beh@bu-pub.bu.edu (Bruce E. Howells) (02/06/90)
900-sleaze I can deal with... 900 and $35 on next month's phone bill I can deal with... But --- In this Sunday's _New_York_Times_ - right next to the crossword, no less - the following notice, quoted without permission: "Answers to any three clues in this puzzle are available by touch-tone phone: 1-900-884-CLUE (75c first minute, 50c each extra minute)...." What is the world coming to??? (although I take my crosswords quite seriously, this should be read with a thorough sprinkling of :-), as needed.) Even more interesting was a New York PBS channel (WNET-13) advertising 900's for donations: one each for $5, $10, and $15. I wonder if the overhead of the 900-provider's fee is comparable to what it costs them to process conventional pledges? And what if I'm at work, and decide that my employer should be generous and support WNET? Hmmm... Take care- Bruce Howells, engnbsu@buacca (BITNet), engnbsu@buacca.bu.edu just a random Engineering undergrad...