Sounds like an old sci-fi short story I read many years ago

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Larry J — 11/22/2002 7:42:30 PM (archived)

The premise of the story was that time was literally money. The main character was someone who'd lost some big bets to a loan shark. As a result, his time was literally up.

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Your life on a hard drive - p - 11/21/2002 6:20:51 PM
- Windows has encountered an error and you life will now close n/t (n/t) - McFly - 11/22/2002 3:34:40 PM
  - Sounds like an old sci-fi short story I read many years ago - Larry J - 11/22/2002 7:42:30 PM
  - Now THAT'S a "Blue Screen of Death!" (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/22/2002 4:09:28 PM
- Re: Your life on a hard drive - Robert Clark - 11/22/2002 2:34:15 PM
- Compatability issues - Larry J - 11/21/2002 8:33:00 PM
- Re: Your life on a hard drive - Raoul - 11/21/2002 7:22:33 PM
  - Re: Your life on a hard drive - Robert Clark - 11/22/2002 2:25:34 PM
    - A hammer or magnet would handle that problem. nt (n/t) - Larry J - 11/22/2002 8:50:15 PM
    - Re: Format C:\ . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 11/22/2002 3:24:38 PM
  - Avatars - p - 11/21/2002 7:43:37 PM
- Re: Humans . . . - D. Spires - 11/21/2002 7:21:16 PM

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