> In 1984, Britain didn't get taken over by a totalitarian goverment who re-wrote English as a method of thought control.

Maybe not, but I'd keep an eye on the Walt Disney Company if I were you...

> In 1992, genetically engineered supermen didn't come close to taking over the world, only to be exiled in cryogenic suspension.

I think they got one step closer by cloning that sheep.

> in 1999, a nuclear explosion didn't send the Moon (and the people at Moon Base Alpha) carooming across the galaxy at break-neck speed.

I'm sensing disappointment here.

> If we don't discover some obelisks orbiting Jupiter in the next few days, I'm going to be seriously dissapointed.

Look on the bright side. At least the planet hasn't been claimed by Martians in three-legged fighting machines with Heat-Rays.

Or demolished for a hyperspace bypass.

Yet.

> winter"This is the twenty-first century! Where are the ray guns and jet packs?"mute

Adam "YEAH! AND WHAT ABOUT THE FLYING CARS?!" Bomb