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From: "Scott A. May" <smay01@BIGCAT.MISSOURI.EDU>
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Subject: Re: Adult rip offs
Date: 25 Mar 1994 21:43:33 +0200
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On Fri, 25 Mar 1994, Joker wrote:

> Why is it that a CD-ROm encyclopedia, which took lots of time of
> lots of people to create (enter data, create hypertext links,
> index, write a decent search engine, scan adn prepare pictures,
> ditto for video and sound, etc etc etc), goes for as little as
> $40, while a collection of pictures of naked people having sex,
> which took one person simply the time to download the GIFs and
> master them, goes for $60?

Because the gonads are a much more powerful organ than the brain. It's
the driving force behind TV, movies, music and the Republican Party.

S/
/M