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Demos (was Re: READ THIS !( If you live in Providence RI or nearby MA ))

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From: Dan Curtis
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 00:00
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Dean wrote:
> 
> To a point, your comment on demos, et al is correct.  However, more than
> several times I've played a demo that was great, only to find the game itself
> sucked.  There have even been rumours that some companies "tweak" the demos...
> 
> --
> Dean Robb (WB: Raz1) (Hawaii: Robb)
> PC-Easy
> On-site computer services and consulting
> PCE...@Norfolk.Infi.Net

Reminds me of a joke you might find interresting:

Did you hear about the Microsoft Windows programmer who died?

He found himself in front of a committee that decides whether you
go to Heaven or Hell.

The committee told the programmer he had some say in the matter
and asked him if he wanted to see Heaven and Hell before stating
his preference.

"Sure," he said, so an angel took him to a place with a sunny
beach, volleyball, and rock and roll, where everyone was having a
great time.

"Wow!" he exclaimed. "Heaven is great!"

"Wrong," said the angel. "That was Hell. Want to see Heaven?"

"Sure!"  So the angel took him to another place.  Here a bunch of
people were  sitting in a park playing bingo and feeding dead
pigeons.

"This is Heaven?" asked the Windows programmer.

"Yup," said the angel.

"Then I'll take Hell."  Instantly he found himself plunged up to
his neck in red-hot lava, with the hosts of the damned in
torment around him.  "Where's  the beach?  The music?  The
volleyball?" he screamed frantically to the angel.

"That was the demo," she replied as she vanished.

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Subject: Demos (was Re: READ THIS !( If you live in Providence RI or nearby MA ))
Date: 1996/05/21
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