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What if you brought 4E back to 1970?
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<blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 4966543" data-attributes="member: 20715"><p>Interestingly, most of that would actually not lead to an immediate revolution in technique or technology.</p><p></p><p>The manufacturing going into an iPod took decades of evolution. The technology simply doesn't exist to duplicate it in the 1970s. The basic principles behind what it does were known, but the novelty aspects (size and storage capacity) would be beyond IBM back then.</p><p></p><p>Blockbusters like Harry Potter and Jurassic Park require CGI that was impossible in the 70s. Actually, the very concept of a blockbuster was just being invented with Jaws. Good luck convincing a Hollywood producer that their business model is outdated without some very obvious examples.</p><p></p><p>You could possibly sell Harry Potter or Dan Brown's books to a publisher -- assuming the market was open to it. They would wonder where they came from... You could plagarize, but then you would have to retype them and submit them as manuscripts...and explain why they appear pre-edited.</p><p></p><p>None of this is strictly impossible, but the most surefire method is to bet on a lottery or sporting event you know with future knowledge, then dump that money into stocks for companies that will be successful. Actually, the 70s are a fairly lousy time for that -- just go back to the start of the .com boom, dump your money in Netscape or eBay, and pull out when the stocks are maxed out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DreadPirateMurphy, post: 4966543, member: 20715"] Interestingly, most of that would actually not lead to an immediate revolution in technique or technology. The manufacturing going into an iPod took decades of evolution. The technology simply doesn't exist to duplicate it in the 1970s. The basic principles behind what it does were known, but the novelty aspects (size and storage capacity) would be beyond IBM back then. Blockbusters like Harry Potter and Jurassic Park require CGI that was impossible in the 70s. Actually, the very concept of a blockbuster was just being invented with Jaws. Good luck convincing a Hollywood producer that their business model is outdated without some very obvious examples. You could possibly sell Harry Potter or Dan Brown's books to a publisher -- assuming the market was open to it. They would wonder where they came from... You could plagarize, but then you would have to retype them and submit them as manuscripts...and explain why they appear pre-edited. None of this is strictly impossible, but the most surefire method is to bet on a lottery or sporting event you know with future knowledge, then dump that money into stocks for companies that will be successful. Actually, the 70s are a fairly lousy time for that -- just go back to the start of the .com boom, dump your money in Netscape or eBay, and pull out when the stocks are maxed out. [/QUOTE]
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