BigBison
June 30th, 2007, 07:03
Master Foo and document interchange formats
Sean McGrath
June 23
Master Foo - as is his habit - was sitting in the lotus position while gazing at his laptop screen. The serenity of the 6 a.m. air was punctuated only by the background mantra-like hum of the laptop's fan as it diligently cooled the (mostly idling) 8 CPUs in Master Foo's entry level laptop. Master Foo visualized the CPUs, balanced atop Plum Blossom Poles, expertly dispatching any computational attacks from the system and then settling back into the peace and tranquility of the nirvana NOP loop.
The perfection of the scene was shattered by the all-too-familiar sound of cellphones, blackberries and palmtops being carried up Pentementi Mountain by a group of visitors seeking an audience with Master Foo. "Sometimes I wonder." Master Foo thought to himself, "Perhaps it is the portable machines that are using humans as convenient evolutionary transport, rather than humans using the machines as convenient computational devices?"
The noise of the approaching group grew louder in Master Foo's ears as his internal thought continued. "Perhaps this group of people approaching me now are being carried up the mountain by their gadgets? Perhaps gadgets are really very smart after all. Their key genius is hiding how clever they really are. Are these gadgets acting like so many Lancet Fluke infecting so many Ants?"
Master Foo parked that potentially interesting like of thought to attend to his now arrived visitors.
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http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2327/nlsebiz070626/pfindex.html
Sean McGrath
June 23
Master Foo - as is his habit - was sitting in the lotus position while gazing at his laptop screen. The serenity of the 6 a.m. air was punctuated only by the background mantra-like hum of the laptop's fan as it diligently cooled the (mostly idling) 8 CPUs in Master Foo's entry level laptop. Master Foo visualized the CPUs, balanced atop Plum Blossom Poles, expertly dispatching any computational attacks from the system and then settling back into the peace and tranquility of the nirvana NOP loop.
The perfection of the scene was shattered by the all-too-familiar sound of cellphones, blackberries and palmtops being carried up Pentementi Mountain by a group of visitors seeking an audience with Master Foo. "Sometimes I wonder." Master Foo thought to himself, "Perhaps it is the portable machines that are using humans as convenient evolutionary transport, rather than humans using the machines as convenient computational devices?"
The noise of the approaching group grew louder in Master Foo's ears as his internal thought continued. "Perhaps this group of people approaching me now are being carried up the mountain by their gadgets? Perhaps gadgets are really very smart after all. Their key genius is hiding how clever they really are. Are these gadgets acting like so many Lancet Fluke infecting so many Ants?"
Master Foo parked that potentially interesting like of thought to attend to his now arrived visitors.
...
http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2327/nlsebiz070626/pfindex.html