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Nov. 19, 1863: If Lincoln Were a Modern CEO, This Is How He’d Do Gettysburg，也就是西海岸的有些家伙能这么想。

Abraham 在 Gettysburg 的演讲算是美国式宣言的经典之一，两分钟的时间，包含了分裂时国家经受的苦难，所追求之人权的基本精神，还有对统一慷慨激昂的诉求。

想像一下如果 Linc 用 PowerPoint 做他的演讲……
Peter Norvig，Google 的 research director，很有兴趣地实施了这个假设 —- Vista IE7 访问可能遭遇 503 错误，用 Firefox 无问题（比 Linc 的被刺还诡异……）。

这是一位要在给阵亡将士一个交代般严酷的 conference call 上发言的 PowerPoint 前的总统：

And now please welcome President Abraham Lincoln.
Good morning. Just a second while I get this connection to work. Do I press this button here? Function-F7? No, that’s not right. Hmmm. Maybe I’ll have to reboot. Hold on a minute. Um, my name is Abe Lincoln and I’m your president. While we’re waiting, I want to thank Judge David Wills, chairman of the committee supervising the dedication of the Gettysburg cemetery. It’s great to be here, Dave, and you and the committee are doing a great job. Gee, sometimes this new technology does have glitches, but we couldn’t live without it, could we? Oh - is it ready? OK, here we go:

隆重下载观赏 gettysburg.ppt

Allan Pinkerton of the secret service, President Lincoln, and Major General John McClernand, 1862

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:: Posted on 2007-11-19, Monday - 11:09pm. Filed under Fun, Picture catagory(ies). This is the Permanent Link of the post.