Nowadays it seems that nobody remembers phone numbers. You don’t have to — you enter the number once, and never have to look at it again. It’s saved in your virtual phone book, easy to recall by finding the name of the intended recipient.

How long will it be, then, until you can just hold your cell phone next to another cell phone, and instantly swap information? This can already be done with iPhone apps like “Bump,” but how long until it’s a regular feature that everybody has and uses on a regular basis?
At that point, then, phone numbers will mean nothing. They will always be behind-the-scenes, just like an IP address.
When you want to go to Google.com, that’s what you type. You don’t type in 216.239.51.99, because it has an alias to represent it, and make it more friendly to us humans.

So, how long do you think until phone numbers will be JUST like this, to the point where you never lay eyes on anybody’s phone number, ever, unless you make an attempt to for whatever reason?

I had an incredibly eye-opening train of thoughts today about how far we’ve come as a species… We evolved from monkeys. Shit-flinging, hair-picking, tree-climbing monkeys. And now we have vehicles that take us from point A to point B at amazing speeds. Not only that, but they travel on designated routes, with in-depth, complicated traffic systems to make sure the trek is a safe one, even with globally recognized traffic signals and signs. We have technology that accurately predicts the weather a week or more before it even happens. We have been to an orbiting hunk of rock that we call a moon, and brought chunks of it back. But the most amazing thing? I just typed all of this on a handheld device conncected to the Internet, while taking a shit.

I’ve got Modern Warfare 2, and it’s an amazing game. No doubt, one of the best games I’ve ever played.
But, I didn’t NEARLY expect the record-breaking sales that it procured. While I did expect a large-numbered first day of sales, this was simply unpredictable…

Let’s start off by setting the bar.
Last year, Grand Theft Auto IV broke industry records, selling over 3.7 million copies the day the game was released, and 5.92 million during the first week on-shelves. People were amazed, and the news spread like wildfire.
This accounted for all of the platforms the game is available on (except for PC, which was not available until later in the year).

Now, to get to Modern Warfare 2.
This game has STUNNED market analysts, as well as people who give a rats ass, such as myself.
On the very first day this game was out, it sold over SEVEN MILLION COPIES worldwide. On the first day.
This is in comparison to GTAIV’s 5.92 million in the first WEEK, which broke records.

And these seven million copies were spread out among the platforms for which it was released… The Xbox 360, the most popular console so far for this game, had a staggering 5.5 million sales on the first day alone.
This is almost equal to GTAIV’s one WEEK sale, and it’s just for one console!

I am honestly stunned. This game has broken so many records in the 24 hours that it’s been released, and it’s sure to make a huge impact on the gaming scene.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go play for a couple — the rest of the night.