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Originally Posted by Renate
Just the threat of hooking up a bit of tech to an oscilloscope is enough to keep it in line.
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This reminded me of a passage from
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Adams was a big tech geek and early adopter, but still kept grounded enough to write this:
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‘Oh God,’ muttered Ford.*He slumped against a bulkhead and started to count to ten.*He was desperately worried that one day sentient life forms would forget how to do this.*Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.
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Ford carried on counting quietly.*This is about the most aggressive thing you can do to a computer, the equivalent of going up to a human being and saying, ‘Blood ... blood ... blood ...blood ...’
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