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To: adorno

All I know is don’t sell computers to hindus.

I read this sci fi story where a bunch of hindus bought an IBM to process all the names of God. They had like 5 billion of them, and believe that once they were all processed, the universe would come to an end.

IBM had a man onsite to make sure the machine kept running. And then suddenly the printer sputtered to a stop and overhead the stars began to wink out.


33 posted on 10/29/2014 2:52:57 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN
All I know is don’t sell computers to hindus.

I read this sci fi story where a bunch of hindus bought an IBM to process all the names of God. They had like 5 billion of them, and believe that once they were all processed, the universe would come to an end.

The Nine Billion Names of God, by Arthur C. Clarke.

36 posted on 10/29/2014 3:02:41 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Thank you for self-censoring.)
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