User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 8:52:14 PM EDT
[#1]
Quoted:
Year 1905, the German 7.92x57 employed a 153 grain spitzer, at 2880 feet per second. Not bad in todays market., Browning belt-fed .50 caliber M2 machine gun, in production since 1921, still operational as A1 model. . AR-15, in service from 1958 until present, with a few minor improvement, to the barrel profile, twist rate, ammunition tweaks, . Not even yet a serious replacement for the current M4 version on the horizon, after 56 years. The SR-71 Blackbird first flew in 1964, In the following fifty years, NO aircraft has approached it's performance envelope. Boeing 747 first flew in 1969.... still in service. The year 1969, we went to and landed ON, and returned FROM THE MOON. TWICE. . . SO...... What the fuck of any significance have we attained in the 45 years since APOLLO 11 ? really cool telephones, that's what we got now. smartphones. Technology ends with a smartphone. . Your grasp of technology is sophomoric. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 8:52:56 PM EDT
[#2]
1969 the year I was born, nothing better has happened since.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 8:53:29 PM EDT
[#3]
... Now, today
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 8:54:00 PM EDT
[#4]
Right before it stopped making life easier.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 8:55:05 PM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Your grasp of technology is sophomoric. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Year 1905, the German 7.92x57 employed a 153 grain spitzer, at 2880 feet per second. Not bad in todays market., Browning belt-fed .50 caliber M2 machine gun, in production since 1921, still operational as A1 model. . AR-15, in service from 1958 until present, with a few minor improvement, to the barrel profile, twist rate, ammunition tweaks, . Not even yet a serious replacement for the current M4 version on the horizon, after 56 years. The SR-71 Blackbird first flew in 1964, In the following fifty years, NO aircraft has approached it's performance envelope. Boeing 747 first flew in 1969.... still in service. The year 1969, we went to and landed ON, and returned FROM THE MOON. TWICE. . . SO...... What the fuck of any significance have we attained in the 45 years since APOLLO 11 ? really cool telephones, that's what we got now. smartphones. Technology ends with a smartphone. . Your grasp of technology is sophomoric. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 8:56:05 PM EDT
[#6]
Haven't even come close to peaking.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 8:57:36 PM EDT
[#7]
Ok, let me make sure I got this, OP believes technology was better in the 1960's than now?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 8:58:05 PM EDT
[#8]
Here are some technology peaks:
 |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:00:54 PM EDT
[#9]
Threads like this make my head hurt.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:01:17 PM EDT
[#10]
When we stopped building nuclear reactors for commercial power generation. That's when the public became fearful and ignorant about technology. We're still increasing technology but the core belief in it is hollow in most branches of it. No belief in it. Too few with even basic understanding of math and science, too many with profound ignorance. Too many people who idolize primitive lifestyles.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:01:41 PM EDT
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Haven't even come close to peaking. This. When energy is no longer an issue we might see it peak. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:01:45 PM EDT
[#12]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Haven't even come close to peaking. THIS! |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:02:55 PM EDT
[#13]
I am a time traveler, in 2053 technology will peak.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:05:29 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Haven't even come close to peaking. My grandmother drove to the food market, burning gasoline, on four pneumatic rubber tires, with power steering, air conditioning, and automatic transmission, bought groceries home, stored food under freon refrigeration, manually loaded and unloaded an automatic dishwasher, heated with natural gas, paid for coal generated electricity........ in 1954......
SIXTY YEARS later.... my son does the same. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:05:36 PM EDT
[#15]
We're so far from the pinnacle of technology, it amazes me that this thread even exists. There was just a thread on Arfcom a few days ago about Skunk Works recruiting for the Compact Fusion Reactor program. WTF?
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:06:11 PM EDT
[#16]
If it aint broke don't fix it.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:06:34 PM EDT
[#17]
About 10 minutes ago probably.
It's gonna happen again tomorrow. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:07:23 PM EDT
[#18]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
My grandmother drove to the food market, burning gasoline, on four pneumatic rubber tires, with power steering, air conditioning, and automatic transmission, bought groceries home, stored food under freon refrigeration, manually loaded and unloaded an automatic dishwasher, heated with natural gas, paid for coal generated electricity........ in 1954...... SIXTY YEARS later.... my son does the same. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Haven't even come close to peaking. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. You can print guns in your home with a box that you hook to your computer...... |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:07:55 PM EDT
[#19]
lol
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:08:06 PM EDT
[#20]
Today
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:08:29 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
My grandmother drove to the food market, burning gasoline, on four pneumatic rubber tires, with power steering, air conditioning, and automatic transmission, bought groceries home, stored food under freon refrigeration, manually loaded and unloaded an automatic dishwasher, heated with natural gas, paid for coal generated electricity........ in 1954...... SIXTY YEARS later.... my son does the same. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Haven't even come close to peaking. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. Sixty years ago you couldn't live chat, with video, with someone in another continent. Technological innovation, for now, is centered on bringing people together. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:12:11 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
You can print guns in your home with a box that you hook to your computer...... Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Haven't even come close to peaking. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. You can print guns in your home with a box that you hook to your computer...... Wake me up when it will also reload my shells... wait, there's one for that too... |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:13:30 PM EDT
[#23]
Op reminds me of this guy.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:13:39 PM EDT
[#24]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:14:10 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
You can print guns in your home with a box that you hook to your computer...... Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Haven't even come close to peaking. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. You can print guns in your home with a box that you hook to your computer...... The computer that fits in your lap, no less. It's both hilarious and tragic that you could know computers have shrunk that much, and think, "Oh, they made the components smaller. Sounds easy." instead of realizing the components are completely different now. That's how they got smaller. Unless you assume there's TINY TINY vacuum tubes powering your computer. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:16:40 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
My grandmother drove to the food market, burning gasoline, on four pneumatic rubber tires, with power steering, air conditioning, and automatic transmission, bought groceries home, stored food under freon refrigeration, manually loaded and unloaded an automatic dishwasher, heated with natural gas, paid for coal generated electricity........ in 1954...... SIXTY YEARS later.... my son does the same. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Haven't even come close to peaking. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. Do you even fucking internet bro? WTF? That's all technology is, humans have been doing the same shit for millennia, all tech is is making it easier, faster, better. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:16:42 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
The computer that fits in your lap, no less. It's both hilarious and tragic that you could know computers have shrunk that much, and think, "Oh, they made the components smaller. Sounds easy." instead of realizing the components are completely different now. That's how they got smaller. Unless you assume there's TINY TINY vacuum tubes powering your computer. I have a fucking camera the size of a credit card that lives in my truck and records everything I do as soon as I turn the ignition on, it cost me $50. Even 10 years ago when I graduated high school stuff like that was unheard of, or cost thousands for anything that would give you decent quality. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:17:23 PM EDT
[#28]
Technology peaked last Thursday at 11:34 PM Mountain Time.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:21:59 PM EDT
[#29]
I can watch porn movies on my phone anywhere on the planet.
Did your grandmother do that? |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:22:58 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
My grandmother drove to the food market, burning gasoline, on four pneumatic rubber tires, with power steering, air conditioning, and automatic transmission, bought groceries home, stored food under freon refrigeration, manually loaded and unloaded an automatic dishwasher, heated with natural gas, paid for coal generated electricity........ in 1954...... SIXTY YEARS later.... my son does the same. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Haven't even come close to peaking. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. I'll bite. Your grandmother did that stuff approximately 90 years after the harnessing of a power that makes most of that stuff possible. Electricity. Consider that the 20th century was the largest leap in technology in the history of Earth, by a long, long, long shot. We went from dark homes heated by wood with horse and carriages to nuclear power plants and access to the greatest database of information ever conceived, that contains most of the collective human knowledge. Along the way, we accomplished some REALLY cool things, like splitting the atom and setting out in to space flight. The last 100 years are but a tiny, short section of human history. To say this RADICAL increase is the "peak"? Ridiculous. This month alone, quantum teleportation was achieved, and Skunk Works announced plans for a compact fusion reactor. Both of these things will radically change the world. Science and technology are advancing all the time. For a quick glimpse at how, Google "This Week In Science" (look in images). It's fascinating reading when you find something that piques your interest. Venturing in to space and harnessing the power of the atom are two feats of a civilization that are very, very difficult to top, and recognize that it will take some time, but we will get there. This is just the beginning. 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:23:24 PM EDT
[#31]
The SR-71 was replaced by craft that are much faster and have better cameras.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:23:52 PM EDT
[#32]
PCs, laptops, cell phones, GPS, digital cameras, flatscreens. That's just consumer goods.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:24:04 PM EDT
[#33]
tomorrow
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:24:29 PM EDT
[#34]
Technology never peaks.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:31:18 PM EDT
[#35]
OPisretarded.jpg
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:31:44 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Technology never peaks. This. Just because we may seem to be in a lull doesn't mean another rush of innovation isn't coming.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:32:18 PM EDT
[#37]
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:32:27 PM EDT
[#38]
IBM's Watson - it doesn't just search and index data. It learns.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:33:18 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Your grasp of language is astounding. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Your grasp of technology is sophomoric. It's actually at about a 5th grade level. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:38:06 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Technology never peaks. It did just before The Dark Ages. We probably have several more Dark Ages ahead for humanity in the future. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:42:45 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My grandmother drove to the food market, burning gasoline, on four pneumatic rubber tires, with power steering, air conditioning, and automatic transmission, bought groceries home, stored food under freon refrigeration, manually loaded and unloaded an automatic dishwasher, heated with natural gas, paid for coal generated electricity........ in 1954...... SIXTY YEARS later.... my son does the same. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Haven't even come close to peaking. My grandmother drove to the food market, burning gasoline, on four pneumatic rubber tires, with power steering, air conditioning, and automatic transmission, bought groceries home, stored food under freon refrigeration, manually loaded and unloaded an automatic dishwasher, heated with natural gas, paid for coal generated electricity........ in 1954...... SIXTY YEARS later.... my son does the same. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:44:23 PM EDT
[#42]
When Obama decided to redistribute our space technology money to Indonesia
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:47:47 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
. Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. Your grandchildren will order food from their watches and have it delivered to their homes with self-driving cars and autonomous drones, powered by solar or fusion energy and unbelievable batteries. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Haven't even come close to peaking. Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. Your grandchildren will order food from their watches and have it delivered to their homes with self-driving cars and autonomous drones, powered by solar or fusion energy and unbelievable batteries. Only if the laws allow it. Otherwise, they will continue to die in car crashes. BTW, I bet his grandmother's car wouldn't last 200,000 miles, nor would a person survive a 60 mph crash it in (nor would it have friggin GPS). |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:49:07 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My grandmother drove to the food market Which now thanks to technology and globalization has JIT inventory of worldwide crops so "in season" isn't a term seem much any more. , burning gasoline, at a much reduced rate thanks to computers and computer mapping programs. Thanks innovation! on four pneumatic rubber tires, That are now safer in all conditions and last tens of thousands of miles longer. with power steering, That now ties into other systems of the car to help control under and over steer making driving safer. air conditioning, That now is formulated to not release chemicals into the upper atmosphere that have no quick easy way to be eliminated. and automatic transmission, Which used to be 3 and 4 speeds, not the 6-7 speed electrically shifted OD transmissions of today. bought groceries home, stored food under freon refrigeration In a fridge that probably didn't give you chilled water and ice, and had to be defrosted regularly. manually loaded and unloaded an automatic dishwasher That was loud, inefficient, and she probably had to rise the dished still. heated with natural gas, In shitty old furnaces and central heating, that sucked, as opposed to what we have now... paid for coal generated electricity That was... who wait for it, dirtier and less effective than we have now. ........ in 1954...... SIXTY YEARS later.... my son does the same. But not the same way. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Haven't even come close to peaking. My grandmother drove to the food market Which now thanks to technology and globalization has JIT inventory of worldwide crops so "in season" isn't a term seem much any more. , burning gasoline, at a much reduced rate thanks to computers and computer mapping programs. Thanks innovation! on four pneumatic rubber tires, That are now safer in all conditions and last tens of thousands of miles longer. with power steering, That now ties into other systems of the car to help control under and over steer making driving safer. air conditioning, That now is formulated to not release chemicals into the upper atmosphere that have no quick easy way to be eliminated. and automatic transmission, Which used to be 3 and 4 speeds, not the 6-7 speed electrically shifted OD transmissions of today. bought groceries home, stored food under freon refrigeration In a fridge that probably didn't give you chilled water and ice, and had to be defrosted regularly. manually loaded and unloaded an automatic dishwasher That was loud, inefficient, and she probably had to rise the dished still. heated with natural gas, In shitty old furnaces and central heating, that sucked, as opposed to what we have now... paid for coal generated electricity That was... who wait for it, dirtier and less effective than we have now. ........ in 1954...... SIXTY YEARS later.... my son does the same. But not the same way. . Televisions are cheaper now. Tires are much better, and last longer. Phones are smaller, and more portable. If you're going to be a curmudgeon because you don't understand technology, that's one thing. But you're faking it. You're pretending to be all "oooh I don't get it" about technology, while posting on the internet about it... Technology hasn't peaked at all, you're just pretending it's not an iterative process. We haven't even begun to peak.  |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:49:48 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
It did just before The Dark Ages. We probably have several more Dark Ages ahead for humanity in the future. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Technology never peaks. It did just before The Dark Ages. We probably have several more Dark Ages ahead for humanity in the future. Nonsense. http://listverse.com/2007/09/22/top-10-inventions-of-the-middle-ages/ |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:51:08 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Technology peaked last Thursday at 11:34 PM Mountain Time. It became self aware. |
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:51:38 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
I can watch porn movies on my phone anywhere on the planet. Did your grandmother do that? Yeah! My phone can be used to circumnavigate the Earth, display Doppler radar images from anywhere, play any radio station in the western world, track freaking airplanes and spacecraft over my head, order takeout in any language, and put the sum of human knowledge at my fingertips. Oh, and it makes phone calls too. Just imagine if that tech existed even fifty years ago. 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:55:55 PM EDT
[#48]
NANOTECHNOLOGY WILL BE THE DEATH OF US ALL!!!
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:56:51 PM EDT
[#49]
Practical fusion power is still ony ten years away.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 10/21/2014 9:59:31 PM EDT
[#50]
Because I have it in the clipboard and it fits:
The Ultimate Driving Machine 
|
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
