A Modest Proposal, by Marcus Karr

UPDATE 2

My questions have gone conspicuously unanswered. What is the history of the word “conspicuous”?

http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=conspicuous

I believe that words are important — no, MAGICAL. Correct spelling and tidiness are especially important in PROGRAMMING. Computer science students are encouraged to choose their names carefully, striking a balance between brevity and description. Likewise in MAGIC. The reason for this has to do with pointers, or references, or names. If one cannot specify an address, then one should expect junk data. Junk data is no good. This is why I insist on names.

I was recently taken in for questioning by the police. I know that the police require ID. I know that courts require ID. I know that scientific journals require ID. I know that computers require ID. I know that Cal Poly requires ID. I know that I require ID. Otherwise we may expect junk data.

I have recently acquired evidence of tampering on this subreddit. I have taken screenshots of unusual and inconsistent activity. Question: Who is the moderator of this subreddit? Does this person have a relationship with the suspect in question? Might there be a conflict of interest?

I have been sharing information using Google Drive. I will be collecting testimony and evidence through a Google Mail account. I know that the Cal Poly Computer Science department has ties with Google. It would be a shame if someone decided to tamper with my Google accounts. Someone may be expecting them. Someone may be WATCHING them. The higher-ups in Google would surely be displeased.

I have recently been contacted by a professor in the Cal Poly Computer Science department. I have made a deal with this professor. This professor has agreed to provide evidence and TESTIFY.

Are you scared yet? If you’re not, then you should be.

Who else would like to TESTIFY and escape JUDGEMENT? If you are interested in making a deal, and you too would like to TESTIFY, then [email protected].

Let’s get back to MAGIC and PROGRAMMING. They are really quite similar. For instance, they both use SIGILS and INVOCATION and CASTING and CATS and CODE. We should not be surprised at the intimacy between MAGIC and PROGRAMMING, if we consider the following statement:

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”

Two DEEPLY EQUAL objects are indistinguishable. Therefore:

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is magic.”

By the identity property, A = B == B = A. Therefore:

“Magic is any sufficiently advanced technology.”

Interesting.

I previously stated that tidiness and correct spelling are highly important in programming. The suspect in question is fanatical about tidiness and correct spelling, and rightly so. Yet the suspect in question has “a think skin”. Does he really?

The suspect in question is fanatical about names. The students in my section were asked to call him by his first name. Were the students in other sections asked to do the same? If not, why not?

The suspect in question is fanatical about finding bugs. I quote an important lesson about finding bugs:

“A common source of bugs is the fix you made for your last bug. Code that you just modified or added to fix a bug will be the richest source of new bugs, since it hasn't been examined and tested as much as the older code. Ponder bug fixes carefully before inserting them in the program, and reexamine them if bugs still appear. Bugs also tend to travel in groups. When you find and fix a bug, think about whether you may have made the same bug elsewhere in the code. There is a tendency to be so pleased at finally finding the bug that you don't think closely about the fix. Don't make that mistake.

Oh, I won’t.

The suspect in question is not the suspect in question. But the suspect in question is fanatical about hierarchy. And hierarchy means “rule by priests”. I know who you are, you priest. If you’re not scared yet, then you should be.

The suspect in question may be schizophrenic. He may have an A self and a B self. A or B or free, right? That’s what I saw in 14-301. Interesting color schemes. Can someone take a picture for me?

I must confess that I am not motivated merely by JUSTICE. The suspect in question will face JUDGEMENT, yes. But the other suspect in question will face my PERSONAL WRATH. I have a vendetta against him, and rightly so. He has courted what is rightfully mine. And he has been DISGUSTING.

That’s all for now, dear reader. Keep in mind that I write in CODE. Most of you will not be able to DECODE my meaning, but my ENEMIES surely will. Patience, patience. All will be revealed.

Stay tuned for more updates.

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