Comments on: 21 Things That Should Be Blowing Your Mind (But Probably Aren’t)

By: Daniel M. Clark

Daniel M. Clark — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:29:09 +0000

I think you're absolutely on-target there. Another strange thing to think about? Those shuttles are still in service (albeit with some upgrades).

By: Daniel M. Clark

Daniel M. Clark — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:29:09 +0000

I think you're absolutely on-target there. Another strange thing to think about? Those shuttles are still in service (albeit with some upgrades).

By: wastedinc

wastedinc — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:42:18 +0000

'The cell phone in your pocket is more powerful than the computers used to send people to the moon.'

You're not wrong; but even this is an underestimation of the progress made.

Remember those greetingcards we first started seeing about fifteen years ago which played a sort of primordial MIDI when they were opened? There was a fairly big deal at the time about those things [then about $14.95, retail] exhibiting more processing power than the entirety of Apollo11's bank of supercomputers in 1969.

I'd hazard that my ageing MotorolaQ9C is nearly as powerful as the systems in use around the time NASA kicked over to shuttles in 1981. An iPhone or NexusOne? At least better than some of the extant satellites they still rely upon.

By: Allison

Allison — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:32:39 +0000

I know this is silly but flavor of gum lasts a lot longer than it used to. I gotta say that it is one of my favorite improvements.

By: anthonydenicola

anthonydenicola — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:14:27 +0000

Money from nothing – People can sit at home on the internet and post advertisements on their websites. People visiting their site click on the advertisment links and the website owner gets paid. They don't have to open a store, they don't need to actually talk to anyone, and they are making money 24/7 just for putting an advertisment on their website with practiacally no cost involved.