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February 07 2012

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The Future, soon available at your local drug store

"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed." - William Gibson

"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed." - William Gibson

How long ago was it that you first saw a pack of blank CD’s at your local drug store or super market? 1 For me this was ten years ago.  I purchased my first CD burner in 1998 – but it wasn’t until about 2002 that I first saw a blank CD at the corner drug store.  Until that time I could only find blank CD’s online or at electronic component stores.  But, at some time between 1995, when I first saw a CD burner and 2002, when the media were available off just about any store shelf, the future, to paraphrase William Gibson, started to become evenly distributed.

I wonder how long it will be before I can find plastic filament in the supermarket? 2

  1. Photo courtesy of indi.ca
  2. Aisle 12, sir, between the greeting cards and stationary.
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