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orichalcum ([personal profile] orichalcum) wrote2004-09-08 01:17 pm

Share and Enjoy

Ack! It's happened! It's actually happened!

From the NYTimes, on the Ars Electronica conference:

"Even the cafe here was interactive: Hisako Yamakawa had a tea dispenser in which one deposits a euro. A screen lights up and asks you to sign a promise to enjoy the tea and drink it all, and the signature then determines the exact blend."

Does anyone else have horrific childhood memories of the Infocom game?
I live in a world where I can sign promises to enjoy my tea and have to sign a voting promise to hear my President speak in person. And yet, I don't have a flying car.

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