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This is a story about an ordinary computer

When it was made they found something wrong with it

They threw it away like a piece of rubbish into an old dark storeroom

Then, from outer space, a Clever Man brought it to life with his cosmic dust!

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...adapted from an ancient piece of welsh folklore: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ouLJ-dP1Wps

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Interesting that the video uses space alien technology as a name for magic. Just look at that magic, cosmic powder, as it's sprinkled on the teddybear. Is it a coincidence that in Land of Lisp, space aliens help humans, and in SICM, the programmer is a wizard?

I used to love that show as a kid. But what surprised me was that despite not watching that show in more than 30 years, I still recognised that quote.

i have forgotten mostly everything else about the show, but i can still quote the entire intro :) not sure what made it so much more memorable than other cartoon intros of its day, but memorable it was.

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