From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Tue Jul 02 2002 - 01:46:02 MDT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Max More [mailto:max@maxmore.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 July 2002 3:47 PM
> To: extropians@extropy.org
> Cc: max@maxmore.com
> Subject: RE: Earnings as art (satire)
>
>
>
> >At 01:04 PM 7/2/02 +0930, Emlyn wrote:
> >
> > >> Natasha's "Primo"
> > >>I'm already saving up for mine.
> >
> > >I don't think I'd buy one. I might hire one once in a
> while if I need to
> > >drop back into the physical world for some reason.
> >
> >Hire! That's the trouble with kids today--bone lazy! Why,
> when I was an
> >upload, we used to have our agents forage for atoms and
> *roll our own*.
> >
> >Damien Broderick
>
> Forage?! You don't know how good you had it! When I was a
> sprightly young
> upload, we used to have to materialize our sub-atomic
> particles and atoms
> out of quantum vacuum fluctuations. I would have died
> permanently for the
> chance to roll my own from atoms, I would.
>
> Max
>
Quantum vacuum fluctuations? Luxury.
In my day, we never had no vacuum. Oh no, we di'nt ev'n have a universe! We
had to summon ourselves up from non-existence by sheer force o' will, an'
then conceive of a whole universe, just ta get some vacuum. Oh no, you had
it easy. Born with a silver quark in your mouth, you was.
Emlyn
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