Just to give you an idea how far word of our favorite technological innovation has spread, from this month's (Fall Collection) issue of Vogue magazine:
"...As for Orwell's telescreen, it's been replaced by the personal computer. Networks like Prodigy have been warning users that they will censor 'objectionable' messages, and the government is threatening to install the Clipper Chip in computers, allowing it to eavesdrop on digital transmissions. How to cope?" [P. 172]
...and I thought that Karl Lagerfeld's lineup was bad enough...
mjr.
I can see the advertisement for Cosmopolitan magazine... "I was talking to very buff beach volley ball player on my Clipper phone. (He's just a friend, really!) We talked about the strength of the Malibu sun, what to do when sand gets in your sun block and whether California roll sushi was really invented there. Then I tossed in some Navy blue words that will make those NSA spooks blush coral red. I'm just a flirt... but I guess you could say, I'm that COSMOPOLITAN girl."