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and time is transparent, too...
Posted By: Wolfspirit, on host 216.13.40.169
Date: Friday, January 7, 2000, at 13:43:22
In Reply To: Re: Y2038 and the "32-bit" time clock posted by Balanthalus on Friday, January 7, 2000, at 11:44:53:

> > Wolf "whew -- aren't you glad that most computer operations are completely transparent (invisible) to the average user?? spirit
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> And to any user, for that matter ;)
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> Bal "Abstraction is GOOD" anthalus

Abstraction? That's a rather nebulous concept... I'm not even sure what it means!

Wolf "or wait, maybe we're talking about some sort of invisible Deus ex machina, God in the machine" spirit

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