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What does FAQ stand for? I don't know. What time is it? It's about 3:30 in the morning here. I have no idea what time it is where you are. What's going to happen at midnight on December 31, 1999 if we haven't corrected the Y2K Bug? I won't know what will happen at that precise moment because I'll be drunk, or asleep. However, there's a very simple solution to this mess (older computers reading "00" as the year 1900) and I'm surprised nobody thought of it: add 68 days to the month of December, 1999. That'll buy enough time to fix the damn thing. Or, if that's not enough, add 87 months to the year. (Septober, Octember, Juneuary -- suggestions?) There's a bigger problem looming, though: in the year 10000 all computers will read "0000" as the year 0 A.D.!!! I'm glad I won't be around for that one. Why does it take so long for the pictures to load in? Pictures (jpg, gif, bmp) contain more digital information than text. (Think of it this way: 1 picture=1000 words) Why is the print so small? With most 15" monitors displaying a resolution of 1024X768, the standard 12-pt. font is reduced to the size of a footnote. Some people sit closer to the monitor, others use a magnifying glass, but a better, healthier solution is to squint. Why can't I hear the audio clips? There are no audio clips. Good question. Should I downgrade to an older, slower system? Definitely. It will give you more time to think. What's the next big thing? Chairs that automatically lift you into a standing position. Is the Internet going to replace television? Yes, it will. But then television will replace the Internet. And then "feelies" will come along and all hell will break loose. Is it possible that what we perceive as the "known universe" is actually a virtual world, a computer program, which explains why we don't have the ability to explain what it all means—but then I just did, so... forget it. Next question. Why doesn't this web site make greater use of progressive gif's, Java apps, and Shockwave games? Cute; superficial: two adjectives working together to describe what I think of that stuff. Let's change the subject, slightly. For cultural history buffs, I read recently that the venerable "Norton Anthology of Literature" series, a college textbook staple for years, has come out with a new collection encompassing the era of "Postmodern American Fiction," and that it includes examples of hypertext fiction. This was refreshing, perhaps, like a professor wearing a flashy bow tie, but, let's be honest, hyperfiction is not real literature. Any writing that yanks the reader away from the material and treats him like a laboratory rat is nothing more than a gimmick, pure and simple. How can I save this address? Use the "bookmark" or "favorites" feature in your browser's options menu. Or, better, engrave
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