Re: Things that make you go "Hmmm"

From: Viktor Haag <vhaag_at_...>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 11:25:30 -0400

simon_hibbs2 writes:
> > Andrew Solovay writes:
> > > Viktor Haag <vhaag_at_r...> wrote:
>
> > > Pity the poor Lunar bureaucrats who have to write
> > > disclaimers like that longhand at the bottom of every
> > > scroll.
> >
> > No, they've long since developed an "autosignature" charm
> > that adds the disclaimer when they pour the sand over the
> > scroll preperatory to blotting it.
>
> Unfortunately, that charm falls under a patent for 'Charms
> triggered by the pouring of sand' belonging to Adobie Diyemseay
> of the Desert Tracker subcult of Irripi Ontor, and he charges
> 1 Clack every time you cast it.

Wise groups of scribes would take advantage of the Desert Tracker's ingenious group subscription rates: a meagre few thousand clacks per annum provide for unlimited (but restricted by license contract) use of the charm.

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