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hambug /></p> <hr /> <p>David Marusek, <em>Getting to Know You</em> (Asimov’s Mar 1998) About a woman and her new computerized personal assistant, or ‘bug’, that quickly learns more about her tastes, habits, and motives than she anticipates. Marusek made a splash with his 1995 novella <code>We Were Out of Minds with Joy</code>; this new story is smaller in scope but just as dazzling in detail. (<a href="http://www.locusmag.com/1998/Shf/03.html" class="urlextern" title="http://www.locusmag.com/1998/Shf/03.html" >short fiction, Mar 98</a>) </p> <hr noshade="noshade" size="1" /> <p><a href="http://www.hermetic.ch/cfunlib/bug.htm" class="urlextern" title="http://www.hermetic.ch/cfunlib/bug.htm" >http://www.hermetic.ch/cfunlib/bug.htm</a></p> <p>The Times (London), letters to the editor, 1999-06-12</p> <p>Bug in the System</p> <p>From Mr Simon Montagu<br /> Sir, </p> <p>The modern use of the term bug”has been around for more than 100 years (letters, May 26 and June 1).</p> <p>In Hawkin’s New Catechism of Electricity (Theo. Audel & Co, 1896) the following definition appears:</p> <p>The term ‘bug’ is used to a limited extent to designate any fault or trouble in the connections or working of electric apparatus.”</p> <p>It has been suggested that the word originated in a popular belief that interference in telephone calls was caused by bugs in the cables.</p> <p>Yours faithfully, SIMON MONTAGU, Maalot Elram 523/2 Jerusalem 93785, Israel. June 2.</p> <hr noshade="noshade" size="1" /> <p><strong>See Also:</strong></p> <p>Hitchhickers Guide: Deep Thought 42</p> <p>2001: Hal 9000 </p> <p>Bug, n. (OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. Bogey, Boggle.)</p> <p>1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. (Obs.)</p> <p>Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek.<br /> – Shak.</p> <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li>Software Horror Stories <a href="http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~nachumd/verify/horror.html" class="urlextern" title="http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~nachumd/verify/horror.html" >http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~nachumd/verify/horror.html</a></li> <li>The Great Work of Insect Metamorphosis <a href="http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/insect.htm" class="urlextern" title="http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/insect.htm" >http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/insect.htm</a></li> <li>the computer bug <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-bug" class="urlextern" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-bug" >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-bug</a> </li> <li>define: bug <a href="http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/bug.html" class="urlextern" title="http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/bug.html" >http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/bug.html</a> </li> </ul> <p>No related posts.</p> <p class="post-metadata"> <strong>Updated:</strong> 2007-04-08 | <strong>Filed:</strong> <a href="http://obscurantist.com/category/oma/" title="View all posts in OMA" rel="category tag">OMA</a> </p> </div><!-- END POST-ENTRY --> </div><!-- END POST --> <!-- <div class="navigation" style="margin-top:0;"> <div class="alignleft">« <a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/clarion/">Clarion</a></div> <div class="alignright"><a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/bennewitz-paul/">Paul Bennewitz</a> »</div> </div><!-- END NAVIGATION --> --> <!-- <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/"> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://obscurantist.com/oma/bug/" dc:identifier="http://obscurantist.com/oma/bug/" dc:title="bug" trackback:ping="http://obscurantist.com/oma/bug/trackback/" /> </rdf:RDF> --> </div><!-- END CONTENT --> </div><!-- END WRAPPER --> <!-- php comments_template(); --> <div id="col1" class="sidebar"> <!-- CUSTOM SIDEBAR : COL 1 --> <!-- div id="col1" class="sidebar" --> <ul> <li id="search"> <h2><label for="s">Search</label></h2> <ul> <li> <form id="searchform" method="get" action="http://obscurantist.com/"> <div> <input id="s" name="s" type="text" value="" tabindex="1" size="10" /> <input id="searchsubmit" name="searchsubmit" type="submit" value="Find" tabindex="2" /> </div> </form> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="recent-posts" class="widget widget_recent_entries"> <h2 class="widgettitle">Recent</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/proposition-8/">Proposition 8 </a></li> <li><a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/mccain-john-s/">John S McCain </a></li> <li><a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/alice-in-wonderland/">Alice in Wonderland </a></li> <li><a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/khashoggi-adnan/">Adnan Khashoggi </a></li> <li><a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/oswald-lee-harvey/">Lee Harvey Oswald </a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <!-- /div --><!-- END COL1 / SIDEBAR --> </div> <!-- END COL1 / SIDEBAR --> <div id="col2" class="sidebar"> <!-- ABOUT THIS ENTRY <h2>About: Lee Harvey Oswald</h2> <dl id="single-post-metadata" class="clearfix"> <dt>updated:</dt> <dd>2007 Sep 13 </dd> <dt>added:</dt> <dd> September 12, 2007 </dd> <dt>tagged:</dt> <dd></dd> </dl> --> <!-- CUSTOM SIDEBAR : COL 2 --> <!-- <div id="col2" class="sidebar"> --> <ul> <li id="social-bookmarks" class="widget widget_bookmarkwidget"><h2 class="widgettitle">Bookmark This</h2> <a title= Del.icio.us Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati

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