From 975bdf3667b519ca393ffd41c5a67a764f0120e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Don Armstrong Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:58:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * add charles stross quotes --- signature_stuff/quote.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.39.2