The context of that quote--both texual and locational--are each important.
The larger text is "Pandora's Last Gift". It's everywhere on the web (the reason why is below) and has now also been anthologized (in _User Friendly_, and maybe elsewhere, also).
It was originally a speech at a RadCon about 12 years ago; I was fortunate enough to be present. It got so heartfelt a standing ovation that the poor guy who spoke after him, an engineer who was presenting a plan to solve the air pollution problem, was practically ignored by comparison. (Everyone I talked to afterwards said that it was unfair that the second speech seemed like an anticlimax, because it really wasn't...it was just terrible timing.)
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Date: 4 October 2007 23:16 (UTC)The larger text is "Pandora's Last Gift". It's everywhere on the web (the reason why is below) and has now also been anthologized (in _User Friendly_, and maybe elsewhere, also).
It was originally a speech at a RadCon about 12 years ago; I was fortunate enough to be present. It got so heartfelt a standing ovation that the poor guy who spoke after him, an engineer who was presenting a plan to solve the air pollution problem, was practically ignored by comparison. (Everyone I talked to afterwards said that it was unfair that the second speech seemed like an anticlimax, because it really wasn't...it was just terrible timing.)
Anyway, glad you like it. :)