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I'll pass him this week, don't worry.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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2250!

That's the year that Jeb Bush's great great grandson will be elected president.

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Here you go... call it "motivation"...

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2074 jimbo
2007 ricarleite


Now get postin'!!!
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
2250!

That's the year that Jeb Bush's great great grandson will be elected president.


As much as that makes me shudder to think, I know it's just fantasy as the election will actually fall in 2252. Odd numbered decades, the election falls every four years starting at 2 (1972, 1992, 2012, etc.). Even numbered decades, the election falls every four starting at 0 (1980, 2000, 2020, etc.). Should Jeb Bush's great great great great great (yeah, you get it) grandson get in office then, it will be because the actual president, elected in 2248 will have died or been killed or be otherwise unable to maintain his/her presidency and Junior Bushie was the Veep, and not because he was elected. Just thought I'd point that out.

12,497.
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By 2250 the president of the United States wil be a robotic clone of Charlie Chaplin.
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Oh yeah, I broke 12.5 K. Woo hoo!!!
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2018! The year where... uh... hmn... nevermind the year thing.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Ric, that's the lost Kubrick film...

2018: The Year When the Stuff From "2001: A Space Odyssey" Might Actually Happen
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So you mean that by 2018 PanAm will be flying us to a space station orbiting the moon, the USSR will be in a cold war against the USA, people will use a "videophone" by Bell to talk to relatives, and the computers will be gigantic mainframes with no GUI? I can't wait to live in 2018, so I can discover that monolith and sell it on e-bay!
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Uh yeah, something like that. This should give you some insight into how much I liked 2001. Other than the monolith and the mainframe computer with no GUI, I recall none of the things you said from the movie.

I hated 2001.
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Wow.

How pessimistic must they have been to think the Coldwar would still be going on in 2001.

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Well, it was 1968, the US hadn't even won the space race yet.
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
So you mean that by 2018 PanAm will be flying us to a space station orbiting the moon, the USSR will be in a cold war against the USA, people will use a "videophone" by Bell to talk to relatives, and the computers will be gigantic mainframes with no GUI? I can't wait to live in 2018, so I can discover that monolith and sell it on e-bay!



I ACTUALLY RECALL ALL OF THAT STUFF. I'LL BE SEARCH E-BAY FOR YOUR AUCTION.

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I thought 2001 was set in an unrealistically distant future and involved space wars with monkey's wielding hammers or some such evolutionary bullcrap...

So what? It's just the cold war in space? TO IMDB!!

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2268!

The year that... um.... I finally start liking Tarantion films.

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I thought 2001 was set in an unrealistically distant future and involved space wars with monkey's wielding hammers or some such evolutionary bullcrap...

So what? It's just the cold war in space? TO IMDB!!


Stanley Kubrick just SPINNED on his grave right now, 100 rotations per second. And Arthur C Clark just spinned on his... bed, he's not dead yet, at least I don't think so. Did he die? Last I knew of him, he was incredibly old but alive.

Wee, post 2022... the year that... uh... oh, I got it! the year I'll get to be 40!
That is, if I'm still alive by then...
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Yes, but it has been quite a while. I remember he was reluctant about writing it, as it was some sort of a "beating up a dead horse" kind of thing... I mean, you all know what happened to "2010", right? Right.

"2001" could be the best film ever, if Kubrick had not directed another movie after this one, called "A Clockwork Orange"...
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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It was 2064: Odyssey Three, or something like that.

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Originally posted by: Bossk

I hated 2001.


And the ghost of Stanley Kubrick rises from the ground and beats up Bossk.