internet culture 2007 Macintosh computers Mac Culture 2006 All film cameras 2005 NTSC standard TV sets 2004 Video Cassette recorders 2003 DVD standard 2002 DIVX standard 2001 Zip drives 2000 Year of the bug; end of DOS culture 1999 3 1/2 inch disk drives Dos Culture 1997 Sega CD 1996 3DO CD format 1995 Apple Newtons 1994 CD-I CD format 1992 5 inch disk drives 1991 Amiga computers Amiga Culture 1989 8 mm film camera 1988 Comodore computers Commodore culture 1985 Beta VCR format 1980s Turntables Electric typewriters Slide projectors Analog culture 1970s 8-track tape players Rotary dial telephones 1960s Vacuum tube stereos and radios Black & white television sets Manual typewriters Slide rules Disgusted with years of avarice between different corporations attempting to corner the market, the population of these times then fell victim to messianic religious Luddites, and eventually abandoned technology altogether. The devastating effects of this loss of standards can be seen by glancing at a timeline of events that begins where the archeological record ends... 2009 Internet push technology, cellular phones outlawed; video arcades smashed 2010 Messianic neo-Luddite rebellion, Bill Gates mansion stormed by angry mob 2011 Schools make singing, drumming, and flute core subjects Death penalty applied to inventors of killer aps; air guitars confiscated 2012 Campfire dancing compulsory; internet and phone wires cut 2013 Saints Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young canonized Dark Ages
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