Tuesday, March 31, 2009

From the "Science is only Fiction Until It Becomes Fact" file...

Ericsson unveils a virtual "Repo Man". I read a lot of Sci Fi when I was a kid. It amazes me a little to watch it all coming to life around me. It really is William Gibson's world, folks. We're just living in it...
"Suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness..." ~Repo Man

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