It popped into my mind...

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FrankC — 8/30/2013 3:32:43 PM (archived)

It couldn't have been more than more than 12-13 years ago, SNL did a skit on a virtual reading program where it showed a room with a table and a book on the table. The virtual you sat down at the table and began turning the pages and reading the book.

The intent was to humorously ridicule such a program.

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Troubling experience with a defective book - Robert - 8/28/2013 6:46:04 PM
- It popped into my mind... - FrankC - 8/30/2013 3:32:43 PM
- Cuneiform on clay tablets and papyrus scrolls lasted for thousands of years. - ER - 8/29/2013 6:19:51 PM
- Book...to haul ass. - Jody - 8/29/2013 12:52:06 AM
- I have accumulated several tablet readers.. - FrankC - 8/28/2013 11:23:38 PM
- What the publishers aren't telling you... - podrock - 8/28/2013 9:36:57 PM
  - "The Journal of Improbable Research" deserves a bit of attention. - bowser - 8/28/2013 10:27:21 PM
    - It's pier reviewed ! - podrock - 8/29/2013 5:58:45 AM
      - I'm going to dock you some points for that. - ER - 8/31/2013 7:07:43 PM
        
        I just had to slip it in. - podrock - 8/31/2013 7:46:53 PM
        
        You must be one of them berthers. - ER - 9/1/2013 12:57:20 AM
        
        Breach birth. Peer got sideways with the Doc. Almost had to jetty-son it. - bowser - 9/1/2013 3:35:08 AM
        
        Re: You must be one of them berthers. - podrock - 9/1/2013 2:53:36 AM
        
        AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH. - ER - 9/1/2013 4:34:19 AM
        
        AWWWWWWWWWW - podrock - 9/1/2013 5:10:04 AM
        
        Moor often than knot, I can spring to the occasion. - ER - 9/1/2013 2:42:24 PM
      - Doesn't get any better! - bowser - 8/30/2013 2:19:35 AM
    - I once wrote an article for the "Journal of Irreproducible Results". - ER - 8/29/2013 3:36:45 AM
      - Clever linguistics work. That's not an obvious conclusion. - bowser - 8/29/2013 4:17:36 AM
        
        Found it! - ER - 8/29/2013 4:33:45 AM
        
        Quite obvious when it's pointed out. - bowser - 8/30/2013 2:18:39 AM
        
        Ecce homo. - ER - 8/30/2013 12:50:50 PM
        
        Printed it ! - podrock - 8/29/2013 6:06:07 AM
        
        When Tampa was having one of its periodic debates... - ER - 8/29/2013 6:33:15 PM
- I had one last week. - alcaray - 8/28/2013 8:05:31 PM

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