Lee's Funnies
Microsoft Corporation has taken another step toward
dominating every aspect of American life with the
introduction of Contraceptive98, a suite of applications
designed for users who engage in sex.
Microsoft has been a pioneer in peer-to-peer connectivity
and plug and play. It believes these technologies will give
it substantial leverage in penetrating the copulation
enhancement market.
The product addresses two important user concerns: the need
for virus protection and the need for a firewall to ensure
the non-propagation of human beings.
The Contraceptive98 suite consists of three products:
Condom98, DeFetus 1.0 (from Sementec), and AIDScan 2.1 (from
Norton Utilities). A free copy of Intercourse Explorer 4.0
is bundled in the package.
The suite also comes in two expanded versions.
Contraceptive98 Professional is the Client/Server edition,
for professionals in the sexual services sector.
Contraceptive98 Small Business Edition is a package for
start-ups, aimed at the housewife and gigolo niches.
While Contraceptive98 does not address non-traditional
copulatory channels, future plug-ins are planned for next
year. They will be known as BackDoor, AuraLee, TitElation,
and JerkOff.
OPERATION
Only one node in a peer-to-peer connection needs to install
the package.
At installation, the Condom98 software checks for minimum
hardware. If the user meets the requirements, the product
installs and is sufficiently scaleable to meet most
requirements.
After installation, operation commences. One caution is that
the user must have sufficient RAM to complete the session.
When the session is complete, a disconnect is initiated, and
the user gets the message, It is now safe to turn off your
partner.
DRAWBACKS
Usability testers report that frequent failures were a major
concern during beta testing. General Protection Fault was
the most serious error encountered.
Early versions had numerous bugs, but most of these have
been eliminated. The product needs to be installed each time
its used.
CONCLUSION
Contraceptive98 is a robust product. Despite its drawbacks,
it is a reasonably good value for its $49.95 price tag, and
is far superior to its shareware version. Hopefully, future
releases (of the software, that is) will add missing
functionality, such as Backout and Restore, Uninterruptible
Power Supply, and Onboard Camera.
Microsoft CEO Bill Gates is optimistic about
Contraceptive98's potential. He recently said, Our
contraceptive products will help users do to each other what
we've been doing to our customers for years.
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