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From: victor@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU (Victor Balaban)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Coke, classic coke and new coke
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Date: Wed, 20-Aug-86 22:45:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 20 22:45:22 1986
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Reply-To: victor@batcomputer.UUCP (Victor Balaban)
Organization: Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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>I believe that we will see the rise of a new class of hackers in the next
>four or five years; hackers who don't know the feeling of staying up for
>60 hours at a time propped up by six or eight liters of The Real Thing,
>who know nothing about how it burned _just so_ going down your throat,
>who will wonder why you maintain that hoarde of cans in your closet
>that looks not so different from the stuff they drink everyday.
>Because they won't remember.  I think this must be part of some
>conspiracy; did IBM secretly buy Coke Inc behind our backs?
>

There is hope in sight.  There is a company in Rochester that makes Jolt
Cola.  It's motto is "all the sugar and twice the caffeine!".  I've tried
it, and in addition to getting you pretty wired it tastes great!  Sort of
like the Haagen Dasz of sodas.  I think it will be marketed nationally
pretty soon.
-- 


                                           Victor Balaban

Beer.  It's not just for breakfast anymore