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[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

Date: Sun, 28 Aug 94 11:21:53 -0700




Q: What is the Information Superhighway?


A: It's just like the internet, except:


   o  it's a lot more expensive.
   o  you can't post and there's no killfile.
   o  there's no alt.sex.* or alt.drugs
   o  rec.humor.funny has a laugh track.
   o  there's a commercial break every 10 minutes.
   o  everything is formatted to 40 columns for TV's.
   o  the free software costs you $2.00/megabyte to ftp, more for
          long distance.


A: It's just like cable TV, except:


   o  it's a lot more expensive.
   o  the picture isn't as good.
   o  there's 500 channels of Pay-per-View and home-shopping.
   o  you can watch any episode of Gilligan's Island or any Al Gore speech
          for only $2.00.
   o  no public access channels.
   o  there's a commercial break every 10 minutes.


A: It's just like renting videos, except:


   o  it's a lot more expensive.
   o  there's only 1/100th as many to choose from.
   o  no porno.
   o  there's no pause, fast-forward, or rewind, and it costs
          you another $3.95 if you want to watch twice.
   o  there's a commercial break every 10 minutes.


A: It's just like the telephone, except:


   o  it's a lot more expensive.
   o  there's no one to talk to.
   o  there's a commercial break every 10 minutes.
   o  every number is a toll call.