7.18.2011 |
Two bits. A dependent alliance forms. Fred learns about the power of programming and John finds an audience.
Fred the harlequin inside the CPU asks: How powerful is code? John the programmer at his desk types back: In the beginning was the word. F: What does code do? J: Code shapes the action of the universe. F: Why program a machine? J: The machine removes the limits of the body. F: How do you visualize the internet? J: Like a multi-armed robot with millions of operators. F: Will the network ever be able to program itself? J: It does now to a great degree; especially when routing traffic. F: But will the millions of circuits ever make a separate conscious entity? J: Not possible. That's pure science fiction. What magazine did you say this was for? F: Please tell us more about your 'making something from nothing'. J: Well, there is an idea, which has no presence in the world outside my imagination. I translate that idea through logic into lines of code. In binary form, my writing turns a universal computer into a specific tool. F: Are you saying that the idea in your imagination is nothing? J: I interpret what I find in my imagination and enable the idea to operate in the physical world. No one can say where it comes from. |
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