Home Office of the Future

BoneKracker · Veteran Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1499 Location: U.S.A.

On a 1967 CBS special about what life might be like in the 21st century, Walter Cronkite speculates that people will work from home, and gives a tour of what a home office might look like, including a "computerized communications consoles".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=V6DSu3IfRlo

I love one of the comments:

pjp · Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 11:01 pm Post subject: Re: Home Office of the Future

BoneKracker · Veteran Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1499 Location: U.S.A.

Okay, "crap his coffin", then.
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pjp · Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 3:04 am Post subject:

The point is, he was alive to see it... so why would he "crap" as a reaction? The poster seems to be of the belief that Cronkite died in the 60s or 70s or something.
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BoneKracker · Veteran Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 1499 Location: U.S.A.

I see. Good point. Author of comment should have said, "He'd have crapped his pants, if somebody were able to show him back then that ...".
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