such crap > On Dec 10, 2017, at 5:49 PM, David via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > This post is just an off-topic commentary, and probably is totally > irrelevant, but I think some of it will affect caving in 2018 and beyond. > > > > 2017 is starting to look like 2016 - just a faded memory. > > There are just 21 days until the big New Year's Eve parties. The NSS is > having one. [ contact: fennig...@gmail.com ] > > So it is almost time to reflect on the past 12 months, and ponder the future > of 2018. > > Some of you may recall movies and books in the 1970s and 1980s about what > 2018 would be like. Some of us, are about to find out for ourselves, in > person. > > https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1289962600l/4339742.jpg > > > > Do not believe the media. There are things to look forward to in 2018. > The computer and tech world is rapidly changing. Tiny computers called > SBC's ( like the RaspberyPi ) are going to be a huge opportunity for the > folks that are into that. Linux on the desktop computer is going to more > user-friendly and work on more hardware. [ I am working on a blog about > that: > > http://david-locklear.blogspot.com/2017/12/linux-opinions.html?m=1. ] > > Space companies are going to impress us with launches landings and videos. > > Sophia the Robot and her counterparts at Boston Dynamics are going to do > more fascinating stuff - probably baton-twirling while doing cartwheels, or > tap-dancing with Fred Astaire moves, or moonwalking like Michael Jackson, or > doing the splits while jiving like James Brown. > > Talking computers is going to be a big deal in 2018. > > The internet will continue to degrade with so many advertisments and > censorship that it will be almost worthless. > > A million people will spend over $ 1,000 on their cell-phone plus accessories. > > Millions of people will waste money on a 4K tv in 2018. > > 2018 will be the end of 720p. > > Thousands of people are going to die un-naturally in The Middle East in 2018, > but the same thing can be said of Texas just in car accidents. > > It is possible the first 100 feet of Trump's Wall will be built in 2018. I > would favor a different approach, but my idea would be way too expensive. > My idea is an artificial wildlife refuge barrier that is off-limits to all > humans. > > The self-driving car will be seen by more people in 2018, and many rich folks > will get a brief chance to ride in one. > > Banks are going to fight for survival in 2018. There will be far less human > tellers, and none by 2020. > > Grocery stores will become more automated to. > > Hundreds of brick-n-mortar stores will close nationwide in 2018. > > Millions of people will make minimum wage working for on-line retail stores > and doing home deliveries. > > Millions of young poeple will become obssesed with playing video games and > social media on their gadgets. Some of that will be exploring the new > trends in Virtual Reality ( VR ). > > There will be sadness in 2018. We may lose a close friend, and likely there > will be a beloved celebrity pass away. Probably not Dick Van Dyke. That guy > will probably live to see 2025. > > I can only hope that I go in a fun cave in 2018, and make it to the TSA > Spring Convention, the NSS Convention, TCR, and my quest to drive my Sequioa > in the Sierra Madres and to see The Real Milky Way, and that someone finds a > cure for E.D. > > I hope 2018 is the best year ever, not just for me, but for the whole human > race ( except for a handful of my enemies - most of whom are attorneys or > criminals or both ). > > I will let someone else elaborate in more detail, and explain how all of this > will affect caves and caving. > > David Locklear > dlocklea...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
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