On 15 Dec 2000, at 22:14, M. Jason Knight wrote:

> On 15 Dec 00, at 20:15, Karen Cravens wrote:
> 
> > Today is Friday, and I'm having a fun time.
> 
> But you didn't make enough to share.  You were asking (on 
> listowners) for things to make pbem easier?  This is one:  figure 
> out how to MIME-encapsulate game-table snacks.
> 
> Mmm.  Meringue.

The MIME-Encoding software for snackware is relatively simple to implement and 
portable across most platforms.  It's the decoder that's a bitch to get 
working correctly.  A handful of decoding errors and you have a batch of botox 
instead of Meringue.  And the peanut butter algorithm tends to stick to the 
top of the disk drive.  Internet spam still comes out like spam, no matter how 
often you change the code.  B^)

With the ongoing research into MEMs (nanites to you trekheads), it may not be 
too far off that you will be able to connect a CHON machine to your household 
computer and have it download food patterns from the internet, and nano-
construct the foods right there.  Of course everything will have to be 
reheated.


Coyt D. Watters
"The Internet, billions of electrons with nothing better to do."
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