| From: | Jason Compton |
| Date: | 20 Oct 99 at 16:44:57 |
| Subject: | Re: Digitiser (CH4 Teletext, Page 481, 1/5) |
From: jcompton@xnet.com (Jason Compton)
> > If Amiga Active had launched in the US, I guarantee you that NONE of the
> > computer press would have bothered even to blast it.
>
> They didn't blast it. This is what they said...
>
> "have any of you seen that new Amiga magazine? Amiga Idiots, I think
> it's called. The cover professes that the Amiga is 'The future of
> computing!' Funnier still is the mag's alleged 'special price': £4.95"
>
> That is taken from the Fat Sow section, which is meant to be opinionated
> and sarcastic. It's meant to provoke reaction; they mention Sega
> mess-ups in there, and their mailbox fills up with crap from Sega
> zealots. I can guarantee that they will now have received a load of crap
> from Amiga zealots as well. Which just makes everyone look stupid.
I'd be just as happy to amend "blast" to any word of your choice, but I
would like to point out that just because something is opinionated and
sarcastic doesn't mean it's not a blast. I would say, without having done
any hard research in the area, that much blasting is in fact opinionated
and sarcastic.
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