Little Joke

[EnderWiggenRules@aol.com]

This has nothing to do with game programming, but you Windows guys will get 
this. I got this advertisement in e-mail:

Thank you for registering your software! Now you can bring your keyboard's 
PRNT SCRN back to life with Screen Shot Deluxe(TM) 2.0! Order before July 5 
and you'll SAVE $10 off the regular price, get a FREE GIFT & get FREE 
shipping and handling! Special offer for registered software customers of The 
Learning Company, now a division of Mattel Interactive. Use PRIORITY CODE 
0160580034.

Considering the PRNT SCRN key already does a screen shot in all Windows 
applications, this program is quite worthless. For you non-Windows maniacs, 
pressing PRNT SCRN (with or without this lousy program) stores a copy of the 
screen's image into the clipboard, where you can import into anywhere. So not 
only does this advertisement advertise a program that installs a function 
into Windows that already exists, they're CHARGING you for it. And I bet you 
people actually fall for this. What kind of a world do we live in??

So it has nothing to do with game programming. However, they made this 
advertisement thinking people would fall for it. People probably will. And 
what did they tell us in those business classes from so many years ago? "Know 
your consumer." There's a good chance gameplayers people will also get this 
e-mail. So the same consumer plays games as responds to this e-mail. If your 
consumer is THIS stupid, what's the point???

Fun Fact.
-Ender Wiggin
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