At various points, you'll click on alternative story lines and create your individualized version of "Terminator X II."
你可以一边看,一边随意改动任何一处的故事情节从而创造出具有自己的个人风格的"终结者12号"节目来。
Consumers will send as well as receive all kinds of data. Say you shoot a video that you think is particularly artsy.
消费者既能够接收,也可以发送各种各样的信息。
Bea,it out and make a small fortune by charging an untold number of viewers a tee for watching. Peter Jennings would be obsolete.
例如,你若能拍摄一部你认为很有艺术价值的录像片,将它播放出去,便可以通过向那些为数不少的观看该片者收费而发一笔小财。
Video-camera owners could record news they see and put it on the universal network.
彼得杰宁斯将不再闻名,所有持有摄像机的人都可以自己摄制新闻节目,然后通过环球通用信息网播放出去。
On the receiving end, the era of the no-brainer will have finally arrived.
而对于收看节目的人来说,无需费力调频道选节目的时代终于到来。
An electronic device called an "intelligent agent" would be programmed to know each viewer's preferences and make selections from the endless stream of data.
一种称作"智能助手"的电子装置可以通过编制好的程序掌握各个观看者的选择意向对无穷无尽的节目信息进行选择。
Viewers could select whatever they wanted just by pushing a button.
观看者只需按一下按钮就可得到想要的节目。
Sounds great in theory, but even the truest believers have a hard time when it comes to nailing down specifics about how it will actually work.
这在理论上听起来是棒极了,但一旦具体到究竟如何运作时,就连最真诚的信奉者也感到为难。
Will we control the data via the telephone, the TV, the personal computer or a combination of all of the above? When will it be available? Will it be cheap enough for everyone?
我们是通过电话、电视、家用电脑,还是上述几种方式的综合运用来支配资料?它何时可以上市?
How will we negotiate such a mass of images, facts and figures and still find time to sleep? Will government regulate messages sent out on this vast data highway?
它能便宜到人人都能买得起吗?我们怎样才能处理如此大量的图像、材料、数字而还有时间睡觉?政府会对通过这广阔的信息公路发出的信息进行调控吗?
And, frankly, what do we need all this stuff for anyway?
而且,坦率地讲,我们究竟要这些东西干什么呢?