2003-06-15
... ? 'The Bug': The Postmodern Prometheus''The morning begun not with hello but with a system prompt. Everyone's day begins like that now, but on that morning of March 5, 1984, only programmers and testers lived that way. From log-in to log-out, e-mail to e-mail, mouse click to mouse click -- we were just then starting to make computers 'friendly' for everyone, preparing the world for a programmer's life.'' If more contemporary novels delivered news this relevant and wise they'd have to stop declaring the death of the novel.
