XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: leszek.karlik@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:10:58 +0100, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)   
    wrote:   
      
   [...]   
   > 	Big difference: I can quite literally sample the book. I can tell how   
   > it "tastes". I cannot do that with an online grocery.   
      
   You can taste an apple in a supermarket and then leave it half-bitten when   
   it turns out you don't like the taste? Around here, eating the goods before   
   purchasing them seems to be frowned upon.   
      
   [...]   
   > 	But not for me, and I doubt it ever will be. If I'm in a restaurant,   
   > I'm paying a rather steep premium for someone to pick my food   
   > ingredients... and I have an IMMEDIATE ability to tell them if they've   
   > screwed up and get it fixed.   
   >   
   > 	Not so with remote order and delivery.   
      
   That's why nobody ever orders pizza remotely, right? Or oriental food. Or   
   sushi.   
      
   Because screw convenience, this model will never take off since some people   
   will want to be able to IMMEDIATELY tell the cook they've screwed off.   
      
   Which is why we don't have the ability to buy food remotely. A pity, I   
   would   
   really think such an option would be convenient for some people. Well,   
   maybe   
   in the future, these are SF groups after all :-)   
      
   [...]   
   > 	Doubly useless for delivering food; food spoils, and generally I want   
   > my food NOW. I don't know what I'll be using in two weeks. I know what   
   > I'll be using tonight, and maybe a couple days from now. When I go   
   > shopping,I get exactly what I want, including getting *that* apple   
   > instead of *this* apple, and I get it right away, and control the   
   > delivery thereof.   
      
   Has it occurred to you that you simply might not be a target of the "remote   
   delivery" business model? This doesn't mean that it won't be popular,   
   unless   
   you consider yourself to be a perfect representative of the majority of   
   customers available on the market.   
      
   > 	Now, give me a matter replicator (a 3D printer capable of nanoscale   
   > manufacturing from any materials) and designs for top-quality food, now   
   > you're talking.   
      
   Meh, I'm not sure if I'd want to eat food from a matter replicator. Who's   
   to guarantee that the design is not spiked with some nasty chemicals by   
   some pranksters or cyberterrorists?   
      
   I can't scrutinize the molecular design of replicator "food", molecule by   
   molecule. Give me old-fashioned grown food stamped by the FDA (or   
   equivalent) anytime.   
      
   --   
   Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik   
   http://leslie.hell.pl/   
      
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