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At various points, you'll click on alternative story lines and create your individualized version of "Terminator X II."
你可以一邊看，一邊隨意改動任何一處的故事情節從而創造出具有自己的個人風格的"終結者12號"節目來。
Consumers will send as well as receive all kinds of data. Say you shoot a video that you think is particularly artsy.
消費者既能夠接收，也可以發送各種各樣的信息。
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，你若能拍攝一部你認為很有藝術價值的錄像片，將它播放出去，便可以通過向那些為數不少的觀看該片者收費而發一筆小財。
Video-camera owners could record news they see and put it on the universal network.
彼得杰寧斯將不再聞名，所有持有攝像機的人都可以自己攝制新聞節目，然后通過環球通用信息網播放出去。
On the receiving end, the era of the no-brainer will have finally arrived.
而對于收看節目的人來說，無需費力調頻道選節目的時代終于到來。
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.
一種稱作"智能助手"的電子裝置可以通過編制好的程序掌握各個觀看者的選擇意向對無窮無盡的節目信息進行選擇。
Viewers could select whatever they wanted just by pushing a button.
觀看者只需按一下按鈕就可得到想要的節目。
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.
這在理論上聽起來是棒極了，但一旦具體到究竟如何運作時，就連最真誠的信奉者也感到為難。
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?
我們是通過電話、電視、家用電腦，還是上述幾種方式的綜合運用來支配資料?它何時可以上市?
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買得起嗎?我們怎樣才能處理如此大量的圖像、材料、數字而還有時間睡覺?政府會對通過這廣闊的信息公路發出的信息進行調控嗎?
And, frankly, what do we need all this stuff for anyway?
而且，坦率地講，我們究竟要這些東西干什么呢?
