{"id":195,"date":"1996-03-06T05:31:00","date_gmt":"1996-03-06T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/?p=195"},"modified":"2020-01-03T09:12:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:12:59","slug":"q-what-is-the-information-superhighway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scriven.ca\/~scriven\/q-what-is-the-information-superhighway\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: What is the Information Superhighway?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>A: It&#8217;s just like the Internet, except:<\/strong><ul><li>It&#8217;s a lot more expensive.<\/li><li>You can&#8217;t post, and there&#8217;s no killfile.<\/li><li>There&#8217;s no <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/usenet-alt.sex\">alt.sex<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/usenet-alt.drugs\">alt.drugs<\/a>.<\/li><li>The new <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/19961109180301\/news:rec.humor.funny\">rec.<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/usenet-rec.humor.funny\">humor.funny<\/a> has a laugh track.<\/li><li>There&#8217;s a commercial break every 10 minutes.<\/li><li>Everything is formatted to 40 columns for TVs.<\/li><li>The free software costs you US$2 per Mbyte to FTP, more for long distance.<\/li><li>There&#8217;s a commercial break every 10 minutes. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>A: It&#8217;s just like cable TV, except:<\/strong>         <ul><li>It&#8217;s a lot more expensive.<\/li><li>The picture isn&#8217;t as good.<\/li><li>There are 500 channels of pay-per-view and home shopping.<\/li><li>You can watch any episode of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gilligan%27s_Island\">Gilligan&#8217;s Island<\/a><\/em> or any <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al_Gore\">Al Gore<\/a> speech for only $2.<\/li><li>There are no public-access channels.<\/li><li>There&#8217;s a commercial break every 10 minutes.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>A: It&#8217;s just like renting videos, except:<\/strong><ul><li>It&#8217;s a lot more expensive.<\/li><li>There&#8217;s only 1 percent of the selection.<\/li><li>There&#8217;s no porn.<\/li><li>There&#8217;s no pause, fast-forward, or rewind, and it costs you another $3.95 if you want to watch something twice.<\/li><li>There&#8217;s a commercial break every 10 minutes.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>A: It&#8217;s just like the telephone, except:<\/strong><ul><li>It&#8217;s a lot more expensive.<\/li><li>There&#8217;s no one to talk to.<\/li><li>Every number is a toll call.<\/li><li>There&#8217;s a commercial break every 10 minutes.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(posted anonymously to the Net)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borrowed from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/\">Wired<\/a> Magazine 2.11, page #37.<br>I just thought it would fit in perfectly, and it did. Thanks to the wonderful anon. poster. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A: It&#8217;s just like the Internet, except: It&#8217;s a lot more expensive. You can&#8217;t post, and there&#8217;s no killfile. There&#8217;s no alt.sex or alt.drugs. The new rec.humor.funny has a laugh track. There&#8217;s a commercial break every 10 minutes. Everything is formatted to 40 columns for TVs. 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