Arthur C. Clarke: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
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@hypolite @FlohEinstein was just thinking how to describe it to someone 300 years ago heh.
@Sonikku @FlohEinstein Fair enough, I've been jumpy recently as people have more frequently attributed thought to computers because of the newfangled natural language interface. -
@Sonikku @FlohEinstein Fair enough, I've been jumpy recently as people have more frequently attributed thought to computers because of the newfangled natural language interface.
@hypolite @FlohEinstein completely understandable.
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@FlohEinstein And those of us able to fix these indistinguishable problems are wizards. I guess magic is still alive and well.
@mrgrumpymonkey @FlohEinstein It's funny to me every time a fantasy author tries to rationalize magic, as there wouldn't be any wizard in such a world, but "ether engineers", "flux technicians" and "mana managers". -
@FlohEinstein "It was DNS"
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@FlohEinstein
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. -
@FlohEinstein I have a more (contra)positive take: "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced."
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@FlohEinstein Generative systems are necromancy.
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@FlohEinstein aka printers.
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@FlohEinstein la maldición de las impresoras
Como solía decir mi hermana: "La maldad intrínseca de los objetos inanimados".
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That is beautiful and way too true and is going into my quotes file.
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@FlohEinstein My god.
That's *deep*.
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@FlohEinstein YES
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@FlohEinstein A probably-misremembered quote of an old IBM engineer: "Of course I believe in miracles. Without them, computers wouldn't work at all."
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@FlohEinstein See mysterious physical and mental ailments, biology and psychology being the ultimate complex systems (although economics is also a contender).
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@drwho of course, my utterings are CC-BY-SA
@FlohEinstein Thank you kindly.
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@FlohEinstein Thank you kindly.
@drwho how could I say no to the Doctor?
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