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Re: [NOISE] Suscrive toasterpun
>> If cypherpunks made toasters...
>> Jim B and Black Unicorn would argue about whether toast
should be
>> buttered, and what the appropriate flavor of jam/jelly should be; TC
May
>> would point out that it wasn't really toast, but rather, sliced and
>> slightly-burned bread; Perry would kvetch about the lack of
crypto-relevance
>> of toasters; and a few others would form a new listserver for
toasterpunks.
>> The service department would be flooded with calls from newbies,
asking how
>> to make toast.
>>
>> If Netscape made toasters...
>> They'd beta-test the toasters for months, then make one
slot too
>> wide and the other too narrow. It wouldn't be until a cook in a diner
>> pointed out that the toast wasn't coming out right that they'd have
their
>> design reviewed by a 3rd-party Toaster Engineer.
>>
>and during daylight savings time, you wouldn't be able to reload the
>toaster for an hour unless you set your toaster to standard time or
>created a timezone variable.
And newbies would start crying when the forgot how to get off the list!!