It has arrived, the day Marty and Doc go into the future to save their kids. I feel robbed. As a child of the 1980's, we dreamed of flying cars, hover board and the Cubs winning the World Series...and it appears none of those things came true...
Back to the Future Day
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itty bitty computers in everyone's pocket have sapped those grand dreams - instead have Tweets, Snaps, and status updates. Hoverboards would have been used outside where it's hard to read your 5" screen, so no way was anyone going to bother developing that. Nobody needs a flying car, Amazon will drop that new iPhone on our doorstep for us.
In a dozen or so years, kids watching Back to the Future for the first time will ask "Twin Pines Mall? What's a 'mall?'"
In a dozen or so years, kids watching Back to the Future for the first time will ask "Twin Pines Mall? What's a 'mall?'"
Pepsi definitely screwed up by not releasing a specialty drink for the day. Not only tons of free advertising from all of the press coverage but people would buy extra bottles and never drink them as collectibles. Stupid move (or lack thereof) Pepsi.
Ok so apparently they released 6,500 bottles of Pepsi perfect, or about 100x less than they should have. And people who know about it are TICKED. So even worse than doing nothing Pepsi.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/21/news/companies/pepsi-perfect-sellout/
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/21/news/companies/pepsi-perfect-sellout/
I didn't even try last night but Amazon released more around 9am this morning but I was never able to get one in my cart. I'd click the One Click buy or Add to Cart but then it would give me the no inventory message.
Flatscreens, tiny flying cameras (drones), cholesterol being useful in preventing cancer (a joke in the film that is now being seriously looked at), quick-drying clothes, moving billboards. A lot from the film has come to pass. Of course you have to wonder if hoverboards and self-lacing shoes -- both now available -- came to be BECAUSE of the film. But I guess that still counts as a prediction. Too bad we don't have the tiny 2-inch frozen pizzas that you put in the hydrator for 8 seconds and they come out 16 inches wide and steaming hot.
You might recall that in the movie, Marty gets frightened by a huge holographic shark in the preview to "Jaws 19". Of course there was no Jaws 19, but Universal did decide to come up with a pretty funny trailor for one, just b/c of BTTF 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl092whRLlI
You might recall that in the movie, Marty gets frightened by a huge holographic shark in the preview to "Jaws 19". Of course there was no Jaws 19, but Universal did decide to come up with a pretty funny trailor for one, just b/c of BTTF 2.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl092whRLlI
The FSU Mag Lab is having a commemorative event this evening:
http://www.wtxl.com/community/great-...e68770872.html
Great Scott! Mag Lab Knows "How Time McFlies"
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) -- Great Scott! We're back to the future!
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 is the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to in Back to the Future Part II.
To celebrate Back to the Future Day, the MagLab is hosting "How Time McFlies."
The event looks at tech predictions from the 1989 movie and what 1.21 gigawatts really means. There's also hoverboard races and a DeLorean derby.
Organizers are also putting together a Back to the Future costume contest, so they say be sure to "put on your puffy vest and hoverboard over to the National MagLab to celebrate the discoveries and innovations of the future!"
"How Time McFlies" is Wednesday, October 21, 2015, of course. It's at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive). There's no cost to take part, and all are invited.
http://www.wtxl.com/community/great-...e68770872.html
Great Scott! Mag Lab Knows "How Time McFlies"
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) -- Great Scott! We're back to the future!
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 is the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to in Back to the Future Part II.
To celebrate Back to the Future Day, the MagLab is hosting "How Time McFlies."
The event looks at tech predictions from the 1989 movie and what 1.21 gigawatts really means. There's also hoverboard races and a DeLorean derby.
Organizers are also putting together a Back to the Future costume contest, so they say be sure to "put on your puffy vest and hoverboard over to the National MagLab to celebrate the discoveries and innovations of the future!"
"How Time McFlies" is Wednesday, October 21, 2015, of course. It's at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive). There's no cost to take part, and all are invited.
Just learned that the Delorean Motor Company is located north of Houston and has most if not all the deloream a and spare parts. Plus you can rent the time machine. Suck it Dallas
http://www.delorean.com
http://www.delorean.com
This was cancelled after the tragic death of an employee.The FSU Mag Lab is having a commemorative event this evening:
http://www.wtxl.com/community/great-...e68770872.html
Great Scott! Mag Lab Knows "How Time McFlies"
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) -- Great Scott! We're back to the future!
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 is the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to in Back to the Future Part II.
To celebrate Back to the Future Day, the MagLab is hosting "How Time McFlies."
The event looks at tech predictions from the 1989 movie and what 1.21 gigawatts really means. There's also hoverboard races and a DeLorean derby.
Organizers are also putting together a Back to the Future costume contest, so they say be sure to "put on your puffy vest and hoverboard over to the National MagLab to celebrate the discoveries and innovations of the future!"
"How Time McFlies" is Wednesday, October 21, 2015, of course. It's at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive). There's no cost to take part, and all are invited.
Sad news. Some of these big university research projects are practically equivalent to industrial settings, with the potential for the equivalent of industrial accident - type incidents. When we've had safety training we often hear in the form of warning, the recounting of a variety of fatal accidents that've happened in these settings over the years. Not super frequent, but several over the course of a decade, and some quite horrific in manner of death.
