the microsoft gorilla, on the other hand, cannot be trained. instead, you must keep rephrasing your directions until the ms gorilla can comprehend them. he consumes both front seats, lowering the mileage of your car, and blocking most of your view. though he sounds like a bad deal, ms gorilla is actually extremely popular, because he looks impressive, drives aggressively, and keeps his mouth shut. if you speak in his limited vocabulary, he will take you where you want to go today … especially if he can plow monkeys off the intervening road. however, if you touch anything on the dashboard, or try to haggle with him over the exact route, he may become irritated and casually drive your car into a telephone pole. people learn to not argue.
from the annotated / updated version of neal stephenson’s in the beginning was the command line at badmonkeys.net.
