Mar16
How the Web Was Won.
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A man in a bowler hat stands and holds an arm out with the elbow up and the hand down.
Another man with short hair sits at a desk, and a sign on the desk says: CEO.
Man in bowler hat: The dot com has bust. We had to lay off all our smart web programmers. Only the stupid ones are left.
Man at desk: Keep going. Our customers aren’t too bright, they won’t notice.
The next panel shows the outline of a computer screen and on it can be seen the text: Enter credit card number.*
Below this is a rectangular box for entering the requested credit card number.
Below the rectangular box is the text: *DO NOT include any blanks. Our web programmers are too stupid to skip blanks.
Below this is the additional text: *DO NOT use the back button. Our server may explode.
Title: How the Web Was Won.
Another man with short hair sits at a desk, and a sign on the desk says: CEO.
Man in bowler hat: The dot com has bust. We had to lay off all our smart web programmers. Only the stupid ones are left.
Man at desk: Keep going. Our customers aren’t too bright, they won’t notice.
The next panel shows the outline of a computer screen and on it can be seen the text: Enter credit card number.*
Below this is a rectangular box for entering the requested credit card number.
Below the rectangular box is the text: *DO NOT include any blanks. Our web programmers are too stupid to skip blanks.
Below this is the additional text: *DO NOT use the back button. Our server may explode.
Title: How the Web Was Won.
* DO NOT under any circumstances refresh the following page. We have no idea what might happen.