Neal Stephenson Quote
There's one black-and-white who stands out because he's taller than the rest.The Street protocol states that your avatar can't be any taller than you are.This is to prevent people from walking around a mile high. Besides, if thisguy's using a pay terminal -- which he must be, to judge from the image quality-- it can't jazz up his avatar. It just shows him the way he is, except not aswell. Talking to a black-and-white on the Street is like talking to a personwho has his face stuck in a xerox machine, repeatedly pounding the copy button,while you stand by the output tray pulling the sheets out one at a time andlooking at them.
Neal Stephenson
There's one black-and-white who stands out because he's taller than the rest.The Street protocol states that your avatar can't be any taller than you are.This is to prevent people from walking around a mile high. Besides, if thisguy's using a pay terminal -- which he must be, to judge from the image quality-- it can't jazz up his avatar. It just shows him the way he is, except not aswell. Talking to a black-and-white on the Street is like talking to a personwho has his face stuck in a xerox machine, repeatedly pounding the copy button,while you stand by the output tray pulling the sheets out one at a time andlooking at them.