# My, how far we have come since 1985.. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 22, 2005, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716 "2005-08-22T10:25:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/1 "2005-08-22T10:25:12Z")
[http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000430055334/](http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000430055334/) LOL ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/2 "2005-08-22T10:30:54Z")
Someday we’ll all have phones as portable as the 11-pound Mobira Talkman rofl ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/3 "2005-08-22T10:32:02Z")
> One day in the future we’ll all work at 200MHz tower desktops with 9600 baud modems, but until then we’ll just have to keep dreaming. Are we there yet? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/4 "2005-08-22T10:33:02Z")
the other day. walking down elmwood. i saw a kinda squirelly looking lady talking into a really big cell phone. but when she got closer. i realized it was actually one of those old yellow “sony sports” tape walkmans… ---
**Author:** ![Bigairskier1580](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigairskier1580/32/7612_2.png) [@Bigairskier1580](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bigairskier1580)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/5 "2005-08-22T10:36:59Z")
> [@newman](#): > > the other day. walking down elmwood. i saw a kinda squirelly looking lady talking into a really big cell phone. but when she got closer. i realized it was actually one of those old yellow “sony sports” tape walkmans… Drugs do CRAZZZZZZZZy CRAZYYYY things man. ---
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/6 "2005-08-22T10:58:14Z")
wow! ---
**Author:** ![\_Karu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/_karu/32/7602_2.png) [@\_Karu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/_Karu)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/7 "2005-08-22T11:44:47Z")
frickin’ hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![duck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/duck/32/7183_2.png) [@duck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/duck)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/8 "2005-08-22T12:04:47Z")
wow, great… um article? i can’t believe i was born before all of that and that so much has happened in so little time. ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/9 "2005-08-22T12:18:18Z")
takes me back to the days of “lazer tag” lol… anyone remember those? if not here’s a refresher – [http://cgi.ebay.com/Lazer-Tag-Set\_W0QQitemZ5231519519QQcategoryZ1182QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem](http://cgi.ebay.com/Lazer-Tag-Set_W0QQitemZ5231519519QQcategoryZ1182QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/10 "2005-08-22T12:37:08Z")
Lazor tag was awsome. I had the helmet,vest,gun w/ holster I loved playing it ---
**Author:** ![TurboTSi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TurboTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTSi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/11 "2005-08-22T13:16:36Z")
^ my parents only got me the one gun and receiver, and I didn’t have any friends who had that setup so I had to run around my house and shoot myself. It was kind of boring. ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/12 "2005-08-22T19:55:10Z")
> [@TurboTSi](#): > > ^ my parents only got me the one gun and receiver, and I didn’t have any friends who had that setup so I had to run around my house and shoot myself. It was kind of boring. So you played with yourself all the time? Sweet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TurboTSi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TurboTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTSi)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/13 "2005-08-22T20:11:11Z")
yeah I learned young and still haven’t gotten bored of it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Janny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/janny/32/7594_2.png) [@Janny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Janny)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/14 "2005-08-22T22:42:54Z")
ahh… this makes me think of my apple IIe those were the days ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/15 "2005-08-23T06:42:22Z")
I miss PC’s with turbo buttons… ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/16 "2005-08-23T07:01:11Z")
“Imagine that: storing over 500 MB of space on a single disk. We’re not quite sure how we’d actually fill all that space” i said that when i got my first pentium pc. it had a 420 meg hd (yea, 420) i was like “man, i will never run outta space with this” lol ---
**Author:** ![Daddie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daddie/32/7621_2.png) [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/17 "2005-08-23T07:30:33Z")
> [@Zer0DazE](#): > > “Imagine that: storing over 500 MB of space on a single disk. We’re not quite sure how we’d actually fill all that space” > > i said that when i got my first pentium pc. it had a 420 meg hd (yea, 420) i was like > “man, i will never run outta space with this” lol Then you discovered porn ---
**Author:** ![SilencingMachine](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silencingmachine/32/7593_2.png) [@SilencingMachine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SilencingMachine)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 7:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/18 "2005-08-23T07:35:16Z")
> [@Sleepy](#): > > Then you discovered porn lol yeah. i remember when i was like 14, on dial-up, dling pics from newsgroups and BBSes lol. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/19 "2005-08-23T08:08:52Z")
> [@Sleepy](#): > > Then you discovered porn i had porn well before that. it was discovering irc that did me in. ---
**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716/20 "2005-08-23T09:30:56Z")
lol i think irc did everybody in [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-how-far-we-have-come-since-1985/1716.md?page=2)