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From: neal@weitek.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.works,net.legal
Subject: Re: xeroX slime ad warning
Message-ID: <411@weitek.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-Apr-86 02:37:53 EST
Article-I.D.: weitek.411
Posted: Wed Apr 23 02:37:53 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 24-Apr-86 07:27:39 EST
References: <719@hoptoad.uucp>
Organization: Weitek Corporation, Sunnyvale
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In article <719@hoptoad.uucp>, gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) writes:
> 
>        "  It's the first workstation ever with an enormous 19 inch bit
> 	map screen.  With multiple windows that let you neatly display
> 	and process what used to clutter up your desk.  Windows that can
> 	be stretched the entire width of the screen so you can see your
> 	work.  And let you conduct numerous operations at the same time.
> 	Like running PC programs, running mainframe progreams or
> 	downloading selected data from host computers.  [...]

Ad copy written in sentence fragments annoys the reader. And shows the ad
agency's lack of class. And reflects badly on the company buying the ad.
Like in the example above. Which is slimy to the extreme. As John Gilmore
pointed out.

Are we braindamaged yet?

-Neal
-- 
"And that is one of the beautiful things about rock-and-roll,
that I can retire, hopefully, at a very early age."
			- Dee Snider, to the Senate Commerce Committee

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