Author Topic: PC and Atheism (Read 1851 times)

funkedup · « **on:** July 16, 2003, 02:48:47 PM »

Was re-reading Cryptonomicon again and I bookmarked a few quotes. I love this one:

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To translate it into UNIX system administration terms ... the post-modern, politically correct atheists were like people who had suddenly found themselves in charge of a big and unfathomably complex computer system (viz. society) with no documentation or instructions of any kind, and so whose only way to keep the thing running was to invent and enforce certain rules with a kind of neo-Puritanical rigor, because they were at a loss to deal with any deviations from what they saw as the norm. Whereas people who were wired into a church were like UNIX system administrators who, while they might not understand everything, at least had some documentation, some FAQs and How-tos and README files, providing some guidance on what to do when things got out of whack. They were, in other words, capable of displaying adaptability."

Enjoy.

type_char · « **Reply #1 on:** July 16, 2003, 02:57:26 PM »

LOL, sorta like skipping church on sundays or becoming a monk?

Arfann · « **Reply #2 on:** July 16, 2003, 03:29:00 PM »

Tax the churches

rpm · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2003, 03:33:33 PM »

Perk the Monk!

AcId · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2003, 03:54:03 PM »

man pages?!?!
we don't need no steenkeeng man pages!!

funkedup · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2003, 03:55:47 PM »

man life | more

fd ski · « **Reply #6 on:** July 16, 2003, 04:04:15 PM »

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They were, in other words, capable of displaying adaptability

Church is about as adaptable as my wife when i ask for a threesome. Other then half assed unix analogy ( readme.txt ? ), it's all crap.

midnight Target · « **Reply #7 on:** July 16, 2003, 04:06:30 PM »

And you find that quote logical?

funky... funky... funky....

AcId · « **Reply #8 on:** July 16, 2003, 04:06:50 PM »

HP-UX 11i
# make love
Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop.
# cat food
cat: Cannot open food: No such file or directory
# man life
No manual entry for life.

funkedup · « **Reply #9 on:** July 16, 2003, 04:09:25 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target
And you find that quote logical?

The theory expressed in that quote fits nicely with my personal observations of the behavior of PC puritans and religious people in an academic environment (the original context). When observations fit theory, good times. And even if it didn't fit, it's great troll material.

Frogm4n · « **Reply #10 on:** July 16, 2003, 04:15:04 PM »

step1: loot you local church, donate half of "winnings" to the homeless
step2...
step3. profit.

MrCoffee · « **Reply #11 on:** July 16, 2003, 04:18:48 PM »

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Originally posted by funkedup
The theory expressed in that quote fits nicely with my personal observations of the behavior of PC puritans and religious people in an academic environment (the original context). When observations fit theory, good times. And even if it didn't fit, it's great troll material.

I'll need more hazelnut in my coffee before I can even begin to contemplate that.

mietla · « **Reply #12 on:** July 16, 2003, 04:24:17 PM »

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Originally posted by fd ski
Church is about as adaptable as my wife when i ask for a threesome.

So what did she say?

funkedup · « **Reply #13 on:** July 16, 2003, 04:27:38 PM »

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Originally posted by mietla
So what did she say?

"Transsexuals are OUT OF THE QUESTION Bartek!"

devious · « **Reply #14 on:** July 16, 2003, 04:32:27 PM »

Sex for Unix gurus:

who; gawk; talk; nice; date; wine; grep; unzip; strip; touch; finger; more; yes; mount; fsck; umount; make clean; sleep

me@myMachine:~> ssh girl
Password:
me@girl:~> gcc -w -o relationship love.c sex.c understanding.c
me@girl:~> relationship
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
me@girl:~> logout
me@myMachine:~> cd pub
me@myMachine:~/pub> more beer