FoRK archive:
http://xent.ics.uci.edu/FoRK-archive/may98/0188.html
Unfortunately, I didn't send the entire article to the list, and the link is
now broken, so you can't read it. But, basically, the reporter got *very*
hungry before the first food (a huge doughnut and some beer as I recall)
arrived.
- Jim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: B.K. DeLong [mailto:bkdelong@pobox.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 19, 1999 11:46 AM
> To: fork@xent.com
> Subject: Fwd: guy/girl/computer - web experiment
>
>
> Intriguing.
>
> >http://www.guygirlcomputer.com/
> >
> >FYI - This doesn't have much to do with web design, but I guess it's one
> >of the best "proof of concept" pieces related to our industry that one
> >could image.
> >
> >Canada AM, a daily morning show on one of Canada's TV networks is going
> >to begin an experiment next week where they've brought together two
> >strangers (one male one female) and have asked them to survive for one
> >week in a loft that contains nothing but a computer connected to the
> >internet. They'll be given $20,000 worth of credit with which they'll be
> >expected to buy everything from beds to food by shopping on the web.
> >(They don't get to keep what they buy, that'll be donated to charity at
> >the end of the show).
> >
> >The couple will have private individual rooms in the loft, but in the
> >common area there will be equipment to provide video and audio feeds so
> >the world can watch the experiment unfold.
> >
> >It will be interesting to see how they make out.
> >
> >Rolf
> >
> >PS - There doesn't seem to be any content on the site yet, just a spalsh
> >page with no links. I wouldn't expect to find much there till Monday
> >morning.
> >
> >
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