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Subject:Re: Death of Apostrophe/sick hyphen From:"Huber, Mike" <Mike -dot- Huber -at- SOFTWARE -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 17 Nov 1995 12:54:12 -0500
One of the few amusing bits on Saturday Night Live in recent memory
was an ad for Virtual Reality Classics (or something similar). An
advanced
VR system that simulated the experience of reading Moby Dick.
>That participant was an idiot. Ever try reading "Moby Dick" while siting
>at a computer terminal?