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jsailor · Boot Joined: 05 Sep 2004 Posts: 47

I wasn't going to submit anything, but I saw this picture on Engadget and couldn't resist.

My text:

First Lieutenant jsailor reporting in with a compaison of something
that might be foreign to you, along with it's counterpart in 2552, and
also proof that some things never change.

Gambling has been an integral part of society in both 2004 and 2552.
It is a recreational activity as well as a potential to perhaps
increase your monetary holdings if luck is on your side. In 2004, we
have several locations which allow gambling based on the outcome of a
horse race. In 2552, these locations and races still exist on Earth,
but due to their endangered status as a species, horses have had to be
replaced with robots which simulate the horse and rider. The gambling
and social aspect of the horse races remain the same.

The first image in the picture shows what the horse and jockeys are
like in 2552, the second image displays an actual human riding an
actual horse - something you might have never seen, having been
created on Reach in the future.

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:10 pm

darkmoonz

nicely done Nuriko... (:

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:14 pm

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McDonaldHeard · Boot Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 18

Melissa,

It has come to my attention that other crew members have sent you images of transportation technology, as I did earlier. Given that they likely outrank a lowly Seaman Apprentice such as myself, I assume their contributions will make mine redundant.

Therefore, I'm enclosing a new contribution, showing advances in custodial technology between now and "now." Hopefully it will be of help to you in acclimating to our new circumstances. Also, the first photo really makes me laugh, and a morale boost is always welcome.

I await your instructions.

Seaman Apprentice McDonald Heard
Team Wisconsin

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:15 pm

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chulo333

me. in 2552.

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:22 pm

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mykie · Boot Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 52 Location: Seattle, WA

My entry is a little less creative, but I haven't seen anyone else cover this yet. Maybe I'm taking the definition of a "lifepod" too literally?

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:24 pm

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MeKiwi

HAHAHAHA!!! Hilarious, Sena! Bravo!!

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:24 pm

alaranth

Because everybody needs chapstick...

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:31 pm

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Shooter · Kilroy Joined: 16 Oct 2004 Posts: 1

My post:

Mellisa,

Shooter, crewmember crashlanded in Poland, Central Europe, without access to axon capable communication line. Having recived on secondary transmission media your request for reference media allowing time location, I send you the following data:
Leading operating system of current time: bsod_2004.jpg
Leading operating system of 2552: bsod_2552.jpg

With respect
Shooter

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:52 pm

KirstenS

Guys, don't forget to put "signals" for the Sleeping Princess in the photos you're submitting to Melissa. She's counting on us again.

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:56 pm

Binarius · Boot Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 63

And I sent this...

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:56 pm

chulo333

kirstenS: check out my previous post (the one of Me and Me in 2552). I slipped a little red baloon in again.

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 4:58 pm

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chulo333

...pleasure goo... Laughing

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:02 pm

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tofu · Boot Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 17

sent this out this morning, forgot to put here...

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:03 pm

KirstenS

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:04 pm

Sep7imus · Veteran Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 149

Hello Operator,

I understand that you are in need of visual comparisons of local-time (2004) items with your own local-time (2552). I have attached two photographs. One is the city of Mombassa on the continent of Africa as it appears today (mombassa2004.jpg). The other is an educated guess as to its appearance, given current population growth patterns, in 2552 (mombassa2552.jpg). It will be much more densely packed as the population of Earth will have grown exponentially, in a manner only somewhat relieved by our colonies.

Pvt. First Class
UNSC Vessel Apocalypso
Sep7imus

(I haven't been established as a crew-member, so it will be interesting to see if she accepts this.)

**Posted:** Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:11 pm

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