jps@cat.cmu.edu (James Salsman) (06/16/89)
[This post is in the form of an Indiana Jones commercial script -- ed.]
Coming soon!
[Rumble] .... Be the first in your geo-socio-economic sector to design,
build, and finance....
[Pan Wide; Zoom]
THE FAX SERVER!!!!!!!!!
[Begin loud Quasi-Clasical Music]
Use cheap and ecological CD ROM technology to create the
device that people can use to download anything that they
would normally find on paper!
Use powerful database search techniques to find exactly the
--- Recipies
--- Photographs
--- Plans
--- News Stories
--- Manuals
--- Tech Reports
--- Fiction
--- Philosophy
...that they are looking for!
[Clip from Love Scene]
WATCH... Oppressed peoples fight for their liberty with this
newfound technology, only to be shot and killed by their governments!
[Clip from Battleground Scene]
MAKE... Lots of money!
[Aristocratic Bedroom Scene]
FIGHT... For your patent rights!
(But not too hard! Information wants to be free!)
[Clip of Bar-Room Brawl]
RETIRE... In the suburbs!
[Clip of Mountain Scenery]
RATED PG-13; don't let children under 13 use this technology
or your phone bill will skyrocket!
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