Amazon: reinventing the book

EXCITING NEW TECHNOLOGY ANNOUNCED

Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge device

It’s a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It’s so easy to use even a child can operate it. Just lift its cover. Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere — even sitting in an armchair by the fire — yet it is powerful enough to hold as much information as a CD-ROM disk.

Here’s how it works: Each BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of information. These pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a binder which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence. By using both sides of each sheet, manufacturers are able to cut costs in half.

Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet. The BOOK may be taken up at any time and used by merely opening it. The “browse” feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move forward or backward as you wish. Most come with an “index” feature, which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for instant
retrieval.

An optional “BOOKmark” accessory allows you to open the BOOK to the exact place you left it in a previous session — even if the BOOK has been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus a single BOOKmark can be used in BOOKs by various manufacturers.

Portable, durable and affordable, the BOOK is the entertainment wave of the future, and many new titles are expected soon, due to the surge in popularity of its programming tools, the:

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I ntercommunication
L anguage stylus…..

PS: no, non sono un luddista 😉
PPS: questo testo lo ricevetti gia’ anni fa, ma non ne conosco l’orgine per attribuirla correttamente.

Formula for Coca Cola Leaked Online?

Amenita’: e cosi’ una versione della formula per la coca cola e’ apparsa in rete. Anche se nelle lattine e bottiglie attuali la miscela e’ probabilmente differente (nelle dosi, e chissa’, nei contenuti) un altro piccolo segreto vacilla (… a quando quelli grandi, tipo 911?)

Dizionario latino

Neologismi dal Vaticano
Curiosa notizia riportata da .mau., sulla pubblicazione nel sito del vaticano di un dizionario della lingua latina aggiornato ai nuovi neologismi, il Lexicon Recentis Latinitatis.

Scopro cosi’ che sarei un doctor machinarius (ingegnere) che lavora con il instrumentum computatorium (computer) a cui piace la stillaticius sucus vitigenus (grappa) e il acre vinum Aemilianum (lambrusco), e non disdegna valida potio Slavica (vodka)!

Martini

Un po’ di poster

Il mio omonimo venditore di alcoolici sta lanciando un concorso per l’estrazione di copie di poster d’epoca…spero che si ricordino anche di me (e Pessione non dista molto da Torino… anche se ora ha in mano tutto la Bacardi..sigh!)
Comunque, i poster mi sono piaciuti e li riporto qui…


Martini Poster #1

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Demotivare

Poster de-motivazionali
In America sono fanatici di gadget e poster motivazionali, per vedersi e sentirsi ricordare cosa si deve fare… Interessante (gulp!)e’ l’approccio opposto di Despair se non si puo’ motivare con una visione, allora perche’ non inspirare paura?… just kidding!