Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 16:18:20 -0400
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
From: Barry Newton <bnewton at ashcomp.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Backup Yourself . . .Re: Netiquette
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

At 04:07 PM 4/13/02, you wrote:
> >Too bad it's not yet possible to make backups of *people*.
>
>Which brings to mind two things . . . Backups of your least favorite =
>politician . . . and John Varley's story "The Phantom of Kansas" where the =
>copies keep getting murdered.
>
>mjw

Or David Brin's recent  _Kiln People_ where people make multiple,
short-lived copies of themselves *daily* to do various things at
once.  Interestingly, he also has them more or less talented according to
their color. . .only now is it occurring to me what a zinger that angle was.

Barry L. Newton, Ashton Computing & Management Services
bnewton at ashcomp.com