FUTURE SHOCK

Wednesday, 16 February 2011 08:53 Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 February 2011 08:55 Written by Eric Garland 0 Comments

Bought a new automobile last weekend. It includes XM Satellite Radio. I tuned it to channel 96, where a robot reads traffic conditions in Canada to me in an awesome computer-y voice.

<ROBOT>Zzzrp….the conditions…in…Hamilton Ontario…are…clear…nothing to report. Zzzrp…the Champlain Bridge in….Montreal…has a blocked…zzzrp…right lane…please use caution….Zzzzrp…the traffic in Abitibi-Temiscamangue…is…non-existent…zzzrp. </ROBOT>

OMG the future is totally here. Robots are telling me about how to drive in Quebec while I drive 70 miles an hour in Missouri.

This is your future shock for 16 November….zZzzrp…20-11.

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