Midnight Coder  --  by b corbin
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|                           | Though my love had always |                           |
| All right, Señor Coder,   |  been for Unix, my pas-   | I coded night and day.    |
| tell me everything you    | sion at the time was ar-  | I ate at the computer, I  |
| can.                      |  tificial intelligence.   | slept at the computer.... |
|  |      Well, it started  | AI programs had come and  | I even programmed in my   |
|  |       about 7 months   | gone, but I wanted to go  | sleep!  It consumed my    |
|  |       ago...  \        | one better.  I dreamed of |_____    entire being!     |
|  ___              \  __   |   __    an artificially   |--   |       __            |
| // .\               /o \  |  /oo\     intelligent     |--   |      /o \           |
| |\__/               \__/  |  \__/   operating system. |--   |      \__/           |
|  /  \               /  \  |  /  \     Imagine the     |____/`   ___/_ \           |
| |  \_|__  /~~\   __|_/  | | |_()_|   implications!    |   \  __/_ |    |          |
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|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|                           | After four consecutive    | It seems the energy you   |
| Interesante, but I still  |  months, I had finally    | used while programming    |
| don't see what this has   | realized my dream.  My    | Hal sped up the natural   |
| to do with--              | computer and best friend  | bonding process between   |
|  |                        |  Hal now runs the only    | your backside and your    |
|  |       Patience, my     | version, and has been for | chair.                    |
|  |       friend. \        |  three months straight.   |  |      What can you do?  |
|  ___              \  __   |   __   Unfortunately, by  |  ___              \  __   |
| // .\               /o \  |  /oo\   the time I had    | // .\ --I have a    /o \  |
| |\__/               \__/  |  \__/   finished, I was   | |\__/   plan.       \__/  |
|  /  \               /  \  |  /  \     stuck--no,      |  /  \               /  \  |
| |  \_|__  /~~\   __|_/  | | |_()_|  fastened to my    | |  \_|__  /~~\   __|_/  | |
|#|    ||~~~~~~~~~~~||    |@| |    |      chair.        |#|    ||~~~~~~~~~~~||    |@|
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|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| If I can uplink my        |        Jose, Corinne is   |                           |
| analysis machines to      |        here to see you.   |        You have your own  |
| Hal, he would be a great  |                     /     |            receptionist?  |
| asset.                    | Excelente.  Tell   /      |                       |   |
|  |     Tell me I wasn't   | her to meet me    /       | One of the perks of   |   |
|  |     the butt of that   | in the lab.      /        | running the entire    |   |
|  |     "asset"  O         |  |              /         | physics lab.          |   |
|  ___   wisecrack. '. __   |  ___   On her way.   __   |  ___  /              __   |
| // .\               /) \  | // .\         /     /o \  | // .\               /o \  |
| |\__/               \__/  | |\__/        /      \__/  | |\__u               \__/  |
|  /  \               /  \  |  /  \               /  \  |  /  \               /  \  |
| |  \_|__  /~~\   __|_/  | | |  \_|__  /~~\   __|_/  | | |  \_|__  /~~\   __|_/  | |
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