Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller

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  1. GrinsToYa

    GrinsToYa said, about 1 month ago

    My pet rock is still alive an doing well.

  2. Becca

    Becca said, about 1 month ago

    Speaking of short attention spans… the first successful consumer pager came out in 1974. Today they’re all but forgotten, used mainly now by emergency personnel.

  3. yyyguy

    yyyguyGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    my pet rock is still doing fine too. i’ll have to feed him in another decade or so, but other than that, no problem!

  4. grapfhics

    grapfhics said, about 1 month ago

    What about Western Union? They thought the telephone would never make it as a communication device and now when texting is back in they’re missing that wave too.

  5. pbarnrob

    pbarnrob said, about 1 month ago

    I understand you can now get a Morse Code tone-play of your texts, so you wouldn’t have to take your eyes off the road to read it. Ain’t retreads fun?! 73, all!

  6. morrishagerman

    morrishagerman said, about 1 month ago

    Hey grapfhics… Western Union is alive and doing well. Just not the same thing as a century ago. Evolution

  7. AKHenderson

    AKHenderson said, about 1 month ago

    In the adjacent cemetery you can find the grave sites for the TI-99 and the Kaypro.

  8. barbhinkins

    barbhinkins said, about 1 month ago

    i think it’s just a computer related cemetery

  9. puddleglum1066

    puddleglum1066 said, about 1 month ago

    Where’s the headstone for CompuServe?

  10. avarner

    avarner said, about 1 month ago

    Fads come & go but they can’t bury these three fast enough to suit me………

  11. Potrzebie

    Potrzebie said, about 1 month ago

    they need to add adultfriendfinder and similar sites to this line-up!

  12. algurka

    algurkaGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Hey, can I throw my 8-tracks, cassette recorders, sloppy and floppy discs, transistor radio, and cathode ray tvs in there too? That grave looks plenty deep to hold them all and then some more.

    I just found my original lava lamp and black lights, but wait! They’re making a comeback. Maybe I should hold off ditching all my valuable nostalgia. Anybody wanna buy a 4-speed turntable?

  13. Avolunteer

    Avolunteer said, about 1 month ago

    8 track and sony beta…..

  14. Richard

    Richard said, about 1 month ago

    Or even the 4 track.

  15. jackmatt

    jackmatt said, about 1 month ago

    Wicky -
    My first car cost me $200 (‘61 Ford Falcon) and installed a $300 4-track in it,,, seems like it was only two weeks later the tape player was obsolete, replaced by the 8-track. Some of these young pups think I’m pulling their leg when I tell ‘em about my beloved 4-track…

  16. algurka

    algurkaGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    I forgot my quadraphonic tape player, too! I’m sure everyone remembers that–it was supposed to be the ultimate in what we now call “surround sound.”

  17. Uvanga

    Uvanga said, about 1 month ago

    some people say I have ADD but they just don’t underst…. hey is that a bird ?

  18. CogentModality

    CogentModality said, about 1 month ago

    I’ll have to consult my Mood Ring to see how I feel about all this.

  19. dtut

    dtut said, about 1 month ago

    While I completely agree with the sentiment of the cartoon, there are a couple of comments that need some factual assistance:

    (1) Morse code audio from text? Maybe as a novelty: a joke or a conversation piece. But text-to-speech has been practical – AND USED – for about 30 years.

    (2) Western Union is only a shadow of its former self. Money transfers are its business these days. They sold the telecom part of the company to AT&T (in 1991 IIRC).

  20. speac

    speac said, about 1 month ago

    Start tossing in hand-held, analog TVs too. I have a Casio TV-1800B that is now a useless little brick.

  21. DigitalFrog

    DigitalFrogGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    in another bit of trivia, Alexander Graham Bell offered to sell the patent for the telephone to ATT but they turned it down, as they didn’t see a future in it.

  22. privacyinvasion

    privacyinvasion said, about 1 month ago

    ADOH: Attention Deficit — Oooh, Shiny!

  23. the GhostPony

    the GhostPonyGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    A few things you’d find if you visited here:

    Commodore 128
    Timex Sinclair T1000
    1st generation Macs
    MacTV
    last Nubus Mac
    reel to reel decks
    turntables
    big @ss speaker cabinets made from real wood
    betamax
    Lps
    78s
    …

  24. airgrizzly

    airgrizzly said, about 1 month ago

    I’d comment, but I have to go check Facebook.

  25. DevXIII

    DevXIII said, about 1 month ago

    While we’re at it..

    DuMont Network
    NET(National Educational Television)
    The WB
    UPN
    Fox News Channel

  26. JanCinVV

    JanCinVVGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Digitalfrog: Bell FOUNDED AT&T. He had to go through a huge lawsuit with Western Union who tried to steal his design for the telephone. No one EVER thought the telephone was a useless toy.

  27. PossumPete

    PossumPete said, about 1 month ago

    And for us Blu-Warriors: HD-DVD!

  28. CedarCircle

    CedarCircle said, about 1 month ago

    How ‘bout CB radio, good buddy?

  29. Dracip

    Dracip said, about 1 month ago

    I only use my buggy whip on the neighbor kids, now….

  30. OldHipster

    OldHipster said, about 1 month ago

    Prodigy! How soon we forgot!!

    And hey! I had a 4 track once.

    Ya know?

  31. Burgundy2

    Burgundy2 said, about 1 month ago

    My van is so old it still has a cassette player in it.

  32. MatureCanadian

    MatureCanadianGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    I not only have 33’s and 78’s, I also have 45’s. I have a working Betamax & untold number of tapes for it. VHS also. Dozens & dozens of working cassettes and players.
    Always waited until the last dog was hung before buying new technology. (Also waited for the price to come down) Don’t know when I’ll go to BlueTooth. Anybody else have a working viewfinder?

  33. DigitalFrog

    DigitalFrogGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    my apologies - you’re right, it was another major telegraph company at the time, which led to him founding his own company. The other telegrah co. may have been Western Union, I’d have to check my book on it when I get home.

  34. Wildmustang1262

    Wildmustang1262 said, about 1 month ago

    Next new headstone will be “YouTube!” after the painter wrote “Twitter” on the headstone.

  35. durtclaw

    durtclaw said, about 1 month ago

    I would like to make a comment but I seem to have misplaced my Magic 8 Ball.

  36. Trebor39

    Trebor39 said, about 1 month ago

    … . _ _ . . _

  37. SQUIDBREAKER

    SQUIDBREAKER said, about 1 month ago

    Pong is never dead because life is mostly one on one.

    A.

  38. DaveLowell

    DaveLowellGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Oh please let it be so…

  39. fbmce

    fbmceGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    CedarCircle said, about 7 hours ago

    How ‘bout CB radio, good buddy?

    I ask:

    How come back in the CB radio days, we could safely talk through a CB mic while driving whereas today, the idiot drivers can’t use a mobile phone without causing horrific traffic accidents ?

  40. 4deerinmyyard

    4deerinmyyardGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Interesting question, fbmce, and I’ll throw out a hypothesis:
    Because truckers using CB were using it purposefully, to exchange driving-related information directly relevant to what they were supposed to be doing at the time–paying attention to the road; whereas drivers using cell-phones today are using them to focus their attention on anything but?

  41. 4deerinmyyard

    4deerinmyyardGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Trebor39 said, about 3 hours ago:

    … . _ _ . . _

    If you refer to the demise of Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, I agree with you.

  42. fbmce

    fbmceGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    4deerinmyyard, your comment that

    drivers were using CB to exchange “driving-related information” sure makes sense as I remember it.

    Also, now that I think of it, a driver usually spoke with another driver so got away from distracting topics.

    Thanks

  43. fbmce

    fbmceGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Trebor39 said, about 5 hours ago

    … . _ _ . . _

    I don’t know what you want to swit, but your Morse Code reference remind me of the jingle:

    “Three Dits, Four Dits, Two Dits, Dah

    ” (reference), (reference), Rah, Rah, Rah ”

    Since unto itself this is entirely innocuous, it’s fun to chant this one within a large group and watch the reactions.

    I’ll let y’all translate the Morse yourselves.

  44. cholldekkgher stenstenstaffgher

    cholldekkgher stenst... said, about 1 month ago

    Hey! Is that an obscene morse code word? If it is, bet you can get away with it.

  45. jmrocher2001

    jmrocher2001 said, about 1 month ago

    Oh, how cute! Wiley’s discovered the Internet again! Too bad he couldn’t work in another slam on Scott Kurtz in this one.