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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Nerd The Future Is Now

Posted by Mary Traverse on Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 1:21 PM

You probably already heard on the tube-nets... this is a big fat hoax. Sad trombone. ~~but Doc Brown arrived this morning. Watch out for the Delorean!~~

Cue jokes about hoverboards and flying cars.

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Photoshopped hoax. They traveled 30 years into the future, to 2015. Search YouTube for "Back to the Future, Future Date".

Posted by DowntownTaylor

on June 27, 2012 at 1:27 PM

Yeah its 2015

Posted by Seattle14 on June 27, 2012 at 1:30 PM

not only that...they didn't even bother to do a GOOD photoshopping. The luminance on today's date is horrifically wrong.

Posted by Akbar Fazil on June 27, 2012 at 1:31 PM

Ha, this is the second time this year I've seen someone fall for this.

Posted by Jenny from the Block on June 27, 2012 at 1:31 PM

Good thing I got my Jetpack fixed in time.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on June 27, 2012 at 1:34 PM

Sad trombone.

Posted by Mary P. Traverse

on June 27, 2012 at 1:35 PM

This is a photoshopped screenshot of the test with the dog, the date on the first line was the same as the other two.

Posted by christopher575 on June 27, 2012 at 1:57 PM

Oddly, when attending the fantabulous "Rock of Ages" last night, I noted one scene where a DeLorean was parked on the street. Nothing was said of it...period piece (set in 1987).

Even by that time (late 80s) the DeLorean had acquired cult status as a came (1981) and went (1982) car.

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe

on June 27, 2012 at 1:58 PM

Here is the youtube video of the original film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tf8mPsvc…

It is indeed 2015

Posted by Digitocalypse on June 27, 2012 at 2:06 PM

That video is from part 2, the screen shot is from part 1. Also, have a look at the months.

Posted by christopher575 on June 27, 2012 at 2:14 PM

So there's still time for hoverboards and flying cars, thank god.

Posted by Spindles on June 27, 2012 at 2:17 PM

We still have a few years for bitchin' high-tops to come back into style? Radical!

Posted by Zebes

on June 27, 2012 at 2:19 PM

@Zebes, nope. Nike already did that last year: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,239…

Posted by Akbar Fazil on June 27, 2012 at 2:21 PM

If back to the future was set today, they would be going back to 1982. I feel old.

Posted by Chester Copperpot on June 27, 2012 at 2:22 PM

I'd rather have an iPhone than a hoverboard, honestly.

Does that mean I win the future? Oh, no, wait, I'd rather have clean fusion power than iPhones.

I guess that means we have three short years to get that goin', then.

:/

Posted by balderdash

on June 27, 2012 at 2:27 PM

I miss the future with which I grew up in which the biggest problem would be TOO MUCH LEISURE.

Posted by Gerald Fnord on June 27, 2012 at 3:02 PM

What a horrible photoshop. The 2012 isn't even lined up with the display grid! Also, the color and 'glow' are wrong (compare to the 1:21). And the 0 and 2 are wider. And the leg on the J is too short (these are standard 7-cell displays).

Posted by Endash on June 27, 2012 at 3:23 PM