Acme Computerized Crystal Ball
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Loading ...A representative of the Acme Company was making a product presentation of the Acme Computerized Crystal Ball to an executive of a top marketing firm. The Acme representative was bragging that the Acme Computerized Crystal Ball could answer any questions about a person’s past, present and even future. Such claims, however, made the marketing executive very skeptical. Seeing the bored expression of the skeptical marketing executive, the Acme representative then requested the executive to try the Acme Computerized Crystal Ball. Though he was not a believer, the marketing executive reluctantly agreed to give it a try.
The Acme representative instructed, “Please type in your full name and then your question.”
The marketing executive typed in his name and then he typed in this question, “Where is my father now ?”
The Acme Computerized Crystal Ball whirled and glowed for a few seconds and then displayed this answer, “Your father is fly fishing for trout in Montana at this very moment.”
“Aha! I knew your darned machine is a fake!” exclaimed the marketing executive. “The answer it gave was pure baloney! My father has been dead for the past twenty years now.”
Unperturbed, the Acme representative took one look at the answer and then said, “Could you give it try again? This time just rephrase the same question.”
Though he was still unconvinced, the marketing executive decided to try again just to put the Acme representative to shame. He typed in his name again and this time, he typed in this question, “Where is my mother’s husband now?”
Again the Acme Computerized Crystal Ball again whirled and glowed for a few seconds before it displayed this answer, “Your mother’s husband has been dead for twenty years now. And by the way, your father had just caught a 25-lb trout in Montana.”