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That “hurry up” statement was the center piece to a clever SF story about automated manufacturing and delivery systems. Too bad it doesn’t work for my memory or I’d remember where I read the piece and where it was published. :-))
@dzw3030: You’re almost certainly thinking of one story in http://books.google.com/books/about/No_Future_in_it.html?id=kvJBAAAAIAAJ , where an alien called Crodnobegorthsk’vk is being persuaded to buy the system you mention, and, during a demonstration, accidentally asks for some object to be delivered last week. Naturally, the system works out how to do it…
Observer fo Irony almost 10 years ago
Oops, just sent those to the 2nd Tuesday of next week.
NoCents almost 10 years ago
You just SAID that tomorrow!
kaffekup almost 10 years ago
Ship it Cosmic Express, for when it just has to be there yesterday.
dzw3030 almost 10 years ago
That “hurry up” statement was the center piece to a clever SF story about automated manufacturing and delivery systems. Too bad it doesn’t work for my memory or I’d remember where I read the piece and where it was published. :-))
PAXBrit almost 10 years ago
@dzw3030: You’re almost certainly thinking of one story in http://books.google.com/books/about/No_Future_in_it.html?id=kvJBAAAAIAAJ , where an alien called Crodnobegorthsk’vk is being persuaded to buy the system you mention, and, during a demonstration, accidentally asks for some object to be delivered last week. Naturally, the system works out how to do it…