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madog
09/21/09

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Mmmmm, show me your ankle you harlet!
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reddingofish
09/21/09

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To me the firs picture looks like a guy surfing the internet looking at girly pictures.
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Gary_7vn
09/20/09

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[www.terramedia.co.uk]

March 1 First public videophone service is opened in Germany by non-Nazi Postminister Baron von Eltz-Rubenach at the start of the Leipzig Trade Fair. In Leipzig call booths are located at the fair ground and at the main post office in Augustplatz, in Berlin—160 km away—at Kolumbus Haus in Potsdamer Platz and at the corner of Hardenberg and Kantstrasse. The 180-line mechanical system uses equipment made by Fernseh at the Leipzig end and by the Post Office Laboratory in Berlin. It is available (to Aryans only) between 08:00 and 20:00 each day, a three-minute call on the service costing DM 3.50 (3s 6d=17½p). It continues after the fair closes on 7 March.
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Gary_7vn
09/20/09

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The Germans had the first working videophones in 1936. You had to go to the post office to use it, as did the person you were calling but it worked!
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SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!!
09/20/09

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I just remembered the videophone from metropolis.
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jeffk
09/20/09

Chaplin's Modern Times has a sweet big screen video phone.
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jeffk
09/20/09

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Whatever they filled the room with in 1927, it wasn't a computer.

Here's what a room full of computers looked like in 1927. [en.wikipedia.org]
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TheMightyTexMex
09/20/09

@jeffk: I wonder if they will play Crysis...
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jakebathman
09/20/09

@TheMightyTexMex: Normally I would call for the banhammer, but that was actually pretty funny

+1
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TheMightyTexMex
09/20/09

@jakebathman: I was afraid of getting banned for that, but i took the risk because i thought it would be funny.
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shantanu007
09/20/09

@TheMightyTexMex: WHy would they ban you for a comment like so?
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PlaneParts
09/20/09

@TheMightyTexMex: I'm sorry...I'm old. Could you please explain to me why; 1) you could get banhammered for that comment and 2) why it's funny. Thanks in advance.

-Geezer
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spannu
09/20/09

@PlaneParts: You could get banned for repeating a tired meme that was never good to begin with. Even if this guy slips by, please don't repeat his folly.
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rjp: This is my rebuttal
09/20/09

@spannu: I think exceptions should be made for the new twist on the tired meme. That and the fact that it was hilarious.
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Duckspwn
09/20/09

@shantanu007: Because it's a meme. Basically, people have said it so many times that it isn't funny at all, except for the odd occasion where someone uses it in a new context, such as TexMex did.
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Duckspwn
09/20/09

@PlaneParts: Crysis is a game that is notorious for being so graphics intensive that it can bring a gaming rig to its knees and make it beg for mercy. It's funny because he was saying those people were computers and he was asking somewhat dryly if they would be able to run crysis. And it's a banhammer worthy offense because "But can it play crysis?" is a meme, which means that it has been said in unfunny ways millions of times to the point where the mere presence of it sends most people into a murderous rage. However, this is a rare exception (imho).
Cheers!

Ps: You better read this, b/c that took a while to explain.
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roflwaffles is attempting hipster irony
09/21/09

@Duckspwn:
I read it, despite already knowing it.
so there you go.
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Duckspwn
09/21/09

@roflwaffles is terribly unfunny: :) Yay! Appreciation.
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ShilpaPeleus
09/20/09

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If you look on the wall of the first photo it sais "a l'an 2000" which is french for "in year 2000" so i beleive that they where estimating that it would be possible in year 2000
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reddingofish
09/21/09

@ShilpaPeleus: I saw that and knew it was French but to me it meant Ethernet LAN 2000. Talk about prophetic.
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