http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/ Engadget Comments for 24 in 1994: the "lost pilot" http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/god im glad those days are gone]]>Nov 9th 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
Still, it sucked to download a 12 part UUEncoded file only to realize you wasted your time. ]]>Nov 9th 2007 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
Not because I went on all the time, but because I got disconnected all the frickin' time.]]>Nov 9th 2007 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
AOL sucks.
AOL owns Engadget.

What does that make Engadget?]]>Nov 9th 2007 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
No social networking
No youtube
No such thing as mp3, and therefore no mp3 players.
No blogs (If you said "blog" to anyone back in 1994 what would they think)
EVERYTHING managed to fit on a 1.44MB floppy
Apple products didn't have an i before them

The list goes on...]]>Nov 10th 2007 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 10th 2007 12:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
Get a job. Or maybe a laxative.]]>Nov 9th 2007 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
Jack's acting was a little too corny though]]>Nov 9th 2007 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 10th 2007 12:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 12th 2007 3:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
And anyway, I thought it was more like a "what if CTU used consumer-level technology" than a "what if 24 was set in the 1990's". They obviously wouldn't have been using dialup AOL in the 1990's or talking on unencrypted pay phones, for just a couple examples. (The IBM Simon, the world's first smartphone, was even available in 1994: http://cdecas.free.fr/computers/pocket/simon.php) Again, it seemed really forced, which automatically makes any joke unfunny.

Not to be a killjoy or anything.]]>Nov 9th 2007 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
Oh, and I think he had my old pager.

OH and I remember the days of disk spanning...having to use 10+ disks to save a shitload, or even just one, file. Oh the happiness that was had when zip drives came along with a whole 100 megabytes for like $30.]]>Nov 10th 2007 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Anytime you watch some shit(stand-up, real sex, etc) on HBO and you snicker cause you think it's from like 1988, and then you see the copyright is like '93 it kind make you feel old and realize how long ago the early 90's really were.
anyone who's been frustrated by technology like this would probably get a good laugh out of this, i know i did. The sad part is i know people who still have dial-up, but the last person i knew with a pager finally retired it 2 years ago.

to think i used floppy disks and dial-up only 5 or 6 years ago kinda blows my mind.]]>Nov 9th 2007 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/You seem like the type of person that goes into action movies just to nitpick at how unrealistic the nitty gritties are.

p.p.s. No one likes those people.
I'll admit that happens when things get too technical ("hacking" for example) or weapons effects/details, but when i see it, i keep it to myself.]]>Nov 9th 2007 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
I know someone who still uses a pager. He has a cell and everything, but he spends a lot of time in low or no reception areas. But the pager, being only one-way communication, works just fine.]]>Nov 10th 2007 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/And now we are in an era of 1 TB hard drives. My, how times have changed.]]>Nov 9th 2007 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Loved when he was downloading the disarm code...the classic AOL "File's Done!"]]>Nov 9th 2007 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 10th 2007 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
Were using Windows 3.1, there's no way.

Files to big. Its three floppies. ]]>Nov 9th 2007 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/you get 10 free internet hours a month, used up in 4 days by your 10 year old sister on yahooligans or a kids chatroom.

but still, I remember trying to use aol public chatrooms, where there'd be a limit of 25 people so you'd spend hours trying to get in.


asl? rotflol! brb rsn. good times. ]]>Nov 9th 2007 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
Some of the references were forced granted, but it was still moderately funny none the less.]]>Nov 9th 2007 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/
I'm so pathetic.]]>Nov 9th 2007 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 10th 2007 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 11th 2007 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/09/24-in-1994-the-lost-pilot/Nov 9th 2007 11:46PM