Middle-Aped and On-Line

摘要

"If you know about the Internet, how about filling me in?" says one middle-aged man to another. "It's easy. It's just, aah, Internet..." replies the second man, suddenly floundering. "My! You can talk about it without knowing anything," teases the first one, heaving a sigh of relief. This scene, from a beer commercial, neatly illustrates the situation regarding personal computers in Japan.