I just had to share this website. It's a virtual encylopaedia of the future, as it used to be imagined. I just spent an hour reading its pages and keep finding more cool stuff.
http://davidszondy.com/future/futurepast.htm

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This is not an idea to be tossed aside lightly - it should be thrown with great force

Travel into... the RETRO-FUTURE! future... future... future...

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"If this were play'd upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
Shakespeare, Twelfth Night
Illuminati's Razor-The most complicatedly evil answer is usually the most correct answer. - Fazor
"Every book is a children's book if the kid can read." - Mitch Hedberg
"Distance doesn’t matter much in space, where if you just start a thing off with the right kind of shove, sooner or later it will get where you want it to go." -Frederik Pohl, Mining the Oort

Darn, I thought this thread would be about the X-Men!

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"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek
"Carl Sagan sent a message to ET,
Neil Armstrong walked in the Sea of Tranquility
Steve Squyers built Spirit and Opportunity
Dan Haylen upchucked in zero gravity." -Brent Simon, The Space Camp Song

Paleo-Future is a similar site, but in blog form. The blogger seems to have quite the penchant for Disney futurism, but there's plenty of other stuff there to keep you entertained.

- Maha "future ain't what it used to be" Vailo

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When you get down to it, Science answers how. Religion answers why. - hippietrekx

Thanks Maha - that's a good site

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