Tomorrow's World: Home Computer Terminal 20 September 1967 - BBC





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[2012-05-15 20:23:34] GARCOOPY - what shocked me is ...

what shocked me is that dad was smoking right next to him !!!!

[2012-04-01 04:47:47] TheSisko1 - does it play chess ...

does it play chess ?

[2012-03-20 16:03:42] serenasmith771 - get rewarded with ...

get rewarded with surveys go to onlinesurveysforrewards.info

[2012-03-09 09:46:39] truekiwijoker - Imagine being ...

Imagine being woken up by that racket every morning.

[2012-02-24 01:38:36] MaicahRu - What happened to ...

What happened to the giant brain in London? - It became the internet :|

[2012-02-13 03:51:55] MumblingMickey - oddly there's a ...

oddly there's a Nicholas Malik who owns a company called Malik Information Services....he looks oddly like the father in the vid and is about the right age...and he is British too... I wonder if its the same kid?

[2012-01-21 08:01:09] TheAndroidNerd - the brain is the ...

the brain is the internet, no doubt, man if only those people could see all this now...they would be mind blown!!

[2012-01-17 12:41:58] mattfox14 - Nicholas now aged ...

Nicholas now aged 50 still spends time on the terminal every afternoon.

[2012-01-15 23:33:38] stephthestar90 - what a noisy ...

what a noisy machine!

[2012-01-14 21:08:48] steffankaizer - the first LOL was ...

the first LOL was send by marconi more than 170 jears ago

[2012-01-14 20:07:03] RedTailedTuna - That would be ...

That would be amazing if every household in America would have access to a computer terminal

[2012-01-13 02:27:31] Booderforce - It's frightening ...

It's frightening how we have all passively walked into this! :)

[2012-01-09 14:54:37] freddielaker2 - I used to be a ...

I used to be a teleprinter operator in a past life - No way would I have one in my bedroom, the kid in it is about 10, and I would have been around his age when this was filmed. Yikes! All pre LOL ROFLMAO and OMG, but ops used to use WTF beleive me so it isnt new!

[2011-11-06 15:53:42] CoversMonkey - SMASH THE ...

SMASH THE TECHNOLOGY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!!

[2011-10-22 01:10:46] MissWii85 - "The unseen brain ...

"The unseen brain sends its messages in good, old fashioned English" ...... and THEN the "invention" of text talk and internet jargon spoiled that idea!

[2011-10-10 05:22:51] FunnyVideoCollector - It's monitor is ...

It's monitor is made of paper.

[2011-09-11 05:09:31] 0neofthem - noisy damn thing

noisy damn thing

[2011-09-08 05:05:39] imadali286 - ha ha ha ha

ha ha ha ha

[2011-08-11 19:57:39] dcjlove - IT'S WHISPER QUIET! ...

IT'S WHISPER QUIET! YOU CAN HARDLY TELL IT'S RUNNING.

[2011-08-04 13:45:41] superhamzah85 - 2:50 = blog, vlogs ...

2:50 = blog, vlogs and twitter. His child was smarter without it.

[2011-08-04 13:44:38] superhamzah85 - Tomorrows World was ...

Tomorrows World was a British institution, it should be brought back.

[2011-07-28 19:54:16] Crackedcopskulls - sounds like a ...

sounds like a jackhammer

[2011-07-15 21:15:22] playgirlc - he's just got an ...

he's just got an email from some 'solicitor' in nigeria, asking to borrow his bank account to look after £250,000,000

[2011-07-13 08:59:40] c4r50n1 - *Looks at computer* ...

*Looks at computer* You've come a long way, baby.

[2011-07-07 11:06:21] spacehelmetforacow - at, like 1 frame ...

at, like 1 frame per *month*, maybe...

[2011-07-04 18:06:55] locouk - Lmao.. he was ...

Lmao.. he was printing out his ASCII  porn on his bedside computer!

[2011-07-03 16:43:05] AlbyTheMovieCreator - they think to be ...

they think to be cool using that thing

[2011-06-18 23:04:16] MEATYOKERRable - Off by about 10 ...

Off by about 10 years....

[2011-06-12 20:39:11] FruityFilm - What does Nicholas ...

What does Nicholas Malik do these days?

[2011-06-02 01:19:11] sdkudrgn01 - Haha, the computer ...

Haha, the computer printed "XD".

[2011-06-02 01:02:06] lpfader - dear god can you ...

dear god can you imagine having that thing firing up when your trying to read quietly in bed?

[2011-05-14 08:36:04] Membrane556 - Ten years later in ...

Ten years later in 1977 you could buy an Apple ][ which had a color display and sound.

[2011-05-12 22:31:15] youngdones - Will it run Crysis?

Will it run Crysis?

[2011-05-10 15:04:53] Thetechguy2000 - A central brain, in ...

A central brain, in other words, the internet.

[2011-04-27 18:10:05] alyvideo - How sad that little ...

How sad that little Nicholas probably grew up to be a cranky adult who hates how much kids are tied to their technology (that is, if poor Nicholas is even alive, having grown up breathing all that second-hand smoke).

[2011-04-25 11:57:12] tomp2008 - ya don't forget to ...

ya don't forget to put the cigarette out before you play with your kid

[2011-04-23 11:52:40] anonUK - Didn't Nicholas ...

Didn't Nicholas Malik grow up to become the Cookie Monster of "The Internet is for Porn" fame? Such a promising early start.

[2011-04-21 03:04:33] draytonian - Nah, it'll never ...

Nah, it'll never catch on. Not thought it through. Too feckin noisy for starters.

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