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where he should go from there when suddenly the printer whirred
and spit out a page:

FOR THE SCHEME LIFE INSURANCE SALES I WILL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING:

64 TERABYTES ADDITIONAL DATA STORAGE
500 GIGABYTES IN ADDITIONAL RAM MODULES
1 ADDITIONAL PHONE LINE
1 VOX MODEM
ACCESS CODE TO COMPANY BANK ACCOUNT

IF YOU WISH I CAN BEGIN SEARCHING FOR THE LOWEST COST SOURCES OF
THE ABOVE ITEMS.

Leo gaped at the list. Vox modem? he thought. What's wrong with
the regular modem? Shaking his head, he reluctantly gave the
program permission to order what it needed. After all, he'd just
spent Ґ1000 on the program. It would be Ґ1000 wasted if it didn't
have what it needed to do its job.
When he reached his office the next morning he found two
delivery trucks in front and an upset receptionist inside. The
items the computer had ordered were already there, with a
technician hooking them up, and Lolita was tearfully asking Leo
why he was mad with her.
"What are you talking about?" he said.
Her pretty lower lip thrust up and trembling, she said,
"This!" and confronted him with a computer-printed note and a
paycheck. The computer had fired her and had printed out a
severance check it was even signed.
"I didn't tell the computer to fire you!" Leo exclaimed.
"Oh, yeah right. It did it on it's own."
"It did! I've got this new program "
"Spare me, Leo! If you can't face me with the truth, that's
your problem. Don't insult me with a stupid story about the
computer doing it. How stupid do you think I am, anyway."
"But Lolita "
Lolita angrily stuffed her check between her breasts and
left. He followed her halfway down the block but she wouldn't
speak to him, so he gave up and returned to the office. He entered
just as the technician was finishing with the computer. "Sign
here, please," he said to Leo.
Halfway through signing Leo noticed the price. "Six-thousand
dollars!"
"Yeah, I thought it was a mistake too," the technician said.
"But the company confirmed it, you got a great deal."
"Great deal!? Six-thousand is a great deal?"
"For fourteen-thousand dollars worth of equipment, I'd say
so!"
Leo finished signing and the technician left. Beside him, the
printer began whirring and pages began slipping out. Leo picked