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technology vs. magic! (was: What's the story with Xcode and those app icons?)
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technology vs. magic! (was: What's the story with Xcode and those app icons?)


  • Subject: technology vs. magic! (was: What's the story with Xcode and those app icons?)
  • From: George Warner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:27:49 -0700

on 8/11/04 7:58 AM, email@hidden at
<email@hidden> wrote:
> You'll have to tell us what you did, so that we can tell you what you
> didn't do that is causing it to fail. It's a computer -- there's no
> magic of course you know. Just a routine set of steps, which, when
> followed, always has the same result.

This brings to mind Arthur C. Clark's statement: "Any sufficiently advanced
technology is indistinguishable from magic.". So if it's not magic does that
mean that it's not sufficiently advanced? ;-)

And are those of use that strive to explain technology to others just
debunking magic?

;-)

--
Enjoy,
George Warner,
Schizophrenic Optimization Scientist
Apple Developer Technical Support (DTS)
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