On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 09:26:33AM +0100, David Crease wrote:
> Memories of Religious Instruction lessons many decades ago seem to indicate
> that some people were trouble with plagues of daemons. I do not recall
> anyone being bothered by the absence of daemons. Perhaps this is a rich
> vein for theological research. With suitable funding from the Vatican,
> Canterbury, etc there might be a career opportunity for someone.
Actually, given the derivation of UNIX daemons, were they not dependable
creatures many people would have been bothered by their absence. The
demon of gravity, for example, provides us with much needed traction,
while the demon of oxidation keeps our tootsies warm in the winter.
Then again, I can't think of anyone who would miss Maxwell's Daemon -
the daemon of perversity.
Alexis
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