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03-29-2022, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive
Great points. I remember the first handheld calculators; LEDs and they ran on AA batteries. I had one of the first ones back in the early 70's. Texas Instruments, as I recall. It could add, subtract, multiply and divide, and do some other simple slide-rule - type things. I remember buying it in '72 or '73 for $89.00. By the 90's they were giving away calculators that made that 1970 Texas Instruments model look like it came over on the Mayflower.
Remember Voyager II and it's tour of the outer Solar System? Awe-inspiring to say the least. It is now in interstellar space. But given the rate that technology develops--what are the chances that our great-great grandchildren will be seeing it on display at the Smithsonian at some point in the future. Even though it sounds impossible, I wouldn't bet against it.
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IMO they will see the great debt unless at some point the world files bankruptcy.
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