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First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to

First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we’ve realized it’s a brochure. – Douglas Adams

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I wrote an ad for Apple Computer: “Macintosh – We might not get everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end.” – Douglas Adams

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What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public. – Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1964

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