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