Nick's comments on today's technology

So this week, my mum bought a car with a global positioning system (GPS). It tells you where you are and shows you on a map. Ten years from now, it will most likely be the basis of a kind of car-based GPS autopilot, so you can just climb in, put your feet up, and watch the footy on your way to work. Of course, cars are unlikely to be powered by gasoline by then. The environmentalist experts tell us that gas is bound to run out in the next 10 years, so I guess my old Ford faces an uncertain future. I personally think the hover car is in the running to become the next mainstream form of local transport – you know, a kind of steerable vehicle that hovers a short distance above the road through some kind of anti-gravity device. Yeah! A hover car with a GPS autopilot device, built-in TV and satellite cell phone. Bicycles don’t stand a chance of existing 20 years from now – people are too lazy!

Tablets are in the running to replace computers.

The coal trade has an uncertain future.

The sales of hybrid cars will most likely increase.

Mandatory recycling schemes are bound to catch on.

Gas-guzzling SUVs don't stand a chance in the future.

I've never heard of it. Why wasn't I kept in the loop about this?
Let's get on board. If everyone else is doing it, so are we.
Approve the purchase. I will NOT be left in the lurch on the technology front!
Microhard have always been ahead of their time. People aren't ready to talk to computers.
We may want to get with the program on this one.
Fair enough. We don’t want to end up behind the times.

Hi Sarah,
I was thinking about this business with the virtual therapists. Let's get on board and buy the technology.I do NOT want to be left in the lurch this time! Remember teleconferencing? We ended up behind the times on this one. I can't believe that guy told us it would never take off. He was really out of the loop.
Why don't we look at other forms of virtual employees?

It might save us some money to get with the program in terms of artificial intelligence.

Joanne

Your company is really behind the times.

We need to get on board with new technology.

This new phone is really ahead of the times!

I stay in the loop by reading tech blogs.

You need to get with the program and buy a hybrid.

I don't want to be left in the lurch again.

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