The Stanford Law Review runs the following quote on their masthead: "For every thousand people hacking at the leaves of evil there is one chopping at the roots." -H.D. Thoreau On their April Fools issue they ran the following: "For every person hacking at the leaves of evil there are a thousand smoking the stuff. Send this story to a friend 1 This is pretty close to an actual sales call I received. The sales person's name has been changed. The company name has not. I think we'll stick with our current provider. Bob: Hello, I'm Bob ______ from AT&T, and I'm calling to let you know about the Internet services we offer. Do you have a minute to... Me: I'm kind of busy right now, but if you could just email me the information I'll call you back if I'm interested. My address is... Bob: Could I have your fax number? We're behind a firewall, so our email doesn't always get through. Send this story to a friend 2 Matsushita Electric is promoting a new Japanese PC targeted at the Internet. Panasonic has developed a complete Japanese Web browser, and to make the system "user-friendly", licensed the cartoon character "Woody Woodpecker" as the "Internet guide." Panasonic eventually planned on a world version of the product. A huge marketing campaign was to have introduced the product in Japan last week. The day before the ads were to be released, Panasonic suddenly pulled back and delayed the product launch indefinitely. The reason: the ads featured the slogan "Touch Woody - The Internet Pecker." An American staff member at the internal product launch explained to the stunned and embarrassed Japanese what "touch woody" and "pecker" meant in American slang. -From EE Times, October 8, 1996 Send this story to a friend 3
