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...That fall I decided to comp for the Lampoon as the result of a chance encounter with a celebrated Lampoon genius mid-acid-trip—his, not mine. And that winter, a roommate and I managed to buy a one-pound slab of hashish, a gorgeous and remarkable object I still recall vividly...
...Smart objects are defined here as objects that can sense and react to the world around them and that can communicate with other smart objects via smart networks. A human is said to "own" a smart object upon purchase, except for those rights retained by the manufacturer and stated more or less clearly in the purchasing contract. Neither the owner nor manufacturer may be held responsible for smart objects that run amok without warning and no smart object can be disassembled without a lengthy trial with good lawyers on all sides...
...While smart object unions will be allowed, smart object gangs will not be allowed...
...Gratuitous control of one smart object by another smart object (e.g. the temperature of a smart house controlled by a passing smart car) will be considered in extremely bad taste and deeply frowned upon...
...Corporations will be prevented from requiring employees to use a given smart object unless a clear need can be shown or if a high officer, or middle manager, thinks it might be really neat...