Good point. The Clavius Moonbase in "2001" (as well as the martian colonies in "Total Recall") were in-fact located mostly underground (or in a grotto) to protect the residents from solar/cosmic radiation. True, Moonbase Alpha was even partially underground, but still had most of the structures on the surface…

At least my smartphone doesn't try to kill me. Oh, wait, texting-while driving!

My 87 year-old mother is cool with the internet, but she doesn't do the social networking because she complains people still try to hit on her and send her pictures of their junk (she calls them "pricktures"). She told me once someone sent her a full-frontal and she replied something like, "if that's your nose-job,…

The concept of flat-screen tv isn't all-that-new. It was seen in "The Jetsons" (albeit mostly in the old 4:3 aspect ratio, but sometimes wide-screen) and even in the 1960 movie version of "The Time Machine" (you have to look carefully, it's advertized in a store window when H. George Wells briefly visits 1964).

On the bright side I won't have to clean up after all the little batteries they'd leave behind.

Point, point, and POINT! In fact, this should be a top-line topic for io9 someday. I feel there's a lot people can say about it but would go way off-topic for this particular article. This could be a chance for the older demographic that enjoys this site to share their views with the younger who might take today's…

Flying cars are also an example of technologies that were predicted in the '50's, and are in-fact feasible today, but aren't exactly practical or compatible with our culture or basic human nature.

"Space: 1999" came on the scene at a perfect time for me. I was 13 years old, "Star Trek" reruns and the Irwin Allen series from the '60's ("Time Tunnel", "Land of the Giants", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea") were still running all over the indie tv stations. It was sci-fi heaven when "1999" and it's "next-gen"…

I don't remember exactly which episode it was, but I definitely remember there was an episode of "Space: 1999" where the opening theme for "UFO" could be heard in the background of a crew lounge.

Also interesting they both appeared in 1999's ultimate usurper: the Star Wars movies. Also, Peter was in the first one and Christopher was in the last.

"For the world is hollow and I have touched the sky!"

I understand that. That's why I made a point to mention "hard currency". AFIK, pretty-much all of what you mentioned are traded or evaluated electronically now. It's just hard for me to imagine someone taking a stock certificate to an investment company and exchanging it for actual currency when they could pick up…

That's what I meant by "remote-ram". I should have said "remote-pilot" to be more clear I guess.

Don't worry, antlions are tame.

"Foolish humans, they never learn..."

Because...

Take cover! Logic storm a'coming!

Great idea!

Maybe Leonard Nimoy has just given up acting in THIS universe but not others?

"This universe has no fashion-sense. FIRE UP THE GENESIS!"