The scientific journal Nature has published quite a few 1-page science fiction stories as part of their "Futures" series, including this one by Charles Stross.
If you find this story amusing, you might also enjoy Charles Stross's novel Accelerando, which explores similar themes as a subplot. Stross released the book under a Creative Commons license at the same time it was published in hardcover: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelera...
Also, this fictional account appears in Wireless, a collection of short stories and novellas by Stross. It is great to see that medium still alive and publishable.
ROFL.. Did not bother to read url or any of the comments until I had finished the story. I was gettinginto the article very seriously and copied a few things to google until I realized what it was. HAHAHA
Next time include that it's by Charles Stross in the title - I almost didn't click through to the article! As an aside, anyone who enjoyed this will surely enjoy his novel, "Glasshouse", and I highly reccomend it for anyone vaguely interested in the SciFi genre.
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If you find this story amusing, you might also enjoy Charles Stross's novel Accelerando, which explores similar themes as a subplot. Stross released the book under a Creative Commons license at the same time it was published in hardcover: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/accelera...
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