[117147] in Cypherpunks
Re: Let the eat entropy!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Petro)
Fri Aug 27 04:16:52 1999
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 01:04:27 -0700
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>
>Bonus points for working out how many people starved to death in the time
>it took you to read this email.
I'll take a stab at it:
Not enough.
--
Interfaces matter. You need mathematical bones; engineering muscle;
but you won't replicate without beautiful skin. Bits, transistors,
wires, code, gummint velveeta is free. Will is expensive. Gutenburg.
Smith. Ford. Moore. Postel. Steam engines were neat. Steam
engines pulling trains were amazing. Computers were neat. Computers
networked were amazing. Warning grunts are useful. The ability of a
charistmatic speaker to fuck with your head is disastrous.--Blank
Frank(anonymously)
