[extropy-chat] How The Schmirk Stole Nanotechnology

[Robert J. Bradbury]

On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Hal Finney wrote:

> Apologizing to Dr. Suess, JoSH offers this update of the Grinch story,
> about the Schmirk (whose brain was "two sizes too small") and his efforts
> to thwart the nerds with their Drexlerian nanotech.  It's an artful
> and funny poem, but it was spoiled for me by the obvious targetting of
> Richard Smalley as the Schmirk.

That isn't clear at all.  See:
  http://nanodot.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/24/0633205

Esp. my comments and Howard's response.  The picture does not
have Smalley replaced by the Schmirk.  As I read the story
I could see lines targeting at least 3, perhaps 4, different
individuals/groups.

Robert