What Would You Say In Three Minutes?

Gabe Albert writes: "I need to find something to read alound for school by Wednesday evening (1/10/00 in EST). Students in my grade are required to participate in an "Oral Interpretation" event in which students select a peice of work to read aloud to the class or school. I am searching for something interesting to read in the area of computers, but it must take approximately three minutes to read aloud and I thought that this would be a great place to find help. So far, I am considering the Hackers Manifesto by Mentor. Any other suggestions would be helpful :)." I'd suggest part of Neil Stephenson's In The Beginning ... Was the Command Line myself -- from what other works can folks suggest a good three-minute manifesto?