General Discussions

**Learning Newbie** · 01-07-2008, 05:16 PM

Happy Geek New Year!

The CES is going on in Vegas, where a bunch of technology fans go to see the latest gadgets, and the direction society is going in. I'm guessing nobody here is going, and that any particular item that comes out isn't going to change the world. But I think technology is already on the scale of when humans learned agriculture. And there's a clear evolution going on, where different gadgets are converging, they're all becoming more interconnected, and, unfortunately, it's the market place (heavily influenced by commercials) that decides what lives and what dies.

Thoughts?

**andrei155** · 01-07-2008, 05:29 PM

You never know, we have yet to encounter the thomas edison of our time.

**CSS4Life** · 01-07-2008, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by andrei155

You never know, we have yet to encounter the thomas edison of our time.

Bill Gates? He was a great businessman and has revolutionised the computer world - even if his predictions about the future of computers usually sound stupid after 5 years

**andrei155** · 01-07-2008, 05:37 PM

Ah, i forgot about him, lol. Maybe theres still better to come!

**Moxxnixx** · 01-07-2008, 05:46 PM

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Bill Gates? He was a great businessman and has revolutionised the computer world - even if his predictions about the future of computers usually sound stupid after 5 years

On a related note, Bill made his final keynote speech last night at the CES.

I'm still a little disappointed at the turn of the blu-ray/hd-dvd war with Warner choosing blue-ray exclusively.

**andrei155** · 01-07-2008, 05:50 PM

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Bill made his final keynote speech last night at the CES.

What do you mean... final?

**Moxxnixx** · 01-07-2008, 05:54 PM

He made his 11th and final appearance as keynote speaker at CES.
Meaning it's his last before he retires.

**andrei155** · 01-07-2008, 06:17 PM

I don't want to daze more off topic, so i'll restrain from asking any more questions. However thanks for the info!

On a side note. What has the CES brought to the world, in the past?

**Moxxnixx** · 01-07-2008, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by andrei155

I don't want to daze more off topic, so i'll restrain from asking any more questions. However thanks for the info!

On a side note. What has the CES brought to the world, in the past?

Here's a list of the more famous products and technologies that have debuted at CES in the past...

Microsoft Xbox, 2001
Digital Video Recorder (DVR), 1999
HDTV, 1998
DVD, 1996
Virtual Boy, 1995
CD-i, 1991
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), 1985
Commodore 64, 1982
Compact Disc (CD) player, 1981
Camcorder, 1981
Pong home console by Atari, 1975
Laserdisc player, 1974
Video Cassette Recorder (VCR), 1970

taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show

**Learning Newbie** · 01-07-2008, 06:27 PM

And this year even Ford showed up. Even cars are being computerized.

**ForrestCroce** · 01-08-2008, 02:24 AM

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On a side note. What has the CES brought to the world, in the past?

I'm not sure the show itself has brought anything to the world ... people just go there to show off their goodies. A lot of new digital cameras are announced around this time.