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hambug /></p> <hr /> <p>David Marusek, <em>Getting to Know You</em> (Asimov’s Mar 1998) About a woman and her new computerized personal assistant, or ‘bug’, that quickly learns more about her tastes, habits, and motives than she anticipates. Marusek made a splash with his 1995 novella <code>We Were Out of Minds with Joy</code>; this new story is smaller in scope but just as dazzling in detail. (<a href="http://www.locusmag.com/1998/Shf/03.html" class="urlextern" title="http://www.locusmag.com/1998/Shf/03.html" >short fiction, Mar 98</a>) </p> <hr noshade="noshade" size="1" /> <p><a href="http://www.hermetic.ch/cfunlib/bug.htm" class="urlextern" title="http://www.hermetic.ch/cfunlib/bug.htm" >http://www.hermetic.ch/cfunlib/bug.htm</a></p> <p>The Times (London), letters to the editor, 1999-06-12</p> <p>Bug in the System</p> <p>From Mr Simon Montagu<br /> Sir, </p> <p>The modern use of the term bug”has been around for more than 100 years (letters, May 26 and June 1).</p> <p>In Hawkin’s New Catechism of Electricity (Theo. Audel & Co, 1896) the following definition appears:</p> <p>The term ‘bug’ is used to a limited extent to designate any fault or trouble in the connections or working of electric apparatus.”</p> <p>It has been suggested that the word originated in a popular belief that interference in telephone calls was caused by bugs in the cables.</p> <p>Yours faithfully, SIMON MONTAGU, Maalot Elram 523/2 Jerusalem 93785, Israel. June 2.</p> <hr noshade="noshade" size="1" /> <p><strong>See Also:</strong></p> <p>Hitchhickers Guide: Deep Thought 42</p> <p>2001: Hal 9000 </p> <p>Bug, n. (OE. bugge, fr. W. bwg, bwgan, hobgoblin, scarecrow, bugbear. Cf. Bogey, Boggle.)</p> <p>1. A bugbear; anything which terrifies. (Obs.)</p> <p>Sir, spare your threats: The bug which you would fright me with I seek.<br /> – Shak.</p> <h4>Links</h4> <ul> <li>Software Horror Stories <a href="http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~nachumd/verify/horror.html" class="urlextern" title="http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~nachumd/verify/horror.html" >http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/~nachumd/verify/horror.html</a></li> <li>The Great Work of Insect Metamorphosis <a href="http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/insect.htm" class="urlextern" title="http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/insect.htm" >http://www.hermetic.com/sabazius/insect.htm</a></li> <li>the computer bug <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-bug" class="urlextern" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-bug" >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-bug</a> </li> <li>define: bug <a href="http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/bug.html" class="urlextern" title="http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/bug.html" >http://www.wordiq.com/dictionary/bug.html</a> </li> </ul> <div class="betterrelated"><p><h3>Related content:</h3></p> <ol><li> <a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/crowley-aleister/" title="Permanent link to Aleister Crowley">Aleister Crowley</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/babalon/" title="Permanent link to Babalon">Babalon</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/palmer-ray/" title="Permanent link to Ray Palmer">Ray Palmer</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/scientology-communications-terminology/" title="Permanent link to Scientology Communications Terminology">Scientology Communications Terminology</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/11/" title="Permanent link to 11">11</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/davinci-code/" title="Permanent link to The DaVinci Code">The DaVinci Code</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/close-encounter/" title="Permanent link to close encounter">close encounter</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://obscurantist.com/oma/kirchner-athanasius/" title="Permanent link to Athanasius Kirchner">Athanasius Kirchner</a> </li> </ol></div> <div class="pagination"> </div> </div> <div class="navigation"> <p class="alignleft"></p> <p class="alignright"></p> </div> </div> <!-- close entry_content --> <div id="supplementary"> <div class="meta"> <div class="post_nav"> <h3>What