Steve Jobs, in a move that gave a sexual thrill to the staff
of Wired and salivating Applephiles
everywhere, demonstrated a new method of transferring cash from customers to
himself. Pointing to a large sack, with a
dollar sign on the outside, Mr Jobs declared: “This is where you put the money,
you know you want to. Imagine how cool people will think you are if you give me
some money. I’ll even give you this…er…
tablet thing that’s great for…er…acting like an Iphone, except it’s too big and
it would make a great laptop, except it’s as fast as an arthritic tortoise and the
only interface it has is with the Apple customer cash removal programme. It will open up the Market for…um…stuff that
nobody has thought of yet, especially me. You’ll be able to er…look at videos on the
plane which is, like, so revolutionary I, can hardly hype, I mean speak. It does come with a range of interfaces- it
accepts MasterCard, Amex, and simple cash, but our customers are easily
confused, so we didn’t bother with USB, memory sticks or anything else that might
interrupt the flow of dollars to us.
What could be more elegant than that?” |