[979] in Humor
HUMOR: Top 10 Way the Internet Can Get Worse
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Tue Jul 25 16:04:36 1995
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 15:59:34 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 19:43:19 +0000 (GMT)
From: Espacionaute Spiff domine! <MATOSSIAN@aries.colorado.edu>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 20:05:02 -0400
From: bostic@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: whorfin@pixar.com (Rick Sayre)
Forwarded-by: Kane Hunter <kane@ghost.uunet.ca>
Forwarded-by: keith (Keith Aitken)
TOP TEN WAYS THE INTERNET COULD GET WORSE:
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10. Rigorous user screening process abolished by America On-Line.
9. "MAKE MONEY FAST" posts protected by 1st amendment, declare internet
lawyers Canter & Siegel.
8. Home shopping "network".
7. Netrek corporate sponsorships. Out: Orion, Pollux, Klingus.
In: Planet Bud, Toyota Prime, Intelworld.
6. Sun internet servers replaced with pentiums.
5. Dan Quayle appointed head of "bandwidth expansion tiger team".
4. Free netcom account with purchase of big mac.
3. Gameboy web browsers.
2. Tipper Gore cancelbot unleashed onto the net.
AND THE NUMBER ONE WAY THE INTERNET CAN GET WORSE:
1. Two words: "Microsoft Network".
