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- From: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc,rec.arts.sf.written
- Subject: Can you help me find this story?
- Keywords: Maxwell's-Demons Buggy-Software
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.120744.21076@investor.pgh.pa.us>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 12:07:44 GMT
- Reply-To: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305)
- Organization: Cookson, Peirce & Co., Pittsburgh, PA
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- Please excuse the cross-posting. I do not receive these groups so I am
- not sure of which is the best place to post. For this reason, please
- reply by mail or I won't see it.
-
- The story I am trying to locate was published in a magazine. I believe
- it was Analog, but I am not certain. It was published about ten years
- ago, give or take a few years!
-
- The story has two parallel plots. In one plot, Maxwell's Demons go on
- strike and Hell freezes over. This plot involves Satan's attempts to
- negotiate with them and to handle the mounting problems. There may have
- been a Demon's union involved.
-
- The second plot involves a group of software engineers who discover that
- peanut butter spread on bread suddenly lands sticky side up and,
- therefore, their previously buggy programs now run correctly. They
- explore the theory in operation here which involves, if I recall, the
- demons pushing on the edge of the piece of bread to make it flip.
-
- I had given a copy of this story to a friend and forgot about it.
- Recently he asked me if I could get another copy. He had lost his.
- This made me remember how much, I enjoyed this story and I went looking
- for it without success. If you recall the story and can tell me where
- it was published, please let me know.
-
- Thanks for any help.
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- Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us 412-471-5320
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