As smoke wafted from his fat joint, Microsoft's senior vice president of
their TV division, Jon DeVoid, leaned back and mumbled about his company's
plans to enhance consumer televison. The stoned crowd wondered why the
Redmond giant decided to announce its plans from an Amsterdam doobie cafe.
"A new breed of PC appliances is emerging aimed at home entertainment rather
than workplace productivity,'' DeVoid explained to a plant sitting on his
table. "Microsoft TV technologies will enable consumers to take advantage
of Enhanced TV on these types of devices in addition to set-top boxes
and TV sets.
"Where the hell are my fries?"
As DeVoid munched, he related that such connections will allow a Microsoft
TV viewer -- a Click Potato as opposed to a Couch Potato -- to save a Bill
Gates keynote speech broadcast by MSNBC with WebTV attachments and deliver
it through Hotmail to a friend using Internet Explorer who could then enjoy
the experience in DVD-quality surround-whine on their Windows ME PC or copy
it directly to their X-Box for exciting 3-D participation.
"And do you know I have two noses?" DeVoid said while crossing his eyes.
Microsoft said in a statement that it decided to make the introduction from
a hash house because "this makes lots more sense when you're high."
