[~ot] why is programming so fun?

[BCS]

Reply to Bruce,

> On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:12:57 +0100, BCS <ao at pathlink.com> wrote:
> 
>> nice. One view even holds that the concept of "everlasting" with it's
>> inherent binding to time is inapplicable to god. Like the god as an
>> author model (see my other reply); Where was the author before the
>> first  page of the book, and where does he go after the last page?
>> The question  is as meaningless as; what is the conversion rate from
>> the color red to  US dollars?
>> 
> Not quite as meaningless. If you go with the author theory then you
> can learn about the universe outside the universe that you thought 
> was all there was. Though there's only so much you can tell about 
> the author without finding a way to escape the book.

OTOH, everything in the "book" is created by the author therefor you can 
learn a lot about him by reading the "book" and seeing what he created.