Idiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again. (Charles Stross)

Idiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again.

Charles Stross

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