Remembering A Tech Legend Gifts

Valuable business advice from some famous disruptive technologies.

"So, what does everyone think of XX81's suggestion for increased funding into AI research?"

'It's one of these new phones that takes photographs.'

Man on Snowdon with GPS system - "I'd be lost without it."

Early Colour TV

'It says our line printer is obsolete our remote terminal is obsolete, and I'm afraid, we're obsolete.'

'I'm old enough to remember when smiley faces were right side up.'

"It's a fantastic computer! It's so old that none of today's hackers know how to hack it!"

"It's very sweet of you to visit him. Mr. Mainframe doen't get out much since the desktops came in."

"This car is a retro classic. Instead of a USB outlet there's a cigarette lighter."

'The next big thing is ultra nano.'

"Go ahead and laugh, but this baby hasn't crashed since 1961."

Telephone line ends up buried in the ground with a headstone.

Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

"We think your telephone is a great invention, Mr Bell, but is a bit basic. How about adding a phonograph to it?"

and this little light starts blinking when your computer becomes obsolete

Social Media

"It called a smart phone. Cool, but no service."

How to create a password you can remember...

"Write about robots."

"He's teaching me map skills, such as how to fold it."

"You know if we market it right, this thing could spread like the wheel."

'At last we have found 'The Land of the Obsolete Hardware','

"I've had a tip off that someone on the team has been using email."

"Television sets evolved from animals. My randpop remembers when they had rabbit ears!"

"Let me take you back to a dark time when all you could do with a phone was make phone calls."

Abandoned Vehicles Along The Information Superhighway.

"Grandma, I have to bring an antique to school. Can I borrow your flip phone?"

"The Internet has totally revolutionized the way white guys get rich."

"It's a flip phone. I guess we can document this as an ancient, archaeological discovery."

The Year 3010: Dismantling the now so out of date human model.

'Wheel.'