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May 8, 2005

30 MB or it's free

I remember when the Internet was just coming in, and the press were struggling to explain its significance. ("It's like CB, only with typing," was Dave Barry's description, which wasn't far wrong.) The thing everyone latched onto, for some reason, was that "you'll be able to order a pizza through your TV set." It struck me then that this was not much of an advance on ordering a pizza by phone. "When you can deliver a pizza through my TV set," I said, "then I'll be impressed." (I don't remember who I was talking to at the time. It was long ago.) Well, now they can. Or at least, the pizza experience. It's so lifelike, it's almost too real.
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