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For all practical purposes, this would be like the replicator on Star Trek. You select from a menu of offerings, press a button, and whatever you ordered pops o
by Flemlord 17y ago
For all practical purposes, this would be like the replicator on Star Trek. You select from a menu of offerings, press a button, and whatever you ordered pops out a little while later.
(sigh) Nothing that cool would ever happen in real life.
- jrockway 17y agoNothing that cool would ever happen in real life. Perhaps not exactly like that. But in some cities, Amazon offers same-day delivery that is like $7 for Prime customers. (Sadly, not Chicago.) Order your new computer in the morning, it shows up at your office / home in the afternoon. Pretty convenient. No tubes required.
- imgabe 17y agoOh it used to happen. It was called kozmo.com, and it was wonderful. Once constructed, a network of tubes will be vastly cheaper to operate than an army of bike messengers. I'm looking forward to this.