Re: The sad Truth about iMac:

[Frank Carney <frankcNOSPAM@cyberhighway.net>]

On Sat, 06 Mar 1999, Jeff Blakeney wrote:
>JB> Speaking of commercials, I get a real kick out of the Pentium III
commercial
>JB> that says "When this door opens, the internet is going to be a
whole lot
>JB> more fun."  Funny, Pentium III's are out now and I have noticed any
change
>JB> in the net at all.  Maybe I can sue Intel for false advertising.
:-)

>The thought that crossed my mind when I first saw the commercial was
"huh"?
>Upgrading your processor ain't going to make any difference in your
download
>time or connection speed. If you're connecting at 56K or less (the
majority of
>home users), you're still stuck at 56K. <Sigh> Damn marketing types.

No, no you got it all wrong.  The P3 has that new code in it so
marketers can track chip serial numbers instead of e-mail or TCP/IP
addresses.  They will have better marketing statistics and will be able
to track you no matter where you go.  Then people who want to stalk you
could use a some kind of automatic program on a server at lets say a
lingere online store.  The freak could set it so that if a certain size
or smaller article of clothing were bought then it would send them log
info about that transaction  (Sounds like a made for TV movie).  Anyway
it would not be more fun, but it would be more exciting. : )

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