IP: Geeks and Austin Powers

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 12:38:54 -0700
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: James Glave <james () wired com>
> Subject: Geeks and Austin Powers
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/news/culture/story/19770.html
>
> Deconstructing Austin Powers
> by James Glave 
>
> 10:45 a.m.  19.May.99.PDT
> Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, throw me a frickin' bone here. 
>
> Star Wars: The Phantom Menace opens today, Wednesday, but the technology
> community, forever hurling headlong into the next big thing, is already
> well into its exit strategy. If movies were public offerings, today would
> be the day that geeks cashed in their starwars.com options, bought the
> Porsche Boxter, stuck on a SWINGER2 license plate, and sped off to see
> Austin Powers. 
>
> Indulge me, my peers. 
>
> Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, won't open for several weeks. But
> the anticipation is palpable in San Francisco and Silicon Valley -- where
> Austin winks down from every other verrry grooovy billboard in his splendid
> red velvet suit. 
>
> [..snipped..]
>
> James Glave, News Editor, Wired News http://www.wired.com  +1 (415) 276-8430