My parents

[Granitehead]

Now as you say it... The little difference.

 

[Poem58]

That's technically a drivable plane, not a flying car, but I digress.

I should have known you would have pointed this out, but realistically the only way to make a car fly would involve combining either a plane or helicopter into it. As they put in their FAQ


* A lot of previous "flying car" attempts have failed. Why is this any different?


The Transition® has the advantage of modern engines, composite materials, and computer-based avionics. Terrafugia’s philosophy is to design a vehicle for pilots that brings additional ground capability to an airplane instead of attempting to make a car fly.


I would add - Until Mr. Fusion and Anti-gravity tech anyway.

 

[Captainbubby]

I'm amused that the flying car argument has wiggled it's way into a topic dealing with how the young and the old may not understand technology.  The whole argument probably seems rather silly to younger readers but then again, they weren't constantly promised by the media that the year 2000 would look like this:

 

[lulzfish]

they weren't constantly promised by the media that the year 2000 would look like this:

Come to think of it, the media hasn't promised me anything worthwhile.


The news promises me that the world is going to shit, and things are all downhill for adults of my generation and later.


The corporations just want to sell me their electronics and their cell networks, with the promise that I'll make friends or something with them.


The only technological advances I can look forward to are things like the Pandora, where a manufacturer finally decides to make mobile computers with as much flexibility as desktop PCs.


"The world is shit, and you can buy our overpriced crap now or wait 2 months for a device that nobody else you meet in person will understand. You will die alone, probably, with a mutual hatred simmering between you and everyone you know."

 

[Captainbubby]

lulzfish, I seldom say this after only seeing one post from somebody, but you and I seem cut from the same cloth. I like the cut of your jib, sir!

 

[Yannick]

I'm amused that the flying car argument has wiggled it's way into a topic dealing with how the young and the old may not understand technology.

Flying car's are for old people, I settle for nothing less then low earth orbit. (Those are technically falling cars right?)


My grandmother is still waiting on her nuclear baking oven by the way!

 

[rabidpoobear]

lulzfish, I seldom say this after only seeing one post from somebody, but you and I seem cut from the same cloth. I like the cut of your jib, sir!

It's been fun to watch Lulzfish spiral deeper and deeper into his nihilism with each promised and dashed delivery date.


I'm just waiting to see what happens when he finally gets his Pandora.

 

[Bosbeetle]

It's been fun to watch Lulzfish spiral deeper and deeper into his nihilism with each promised and dashed delivery date.


I'm just waiting to see what happens when he finally gets his Pandora.

he will cry like a bunny, a sight seldom seen

 

[lulzfish]

he will cry like a bunny, a sight seldom seen

Yes, bunnies are rare here in post-apocalyptic cyberpunk-land.


They go for about $20,000 each and the price is only going up.


Unless you mean bunny-girls, which are surprisingly common.

 

[Bosbeetle]

Yes, bunnies are rare here in post-apocalyptic cyberpunk-land.


They go for about $20,000 each and the price is only going up.


Unless you mean bunny-girls, which are surprisingly common.

I was thinking of the fluffy kind, you know the ones that don't cry.