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Re: News anchor at the end of the game

#502
From: Luka Batistic
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 1996 00:00
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Rush@Is.Right wrote:
> 
> In article <17719D319S...@ukcc.uky.edu> CLC...@ukcc.uky.edu (Cheryl Coovert) writes:
> >Path: gryphon.phoenix.net!news.sprintlink.net!oronet!uniserve!news.mindlink.net!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.cs.columbia.edu!pipeline!psinntp!psinntp!gatech!news
> >From: CLC...@ukcc.uky.edu (Cheryl Coovert)
> >Newsgroups: alt.games.command-n-conq
> >Subject: Re: News anchor at the end of the game
> >Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 15:00:40 EST
> >Organization: The University of Kentucky
> >Lines: 14
> >Message-ID: <17719D319S...@ukcc.uky.edu>
> >References: <49o47j$g...@ray.atw.fullfeed.com> <30F038...@minn.net> <DL6Jv...@rci.ripco.com> <0l1nfx200...@andrew.cmu.edu>
> >NNTP-Posting-Host: ukcc.uky.edu
> 
> >In article <0l1nfx200...@andrew.cmu.edu>
> >James P Blanding <blan...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> >
> >>Another reason i was annoyed at this was the fact that she didn't SOUND
> >>like a news anchor at all.  She talked slow and there was a 4 second
> >>pause between each sentence.  At least they could have hired someone to
> >>ACT as well as display.
> >
> >And shhe had a lishp.
> >-Geo
> >
> 
> Sounds like you folks need a faster computer with a 4x cd-rom

I have a 6x CD-ROM and she still speaks slow. A guy form Westwood (J. Kucan, 
i think) was here a while ago and he said she was supposed to speak that way 
(to show what media manipulation can lead to). 
-- 
Luka

Nobody's perfect. I'm nobody.
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From: Luka Batistic <luka.b...@guest.arnes.si>
Subject: Re: News anchor at the end of the game
Date: 1996/02/07
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