I'd still be amazed by this. Moving sidewalks are usually only ever seen in theme parks and airports, and they're usually boring, escalator like, closed off, straight line, short distance deals. A...
I'd still be amazed by this. Moving sidewalks are usually only ever seen in theme parks and airports, and they're usually boring, escalator like, closed off, straight line, short distance deals. A gigantic moving sidewalk over two miles long that spanned an entire city center would still be incredible to see today.
I smiled when that one guy raised his hat to the camera. Can you imagine making somebody smile 125 years in the future because of some silly thing you did for five seconds in front of a camera?...
I smiled when that one guy raised his hat to the camera. Can you imagine making somebody smile 125 years in the future because of some silly thing you did for five seconds in front of a camera? Maybe you already did the thing.
I understand what an absolute maintenance nightmare this system probably was, but what an absolutely delightful thing to have existed. I feel almost mournful I'll probably never get to experience...
I understand what an absolute maintenance nightmare this system probably was, but what an absolutely delightful thing to have existed. I feel almost mournful I'll probably never get to experience seeing something like this in person. Like, it was borderline an instant messaging service ahead of its time. Very steampunk kind of vibe to it. And obviously it's so impractical in a modern context, but I so badly want pneumatic tube messaging to still be practical somewhere and to get built again. It's just so cool!
Not at all related to the technology itself, but it’s interesting/amusing to me that this amazing piece of history in a film was preserved for this long, kept in such great condition and quality,...
Not at all related to the technology itself, but it’s interesting/amusing to me that this amazing piece of history in a film was preserved for this long, kept in such great condition and quality, cleaned, scanned, and brought to our eyes on our computer screens, often in our hands… all for the picture to be rendered largely incomprehensible because of, of all things, digital compression!
I'd still be amazed by this. Moving sidewalks are usually only ever seen in theme parks and airports, and they're usually boring, escalator like, closed off, straight line, short distance deals. A gigantic moving sidewalk over two miles long that spanned an entire city center would still be incredible to see today.
I smiled when that one guy raised his hat to the camera. Can you imagine making somebody smile 125 years in the future because of some silly thing you did for five seconds in front of a camera? Maybe you already did the thing.
Rue de l'Avenir on Wikipedia
And also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_pneumatic_post
I understand what an absolute maintenance nightmare this system probably was, but what an absolutely delightful thing to have existed. I feel almost mournful I'll probably never get to experience seeing something like this in person. Like, it was borderline an instant messaging service ahead of its time. Very steampunk kind of vibe to it. And obviously it's so impractical in a modern context, but I so badly want pneumatic tube messaging to still be practical somewhere and to get built again. It's just so cool!
Not at all related to the technology itself, but it’s interesting/amusing to me that this amazing piece of history in a film was preserved for this long, kept in such great condition and quality, cleaned, scanned, and brought to our eyes on our computer screens, often in our hands… all for the picture to be rendered largely incomprehensible because of, of all things, digital compression!