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Re: Deus ex machinations
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Phil Yantis <[log in to unmask]>
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Phil Yantis <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 6 Jan 2005 11:21:47 -0500
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From Roy's post:
>"Ever since the first computers there have always been ghosts in the
>machine. Random segments of code... that have grouped together to form
>unexpected protocols. Unanticipated? There free radicals engender
>questions of free will... creativity... and even the nature of what we
>might call the soul."
>
>The moral being: who knows what your forgotten and unexpressed code segments
>may evolve into?

Kind of puts a whole new slant on "Sowing your wild oats" for us code jockeys,
doesn't it?
Phil

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