### ### ### ### ### #### ### ### ### #### ### ### ##### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ### ##### ### ### ########## ### ### ########## ### ### ### ### Underground eXperts United Presents... ####### ## ## ####### # # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ## #### ## ## #### # # ####### ####### ####### ## ## ## ## ##### ## ## ## ## ## ####### ####### # # ## ## ## [ Modern Metaphor ] [ By Speed Devil Show ] ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ Modern Metaphor by Speed Devil Show Think about it, if the Nerd Wide Web was an ordinary public library... ... it would be impossible to get inside, as the whole place would be filled to the limit with idiots. ... people would boast about their library cards, constantly informing their friends that they 'have library'. ... the cafeteria would be crowded with blind people desperately trying to pick each other up, while secretly masturbating. ... the coolest profession would not be to actually write books, merely to design their covers. ... the populace would not take any interest in the available info, just wander around aimlessly and glance at the book's covers and references. ... the police together with old folks would happily burn books they found to be 'indecent' in the 'general interest of the masses'. ... 0.1 % of the shelves would be serious literature on science, history and fiction; 99.9 % would be dedicated to various forms of sex. ... pimpled kids would run around and vandalise certain books, falsely believing that they are 'real hackers'. ... the librarians would make loads of money, while the caretakers all died of heart attacks due to excessive work. ... one would have to get down to the basement, go under ground, to find anything of interest. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- uXu #444 Underground eXperts United 1998 uXu #444 Call INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL GUILD -> telnet iirg.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------