X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?p=lib.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=signature_stuff%2Fquote.txt;h=ceaff93223705f1f0eb49dff542b35763799ff35;hp=4b9871137f019d912a5b6a8082685f970132777b;hb=975bdf3667b519ca393ffd41c5a67a764f0120e5;hpb=37003fc768594b97e60428046a484d6388a17f48 diff --git a/signature_stuff/quote.txt b/signature_stuff/quote.txt index 4b98711..ceaff93 100644 --- a/signature_stuff/quote.txt +++ b/signature_stuff/quote.txt @@ -804,3 +804,17 @@ necessarily encounter fundamental toast particles which the author will unflinchingly designate here as "croutons". -- Cser, Jim. Nanotechnology and the Physical Limits of Toastability. AIR 1:3, June, 1995. +% +[The] JK-88 [coffee] percolator is capable of acheiving the ultimate +balance of aroma and density, aftertaste and emollience, pentosans and +tannins. The next step is to reduce the cost of the HPLC-E technology +to the point where it can be manufactured for less than the cost of a +Boeing 757. + -- Charles Stross "Extracts from the Club Diary" in _Toast_ p83-4 +% +Something the junk advertisers don't seem to understand: we live in an +information super-saturated world. If I don't want to buy something, +no amount of shouting or propogandizing will budge me; all it will do +is get me annoyed. On the other hand, if I have a need for your +product, I can seek it out in an eyeblink. + -- Charles Stross "Toast: A Con Report" in _Toast_ p136