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FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WATCHED THE MOVIE YOU MAY REMEMBER THE HERO,  THE ROBOT IS OFTEN ALONE AS HE CLEANS THE FACTORY AT NIGHT, BUT ON OCCASION AN EMPLOYEE WORKS LATE ON AN IMPORTANT PROJECT. |
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| AS THE ROBOT CLEANED THE FACTORY ONE EVENING, HE OPENED THE DOOR TO THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE. A STRANGE AND AWFUL SCENE CONFRONTED HIM. |
| THE PRESIDENT LAY SPRAWLED ON THE FLOOR, QUITE DEAD. AND IN AN ALMOST COMICAL POSE - HIS BARE LEFT FOOT WAS RESTING UPON THE COMPUTER MONITOR'S SCREEN. HIS SHOE AND SOCK WERE STREWN ON THE OFFICE FLOOR.THE ROBOT QUICKLY CALLED 911 FOR HELP. EVENTUALLY AFTER AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION, THE BODY WAS REMOVED AND THE ROBOT WAS AGAIN ALONE. |
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| WHAT HAPPENED HERE, HE WONDERED? WAS FOUL PLAY INVOLVED? AND THE BARE FOOT ON THE SCREEN? WHAT DID THAT MEAN? THE ROBOT EXAMINED THE COMPUTER; IN THE FLOPPY DRIVE THERE WAS A DISK. HE REMOVED IT - NO LABEL INDICATED ITS CONTENTS. HE TRIED RUNNING THE DISK ON THE COMPUTER; THE FLOPPY DRIVE REFUSED TO SHOW THE CONTENTS OF THE DISK, BUT ON THE SCREEN THREE WORDS APPEARED - " PLEASE ENTER PASSWORD ". |
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| WAS A FOOTPRINT THE PASSWORD? HE TRIED HIS LEFT FOOT, BUT THEN A ROBOT'S FOOT IS HARDLY LIKE A HUMANS. WHAT HE NEEDED WAS THE PRESIDENT'S UNIQUE FOOTPRINT! |
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| A GRISLY DEED FACED THE ROBOT IF HE WAS TO UNCOVER THE SECRET OF THE FLOPPY: GET THE PRESIDENT'S LEFT FOOTPRINT. MAYBE THIS WAS A WILD CONCLUSION THE ROBOT HAD DRAWN, BUT WHY WOULD THE DEAD MAN HAVE A BARE FOOT AGAINST THE SCREEN? FROM THE MORTICIAN [A RATHER MOROSE FELLOW, ONCE A RENOWNED SURGEON NOW FALLEN FROM FAME DUE TO SOME "UNCONVENTIAL" OPERATIONS], THE ROBOT LEARNED THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD SUFFERED A FATAL HEART ATTACK [CAUSE UNKNOWN]. THE BODY WOULD BE CREMATED THIS AFTERNOON. |
 | THE ROBOT MUSED "MAYBE A LITTLE MONETARY PERSUASION MIGHT DO THE TRICK". IN A FEW MOMENTS, THE MORTICIAN RETURNED, HANDED THE ROBOT A SMALL SACK, AND WHISPERED "NOT TO WORRY, HE WAS AN ORGAN DONOR. BE CAREFUL, THE SAMPLE IS BUT A FEW LAYERS THICK". | 
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| FILLING THE SKIN SAMPLE WITH CANNED FOAM RETURNED THE FOOT TO ITS ORIGINAL SHAPE. |
 | PRESSING THE "FOOT" AGAINST THE ROBOT'S LAPTOP MONITOR WITH THE FLOPPY IN THE DRIVE, THE SCREEN CAME ALIVE, REVEALING A MOST REMARKABLE DOCUMENT. |
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TO: PARTICIPATING COMPUTER AND HARD-DISK MANUFACTURERS RE: NEW INCENTIVES TO BUNDLE OUR SOFTWARE FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS WE ARE OFFERING SPECIAL INCENTIVES TO BUNDLE OUR NEW OPERATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE WITH YOUR PRODUCT. TEST-MARKETING OF THIS INCENTIVE PROGRAM HAS SHOWN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN SALES OF NEW COMPUTERS AND HARD-DISKS. NOTE: THIS DISK SELF-DESTRUCTS AFTER IT IS READ AND EJECTED FROM THE DRIVE. ALL COPY, SEND TO, SCANNING, FAXING, PRINT SCREEN AND PRINT FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN DISABLED. NO PHOTOGRAHIC OR OTHER TYPES OF IMAGING ARE POSSIBLE. ALL REFERENCES TO THIS DOCUMENT WILL BE ERASED FROM MEMORY WHEN THE FILE IS CLOSED OR AFTER 10 MINUTES OF REACHING THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. |
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| WRITING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE, THE ROBOT COPIED DOWN THE IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE DOCUMENT. BUT WHO WOULD BELIEVE THESE NOTES? WITH A MINUTE TO SPARE, THE ROBOT RESET HIS LAPTOP'S DATE [AN OLD TRICK HACKERS USE TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF SHAREWARE] AND PUT HIS MACHINE IN "HIBERNATION" MODE. SWITCHING TO BATTERY POWER, THE ROBOT GRABBED UP HIS BELOVED LAPTOP AND HURRIED OFF TO THE NEAREST "COMPUTER USERS PROTECTION AGENCY" OFFICE. | 
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THERE THE LAPTOP WAS REINSTATED TO ACTIVE MODE AND THE
DOCUMENT WAS REVEALED TO AN ASTONISHED ASSEMBLY. THE POWER
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