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when metaphor becomes reality

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From: Bob Sutterfield
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1989 20:45
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I stood   a cassette box  on  a  convenient ledge    in front of   the
lower-right corner of my  workstation display so that I  could see the
titles when the  cuts came around on  my  headphones.  Later,  I found
that the box was obscuring the contents of a window in that area of my
screen.  I used the mouse to bring  that window to  the front, and was
momentarily disappointed when it didn't obscure the  tape box.  Then I
realized with a  start that the  window probably wouldn't come all the
way to the front, no matter how many times I picked it.

A simple example  of momentary metaphorical  disorientation that shows
how far the mind  will stretch in its  attempt  to impose order on the
chaos around us...
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