{"id":2617,"date":"2011-06-22T00:14:58","date_gmt":"2011-06-22T05:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=2617"},"modified":"2011-06-22T00:15:35","modified_gmt":"2011-06-22T05:15:35","slug":"the-neuter-computer-says-click","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/the-neuter-computer-says-click\/","title":{"rendered":"The Neuter Computer says &#8220;click&#8221;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Univac1105.jpg\" alt=\"Univac\" title=\"Univac\" height=\"250\" \/><\/div>\n<p>When I was a pre-teen in the mid-1970s (I must have been nine or ten), the textbook for my English class had some great short stories, such as Harrison Bergeron and Who Can Replace A Man? 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