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   From: Omixochitl2002@yahoo.com   
      
   joss  wrote in   
   news:pan.2003.10.29.18.06.40.254685@nospampleasewerebritish.nekrodomos.ne   
   t:   
      
   > Basically, most of these fringe/alternative things go underground or   
   > become laughable. (You look _good_ when you're 18-25, when you're 37   
   > and fat and still trying to wear tight black leather trousers it's   
   > just horrible. Apologies to any fat 37-year-old   
   > tight-leather-trouser-wearers out there. Actually... no. Not   
   > apologies. Just stop doing it.)   
   >   
   > I think it's more cerebral. The cyberpunks are still out there, they   
   > just look like normal people. It's when you find out that their hard   
   > drive is encrypted with 256-bit serpent because they just don't think   
   > that rijndael is secure enough, and they can live with the slowdown,   
   > that you think "wait a minute..."   
      
   And even blending in can be considered the cyberpunk thing way to dress.   
   Remember that in the lit the peeps in tight black stuff are often   
   surrounded by other peeps in tight black stuff*.  For a similar example,   
   this 16-year-old cyberpunk character:   
      
   "The best explorers, like Burton, made every effort to blend in.   
   In this spirit, Nell stopped at a public M.C., doffed her long dress,   
   and compiled a new set of clothes--a navy blue skin-tight coverall   
   emblazoned with SHIT HAPPENS in pulsating orange letters. She   
   swapped her old clothes for a pair of powered skates on the   
   waterfront, and then headed straight for the Causeway...."   
      
      
   * BTW, what is supposed to be so CP about tight black leather?   
   Synthetics seem to be more cyber.  I mean, leather's even more primitive   
   than woven cloth.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)