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Posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @04:01AM from the rocketships-away dept.

abramsv writes "A collection of the most inspiring and hard-to-find retro-futuristic graphics from rather unlikely sources: Soviet & Eastern Bloc 'popular tech & science' magazines, German, Italian, British fantastic illustrations and promotional literature — all from the Golden Age of Retro-Future (1930s to 1970s)."

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obvious (Score:1, Funny)

by User 956 ( 568564 ) writes: on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @04:03AM (#21489573) Homepage

A collection of the most inspiring and hard-to-find retro-futuristic graphics from rather unlikely sources: Soviet & Eastern Bloc 'popular tech & science' magazines

In Soviet Russia, future finds you!

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Re:obvious (Score:5, Funny)

by flyingsquid ( 813711 ) writes: on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @04:07AM (#21489601)

The present was so much cooler in the past...

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Verb? (Score:3, Funny)

by Harmonious Botch ( 921977 ) * writes: on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @04:09AM (#21489605) Homepage Journal

Ok, Dawson, it's late; but can't you put a verb in there someplace?

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Re:Verb? (Score:5, Funny)

by Thanshin ( 1188877 ) writes: on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @04:15AM (#21489637)

A reply most insightful. Nice presentation, concise.

All from Slashdot.

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Re:Russian? (Score:4, Funny)

by Thanshin ( 1188877 ) writes: on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @05:21AM (#21489913)

Why does the picture which most prominently displays Earth show the American continents, instead of Europe or Asia?
It was originally sold as a dart target.

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Wrong continent? (Score:2, Funny)

by aalu.paneer ( 872021 ) writes: on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @05:31AM (#21489951)

In http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/1058108337_46491e437c_o.jpg [flickr.com], they show North and South America. I would have guessed them showing Eurasia.

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Re:Wrong continent? (Score:5, Funny)

by Hognoxious ( 631665 ) writes: on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @05:35AM (#21489971) Homepage Journal

They have always shown Eurasia.

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Re:Russian? (Score:4, Funny)

by 10Ghz ( 453478 ) writes: on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @06:11AM (#21490087)

Maybe it was their way of showing the readers "Those capitalists in North-America are very easy targets from space".

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Customer alert (Score:2, Funny)

by dgun ( 1056422 ) writes: on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @06:30AM (#21490163) Homepage

The x-ray glasses advertised in the back of those science mags don't work.

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Re:This brought tears to my eyes (Score:2, Funny)

by KnowledgeKeeper ( 1026242 ) writes: on Tuesday November 27, 2007 @11:30AM (#21492491)

Comrade Knyshov, so this is where you ended up. We 've been looking for you.

:)

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