Plumbers vs Geeks
I suppose the average computer science geek is generally a sort of power mad fancy plumber. Such an analogy actually holds; plumbers in the 1800s were a lot like computer scientists today. They were and are clever working class guys whose cleverness bumps them up a couple of social and economic classes. In the 1800s, plumbing really came into its own, and it more or less solidified into the useful field it is today. But back then, it was seen as a high technology cure for all ills. Whether for piping water in, piping shit away, or piping power around in the form of steam; all technology was seen as involving lots of pipes in them days, and clever pipe fitters would come up with all kinds of contraptions. Now a days, it's all about computers. Just like in the old days, a piece of technology looked all the better with lots of pipes all over it, now a days, a piece of technology looks all the better with lots of microcontrollers or pentiums glued to it, running half-baked software. No doubt the old time plumbers thought they could do impossible things with their pipes, just as their modern counterparts do.
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