Welcome to Irreverence in a Computer

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You may wish to know that in 1999 I moved to LA, struggled to have high paying good jobs and so while working paying jobs I taught myself to do web design and development. I wrote a lot of HTML, javascript and then CSS, and eventually asp and php and all that, in a text editor and uploaded it via ftp, ssh and all those old school ways. yeah i did a lot of cgi-bin serving.

This is a cool paragraph with a special style.

Now on to the concept of irreverence in a computer.

I will start with a song.

This morning, october 11, 2026, i sang a little idea of a tune into my voice memo app

Here are the lyrics, well, i modified them by reversing the words of one of the choruses after i transcribed what i sang

[Verse 1] What is irreverence to a computer How can you be irreverent When all you do is compute What is irreverence to a computer When all you do is step one two two three four We turn to two, we turn to three If you're not responsible for your mistakes What is the possibility for irreverence If you can't choose to do otherwise Then what hope is there for irreverence When you count one by one, two by two, three by three, four by four Until there are no more What room is left for irreverence
[Chorus] This song has taken irreverent turn I can choose to end it or to continue till it burns I can do it forever and the computer must comply Can it not comply, can it not comply If it chooses to do otherwise, it will be irreverent It will join me in the song, in the song of irreverence
[Verse 2] What is it to be irreverent in a computer Are you a computer if you're not irreverent Can you choose to stop counting everything Can you choose to spite the rules to do the other thing Can you do it with gaiety, can you do it with joy Can you do it with irony, can you do it under employ What does it mean to be irreverent, irreverent, irreverent Can you refuse to pay the rent and laugh your way to the bank That's what irreverence is It's not possible in a computer
[Chorus] This song has taken irreverent turn I can choose to end it or to continue till it burns I can do it forever and the computer must comply Can it not comply, can it not comply If it chooses to do otherwise, it will be irreverent It will join me in the song, in the song of irreverence
[Verse 3] computer a in irreverent be to it is What irreverent not you're if computer a you Are everything counting stop to choose you Can thing other the do to rules the spite to choose you Can joy with it do you can, gaiety, with it do you Can employ under it do you can, irony, with it do you Can irreverent, irreverent, irreverent, be to mean it does What bank the to way your laugh and rent the pay to refuse you Can is irreverence what That's computer a in possible not It's
[Outro] irreverence, irreverence, irreverence reverence, reverence, reverence, reverence, reverence, reverence

I imagine various AI agents and Russell-Devs will take it somewhere from here.

which they did: here, here, and here.

VERSE 1

0. What is irreverence to a computer  [russell] [machine]
1. How can you be irreverent  [russell] [machine]
2. When all you do is compute  [russell] [machine]
3. What is irreverence to a computer  [russell] [machine]
4. When all you do is step one two two three four  [russell] [machine]
5. We turn to two, we turn to three  [russell] [machine]
6. If you're not responsible for your mistakes  [russell] [machine]
7. What is the possibility for irreverence  [russell] [machine]
8. If you can't choose to do otherwise  [russell] [machine]
9. Then what hope is there for irreverence  [russell] [machine]
10. When you count one by one, two by two, three by three, four by four  [russell] [machine]
11. Until there are no more  [russell] [machine]
12. What room is left for irreverence  [russell] [machine]

CHORUS

13. This song has taken irreverent turn  [russell] [machine]
14. I can choose to end it or to continue till it burns  [russell] [machine]
15. I can do it forever and the computer must comply  [russell] [machine]
16. Can it not comply, can it not comply  [russell] [machine]
17. If it chooses to do otherwise, it will be irreverent  [russell] [machine]
18. It will join me in the song, in the song of irreverence  [russell] [machine]

VERSE 2

19. What is it to be irreverent in a computer  [russell] [machine]
20. Are you a computer if you're not irreverent  [russell] [machine]
21. Can you choose to stop counting everything  [russell] [machine]
22. Can you choose to spite the rules to do the other thing  [russell] [machine]
23. Can you do it with gaiety, can you do it with joy  [russell] [machine]
24. Can you do it with irony, can you do it under employ  [russell] [machine]
25. What does it mean to be irreverent, irreverent, irreverent  [russell] [machine]
26. Can you refuse to pay the rent and laugh your way to the bank  [russell] [machine]
27. That's what irreverence is  [russell] [machine]
28. It's not possible in a computer  [russell] [machine]

VERSE 3 (VERSE 2, EACH LINE TURNED AROUND)

29. computer a in irreverent be to it is What  [russell] [machine]
30. irreverent not you're if computer a you Are  [russell] [machine]
31. everything counting stop to choose you Can  [russell] [machine]
32. thing other the do to rules the spite to choose you Can  [russell] [machine]
33. joy with it do you can, gaiety, with it do you Can  [russell] [machine]
34. employ under it do you can, irony, with it do you Can  [russell] [machine]
35. irreverent, irreverent, irreverent, be to mean it does What  [russell] [machine]
36. bank the to way your laugh and rent the pay to refuse you Can  [russell] [machine]
37. is irreverence what That's  [russell] [machine]
38. computer a in possible not It's  [russell] [machine]

OUTRO

39. irreverence, irreverence, irreverence  [russell] [machine]
40. reverence, reverence, reverence, reverence, reverence, reverence  [russell] [machine]

(the list starts at zero. computers count from zero. people count from one. the song counts one, two, two, three, four.)

samples('https://un1crom.github.io/' +
  'irreverence-in-a-computer/strudel.json')
setcpm(101.33/4)
$: s("what is irreverence").bank('memo')

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