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Posted by David Carlson 4:27:26 PM
Erotic SMS in Europe
Here I am in Ljubljana, Slovenia (don't ask). Jet-lagged. It's 2 a.m. local time, and I can't sleep. So I turn on the TV and am shocked to see a beautiful young woman pull off her bikini top. She smiles at the camera and licks her lips as a German voiceover says (roughly translated), "Hot SMS messaging! Sex, Sex, Sex." The screen flashes "Es bleipt erotik. SMS mit 81717." (It costs about $2 per message, as nearly as I can make out -- since my German is limited to one semester in high school.) It just goes to show that if you invent it, the porn industry will find a way to utilize it. Pornographers are just about the ultimate early adopters of new technology.