On Tue, Jun 25, 2002 at 02:36:20AM -0500, Pic Dude wrote:
> Ahhh bummer!  I was hoping for some real high tech here.

heh, that's progress ;-)

>
> Banks were an early offender, and I have not physically
> walked into a bank lobby in a long time.  Videos were
> also threatened to be replaced by Pay-per-view and its
> cousins, but I still own a VHS recorder and still walk
> into the video store and chat with the fine (female) humans.

not here anymore (france). the video store is a device
in which you insert your credit card, and the DVD (usually
ruined by idiots that don't know how to handle them) comes
out of a slot. If you don't give the DVD back at the proper
time, the credit card is charged for an insane amount.
(makes late charges a whole different story ;-)
Now this is also fun when you consider that the chip on
French credit cards have had their "security" cracked
(see http://www.humpich.com for more info), it's so easy
that you can have fun at charging someone else's card
without the someone knowing before the statement comes
in...
A friend of mine just got bitten for 800 EUR and is
currently forbidden to use a Credit card or personal
checks, even if the bank recognized the mistake. (hell,
they are fast to put the restrictions on, but slow to
remove them...)

>
> And now groceries.  Ugh!
>
> Now that I think about it, all the establishments with
> fine women are being replaced by machines.  Why don't
> they start with welding shops and mechanics?  :-)

uh... maybe we are slowly becomming a star-trek-like
society... eventually we'll have more free time to meet
the women...

>
> Disappointed and biased,
> -Neil.

Sincerely

Raphael

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