Zero.

TorgoX on 2004-08-17T22:46:08

Dear Log,

«Although both [Corey Doctorow and Charles Stross] have been out of programming for a few years, it continues to influence--even infect--their thinking. In the Chequers, Doctorow mentions the original title for one of the novels he’s working on, a story about a spam filter that becomes artificially intelligent and tries to eat the universe. "I was thinking of calling it /usr/bin/god."

"That’s great!" Stross remarks. »

--"Is Charles Stross about To Go Blind?"

Corey Doctorow gets points for rejecting that idea. But he loses points for having the idea in the first place. This leaves him with his usual score in these matters: 0.

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i weep for science fiction

hfb on 2004-08-18T08:55:30

although I finally managed to give away the copy of 'down and out' after many failed attempts. My bookshelf is rid of the taint. When you can't even give the book away, it's sad. .../usr/bin/god though? That's so lame he should get extra-double negative points....and a boot to the head. Maybe he's to blame for Sterling's last absolute shit book. Doctorow is a complex terrorist plot to destroy any hope for decent sci-fi.

Re:i weep for science fiction

clintp on 2004-08-18T12:32:40

Because us real bitheads all know that there is no /usr/bin/god. God lives in the inode of everything, somewhere near the mode bits...

Re:i weep for science fiction

hfb on 2004-08-18T16:22:41

Now...where did I put that big electromagnet I used to have...maybe the tesla coil would do the trick....:)