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NEMINI:
but what does changing fuel types actually change?  it helps the enviroment sure, thats a good thing, but other then that it changes nothing in daily life.

Bloc:
lol, I am not talking about just changing to another gas type - I am seeing gas stations turning into power stations, or "re-charge" stations - with all that will imply, as hybrid cars probably will need both electricity and possibly other fuel systems.

That will have an effect as the internet explosion had - in the sense that its something slowly becoming widespread and everyday common, and at the same time being both innovative and building on already existing things. The net have been here since many decades already, but its gone from BBS on selected spots to every home in the world in leaps and bounds, always building and enhancing existing things...

Thats why I wrote that it won't be perceived as a true "revolution" , only afterwards will it be seen as it.

Of course this may all be just random ramblings and nothing else, so time will tell I guess.

Assistance:

--- Quote from: NEMINI on February 11, 2007, 11:40:13 AM ---  My wife and I are currently on different continents for the next few months, we've been using MSN to do video calling every day.

--- End quote ---
so you would rather see your wife faster on a screen then see her in person?

"1 sec so I can fax/email/etc this to you"
or
"here it is"...as you hand it to the other person

as Bloc said, the net has been here for awhile now, and all new changes are not going to drastically change the "revolution" of its being ............. yes wow its faster, yes wow its clearer.

but that wont compare to the actually physical presence.


just to touch back on something you said Bloc
you mention how the "new" thing will be viable for the rich and the poor
I can't see anything other then something to do with food source being avaible to the poor as quick as the rich, in making it a revolution.

the poor do not have cars, some of them don't even have a house that would have power.
so any energy source (other then my theory of trapping lighting as a resource) would not help the poor. .... unless that is the "big" thing to come, which it would be.

and yes this is just random ramblings too

 

NEMINI:

--- Quote from: Assistance on February 12, 2007, 07:04:17 AM ---
so you would rather see your wife faster on a screen then see her in person?

as Bloc said, the net has been here for awhile now, and all new changes are not going to drastically change the "revolution" of its being ............. yes wow its faster, yes wow its clearer.

but that wont compare to the actually physical presence.


--- End quote ---

As the framerates have increased to useable levels web cam usage is being to explode and not be so niche.  Like the net 'shrunk the world' and put people in touch who never would have been before, cams can have the same effect, and to a bigger degree, because text lacks emotion.  cams can convey what people mean in a much better way the words that often get taken the wrong way.


if Bloc was talking about multiplying the speed of transportation then I'd agree it could be the next big thing, but changing fuel sources and the resulting infrastructure changes that come with it, still changes nothing except which pump/plug you pull your car up to, you'll still have the same speed limits on your roads so you won't get there any faster.

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