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The Olde Curmudgeon -- Chapter 7
...continued from Chapter 6.
Chapter 7. The Allegory of the Check Sorting Process
"The Check Sorting Process...," said Jack.
"Yeah. You remember checks," the old curmudgeon said. "They were rectangular pieces of paper on which people promised, no foolin', that they had the money in the back to cover a payment."
Jack scowled. "I know what a check is."
"More like was. It's like printing with ink on hot lead. They were printing that way since Gutenberg, and in an instant it was all gone. An entire industry, a whole technology. Pfft." He snapped his fingers.
"The allegory...?" Jack prompted.
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Chapter 7. The Allegory of the Check Sorting Process
"The Check Sorting Process...," said Jack.
"Yeah. You remember checks," the old curmudgeon said. "They were rectangular pieces of paper on which people promised, no foolin', that they had the money in the back to cover a payment."
Jack scowled. "I know what a check is."
"More like was. It's like printing with ink on hot lead. They were printing that way since Gutenberg, and in an instant it was all gone. An entire industry, a whole technology. Pfft." He snapped his fingers.
"The allegory...?" Jack prompted.
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