# Something that just occurred to me about Star Trek... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 14, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811 "2012-02-14T14:47:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811/21 "2012-02-15T15:48:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The Jetsons was made in 1962 and was set one hundred years in the future in 2062. > > So we should now be halfway to robot maids and flying cars. You sure it was 2062? Thom Hartmann, on his radio show a week or so back, said it was set in 2012. Also, according to one account, Zephram Cochrane will be born [next year](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephram_Cochrane#Fictional_character_biography). ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811/22 "2012-02-15T16:11:26Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Fortunately, though, _1984_ is 28 years in the past. Boy, I’m glad _that’s_ over with. Not to mention 2001 and 2010. Man, I miss Jupiter… ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811/23 "2012-02-15T16:14:20Z")
We are a dozen years past 1999, and no one has blown the moon out of orbit yet. 2001 and 2010 have both come and gone, and no black monolith. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811/24 "2012-02-17T01:03:45Z")
Remember 7 years ago in 2005, when this was the way we all dressed? [![](https://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/65/Madmansparadise_witwicky_future_duds.jpg) ](https://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/65/Madmansparadise_witwicky_future_duds.jpg) Wow, I’m glad that trend is over. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811/25 "2012-02-17T01:29:07Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > How about robot cars and flying maids? Well, I have a robot vacuum cleaner, so we’re getting there. It mouths off to me also with a female voice. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811/26 "2012-02-17T13:41:12Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Well, I have a robot vacuum cleaner, so we’re getting there. It mouths off to me also with a female voice. Yup, me too, and I’m pretty sure my Android phone does all a TNG PADD did and more. (Hmm… maybe the communicator pins are just fancy bluetooth devices…) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811/27 "2012-02-17T17:52:24Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > We’re **three years** away from _Back To The Future Part II_’s 2015. How do you like them apples? All I know is that when I order my flying car, they’d better have one in stock! > [@3waygeek](#): > > Also, according to one account, Zephram Cochrane will be born [next year](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephram_Cochrane#Fictional_character_biography). 😃 Happy birthday to me! ---
**Author:** ![what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811/28 "2012-02-17T18:41:10Z")
Adam Jensen (of Deus Ex 3 fame) is 18 right now. Go get 'em, tiger. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811/29 "2012-02-17T18:52:28Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Remember 7 years ago in 2005, when this was the way we all dressed? > > [http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/65/Madmansparadise\_witwicky\_future\_duds.jpg](http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/65/Madmansparadise_witwicky_future_duds.jpg) > > Wow, I’m glad that trend is over. Must have been [Don Cherry](http://www.wingszone.com/nllmb/attachment.php?attachmentid=1731&stc=1&d=1241990113)’s influence. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811/30 "2012-02-17T20:10:12Z")
I remember a few years ago being struck by the fact that Susan Calvin was getting her degree in robotics from Columbia at that time. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811/31 "2012-02-17T20:50:27Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Although the original show waffled a bit on it, it was eventually established that TOS took place 300 years in the future. Well now that the show is almost 50 years old, it would be more accurate to say it was 250 years in the future. That realization makes me feel old… Actually, thanks to the latest film, TOS is now in a parallel universe. (The one thing I didn’t particularly like about the new film: the Kirk episodes “don’t count,” the Picard episodes “don’t count,” the Sisko episodes “don’t count,” and the Janeway episodes “don’t count”…but the Archer episodes still “count”.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-just-occurred-to-me-about-star-trek/612811.md?page=1)