From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Sun,  6 Sep 1998 20:59:32 -0400
From: ralph muha rmuha@minimal.com
Subject: [9fans] what is the present status of mothra?
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>	I can't imagine who thinks that we can't live
>	without animated gifs but we don't need built-up equations.
>
>Advertisers.

this is just the tip of the iceberg.  I recently discovered a
reference to the Intel "Optimized Content" program on the
slashdot.org web site.  basically, Intel is subsidizing web
sites that put up computationally intensive stuff (eg, CNN's
3D VRML Space Shuttle Walk Thru) that will only look good
when viewed on a machine with a Pentium II.  the idea is
to create incentive for people with old, obsolete P1's to
buy new computers...

Of course, nobody on this list knows anybody who is dumb
enough to fall for that one, right?  ;-)

r