Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 19:53:38 +0000
From: mja4@aberystwyth.ac.uk


>This may give you an idea of how it would be if God undertook creation 
>with
>the aid of a computer:
>
>#In the beginning was the computer. And God said
>:Let there be light!
>#You have not signed on yet.
>:God.
>#Enter user password.
>:Omniscient.
>#Password Incorrect. Try again!
>:Omnipotent.
>#Password Incorrect. Try again!
>:Technocrat.
>#And God signed on 12:01 a.m., Sunday, March 1.
>:Let there be light!
>#Unrecognizable command. Try again!
>:Create light.
>#Done.
>:Run heaven and earth.
>#And God created Day and Night. And God saw there were 0 errors.
>#And God signed off at 12:02 a.m., Sunday, March 1.
>#Approx. funds remaining: $92.50.
> 
>#And God signed on at 12:00 a.m., Monday, March 2.
>:Let there be firmament in the midst of the water and
>#Unrecognizable command! Try again!
>:Create firmament.
>#Done.
>:Run firmament.
>#And God divided the waters. And God saw there were 0 errors.
>#And God signed off at 12:01 a.m., Monday, March 2.
>#Approx. funds remaining: $84.60.
> 
>#And God signed on at 12:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 3.
>:Let the waters under heaven be gathered together unto one place
>and let the dry land appear and
>#Too many characters in string specification! Try again.
>:Create dryland.
>#Done!
>:Run dryland.
>#And God created Earth and Seas. And God saw there were 0 errors.
>#And God signed off at 12:01 a.m., Tuesday, March 3.
>#Approx. funds remaining: $65.00.
> 
>#And God signed on at 12:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 4.
>:Create lights in the firmament to divide the day from the night.
> 
>#Unspecified type. Try again!
>:Create sunmoonstars.
>#And God created Sun, Moon, Stars. And God saw there were 0 errors.
>#And God signed off at 12:01 a.m., Wednesday, March 4.
>#Approx. funds remaining: $54:00.
> 
>#And God signed on at 12:00 a.m., Thursday, March 5.
>:Create fish.
>#Done.
>:Create fowl.
>#Done.
>:Run fish'nfowl.
>#And God created the great seamonsters and every living creature
>that creepeth wherewith the waters swarmed after its kind and every
>winged fowl after its kind. 0 errors.
>#And God signed off at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, March 5.
>#Approx. funds remaining: $45.00.
> 
>#And God signed on at 12:00 a.m., Friday, March 6.
>:Create cattle.
>#Done.
>:Create creepy things.
>#Done.
>:Now let us make man in our image.
>#Unspecified type! Try again.
>:Create man.
>#Done.
>:Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth and subdue it
>and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over of the fowl
>of the air and over every living thing that creepeth upon the
>earth.
>#Too many command operands! Try again.
>:Run multiplication.
>#Execution terminated. 6 errors.
>:Insert breath.
>#O.K.
>:Run multiplication.
>#Execution terminated. 5 errors.
>:Move man to Garden of Eden.
>#Error: File Garden of Eden does not exist.
>:Create Gard.En.
>#Done.
>:Move man to Gard.En.
>#O.K.
>:Run multiplication.
>#Execution terminated. 4 errors.
>:Copy woman from man.
>#O.K.
>:Run multiplication.
>#Execution terminated. 3 errors.
>:Insert woman into man.
>#Illegal parameters. Try again!
>:Insert man into woman.
>#O.K.
>:Run multiplication.
>#Execution terminated. 2 errors.
>:Create desire.
>#Done.
>:Run multiplication.
>#And God saw man'nwoman being fruitful and multiplying in the Gard.En.
>#Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors.
>:Create freewill.
>#Done.
>:Run freewill.
>#And God saw man'nwoman being fruitful and multiplying in the Gard.En.
>#Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors.
>:Undo desire.
>#Desire cannot be undone once freewill is created.
>:Destroy freewill.
>#Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed.
>#Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help.
>:Help!
>#Desire cannot be undone once freewill is created.
>#Freewill is an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed.
>#Enter replacement, cancel, or ask for help.
>:Create Treeofknowledge.
>#And God saw man'nwoman being fruitful and multiplying in the Gard.En.
>#Warning: No time limit on this run. 1 errors.
>:Create good'nevil.
>#Done.
>:Activate evil.
>#And God saw he had created shame.
>#Warning: System error in sector E95. Man'nwoman not in Gard.En.
>#1 errors.
>:Scan Gard.En. for man'nwoman.
>#Man'nwoman cannot be located. Try again!
>:Search Gard.En. for man'nwoman.
>#Search failed.
>:Delete shame.
>#Shame cannot be deleted once evil has been activated.
>:Destroy freewill.
>#Freewill an inaccessible file and cannot be destroyed.
>:Stop!
>#Unrecognizable command. Try again.
>:Break
>:Break
>:Break
>#ATTENTION ALL USERS ATTENTION ALL USERS: COMPUTER GOING DOWN FOR
>REGULAR DAY OF MAINTENANCE AND REST IN FIVE MINUTES. PLEASE SIGN OFF.
> 
>:Create new world.
>#You have exceeded your allotted file space. You must destroy old
>files before new ones can be created.
>:Destroy earth.
>#Destroy earth. Please confirm.
>:Destroy earth confirmed.
>#COMPUTER DOWN. COMPUTER DOWN. SERVICES WILL RESUME ON SUNDAY
>MARCH 8 AT 6:00 A.M. YOU MUST SIGN OFF NOW!
>#And God signed off at 11:59 p.m., Friday, March 6.
>#And God saw that he had zero funds remaining.