[4597] in Central_America
New quotes for Fri Oct 9
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Fri Oct 9 22:07:55 1992
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 92 22:07:45 -0400
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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jefft (Jeff Tang):
"No, he doesn't want to hurt him -- it's just high-impact chiropractics."
--- Crow, "The Corpse Vanishes"
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marc (Marc Horowitz):
(background reading: ~marc/stuff/humor/athena-express-card)
[3582] daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel P Dern) Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet 10/08/92 18:14 (51 lines)
Subject: Managing to charge for services
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 16:57:02 -0400
From: ddern@world.std.com (Daniel P Dern)
To: com-priv@psi.com
Cc: ddern@world.std.com
/* non-humor removed -marc */
So it becomes a question of 'having an account.' And perhaps having
an "Internet Charge Card" would simplify things somewhat, by only
needing to have one ID#, and that company handles settlements.
/* more non-humor removed -marc */
[ Cut to shot of Vint Cerf leaning under a brightly colored
umbrella, on a silvery sand beach so gorgeous you wonder if he's
wandered into the vacation section of the Virtual Reality lab,
or is spending some quality time in the Enterprise's holodeck ]
VC (pushes sunglasses up): When I have a sudden need to search
the Internet archives for light bulb jokes, I reach for my
*Internet Express Card*.
[ Holds out a device about the size of a cigarette box or deck of
cards, pulls out 8" antenna, inserts PCMIA or whatever card. ]
[ SFX: whrring sounds of big databases being searched, far away. ]
[ VFX: Jokes begin to scroll across screen on main surface of device. ]
VC: "*Internet Express* -- Don't logon without it!"
[ QUICK CUT TO SHOT OF LIGHT BULB CROSSING THE ROAD; FADE TO BLACK. ]
DPD
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starflt (Derrick Kong):
Fore
Martel Lovelace, an official of the National Rifle Association, said a
gun is "a recreational tool, like a golf club or a tennis racket. You
can kill someone with a golf club, you know."
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