"I'm a super-fast computer designed to process any number of simultaneous queries and transactions. I've been designed for the interactive devices of the future, when I'll be able to provide a truly one-to-one service for you, not just bringing you information, but helping you act on it."

Maybe you've heard of this crazy new thing the kids are talking about nowadays; they call it streaming media, and everybody from John Glenn to Bill Clinton's been living out his dream under the squinty gaze of the world's wired audience.