{"id":736,"date":"2007-12-17T17:22:28","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T17:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/2007\/12\/17\/how-to-buy-a-computer\/"},"modified":"2007-12-17T17:22:28","modified_gmt":"2007-12-17T17:22:28","slug":"how-to-buy-a-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/17\/how-to-buy-a-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Buy a Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I get email&#8230; In this case, virus-like but funny email.  Pass it on&#8230;<!--more-->COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTTABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?COSTELLO: Thanks. I&#8217;m setting up an office in my den and I&#8217;m thinking about buying a computer.ABBOTT: Mac?COSTELLO: No, the name&#8217;s Lou.ABBOTT: Your computer?COSTELLO: I don&#8217;t own a computer. I want to buy one.ABBOTT: Mac?COSTELLO: I told you, my name&#8217;s Lou.ABBOTT: What about Windows?COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?COSTELLO: I don&#8217;t know. What will I see when I look at the windows?ABBOTT: Wallpaper.COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.ABBOTT: Software for Windows?COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?ABBOTT: Office.COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything ?ABBOTT: I just did.COSTELLO: You just did what?ABBOTT: Recommend something.CO STELLO: You recommended something?ABBOTT: Yes.COSTELLO: For my office?ABBOTT: YesCOSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?ABBOTT: Office.COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let&#8217;s just say I&#8217;m sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal.  What do I need?ABBOTT: Word.COSTELLO: What word?ABBOTT: Word in Office.COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue &#8216;W&#8217;.COSTELLO: I&#8217;m going to click your blue &#8216;w&#8217; if you don&#8217;t start with some straight answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?ABBOTT: Money.COSTELLO: That&#8217;s right What do you have?ABBOTT: Money.COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.COSTELLO: What&#8217;s bundled with my computer?ABBOTT: Money.COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?ABBOTT: One copy.COSTELLO: Isn&#8217;t it illegal to copy money?ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!(A few days later)ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?ABBOTT: Click on &#8216;START&#8217;  &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I get email&#8230; In this case, virus-like but funny email. Pass it on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[57],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-bS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}