The Tao of Cluster Computing
In a little known book of ancient wisdom appears the following Koan:
The Devil finds work
For idle systems
Nature abhors a NoOp
The sages have argued about the meaning of this for centicycles, some contending that idle systems are easily turned to evil tasks, others arguing that whoever uses an idle system must be possessed of the Devil and should be smote with a sucker rod until purified.
I myself interpret "Devil" to be an obvious mistranslation of the word "Daemon". It is for this reason, my son, that I wish to place a simple daemon on your system so that Nature is satisfied, for it is clear that a NoOp is merely a Void waiting to be filled...
This is the true Tao.
-rgb
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