Consumer Electronics Show Shrinks

American Voices • Science & Technology • ISSUE 45•02 • Jan 9, 2009

In the face of the struggling economy, the annual Consumer Electronics Show is expected to have fewer participants. What do you think?

“It probably doesn’t help that Samsung's new prototype televisions are so flat that they slid under the door of the truck and smashed all over the highway while en route to Vegas.”
Mary Casalle –
Systems Analyst
“I'll still get in line the night before and camp out, but that's only because I hate my kids.”
Dan Mothersbaugh –
Bartender
“I don't think I can make it through a whole year without a new appliance that has a radio unnecessarily jammed into it somewhere.”
Robert Freese –
Pediatrician

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