PIZZA THE HARD AND FAST WAY and G. Alan Creak C o m p u t e r Science Department, A u c k l a n d University, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, N e w Zealand. ( alan@cs.auckland.ac.nz ) A n t h o n y J. Elder IBM United K i n g d o m Laboratories, Hursley Park, Winchester, England SO21 2JN. ( ant.elder@uk.ibm.com ) We describe a project originally inspired by an article in a New Zealand computer magazine 1 bewailing the lack of resources provided by New Zealand Telecom to aid deaf peoples' use of the telephone network. The plan was to develop a computer, telephone, and intemet system with which people unable to manage a conventional telephone would be able to communicate effectively. Our title records our early choice of ordering a pizza for home delivery as a straightforward but realistic example. We were aware that the task would not be easy ( whence "hard" ), but we were eager to complete the development as quickly as we could ( "fast" ); this was mainly because the work was carried out for academic credit as a practical project with a fixed deadline,
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