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This is something that I wrote about in my blog a while back, but I was reminded of it today when it started happening again:
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2003-12-15 21:11:00
I had an extremely bizarre experience last night...
My computer started talking to me about God. While it was turned off.
I leaned down to plug in my cellphone, and heard, very faintly, a woman's voice. I leaned closer to the speakers (which were turned on) to make out what she was saying.
"...but God is not the author of human suffering; God endows us with free will, and we determine for ourselves the shape of our world..."
Needless to say, I was a little confused.
I turned the computer on, not that I had any idea what to look for once it booted up, and I lost the voice in whirring computer sounds. When I shut the machine back down, the voice was gone.
I was vigilant for talking dogs that might encourage me to murder my neighbors.
Later that evening, shortly before I went to bed, I leaned down close to the speakers again. Now they were playing some kind of slothfully jaunty calliope music. I listened for a few more moments and the music stopped.
"You're listening to Radio Canada International."
Am I? Ah.
Evidently, my computer's speakers can pick up shortwave.
Who knew?
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2003-12-15 21:11:00
I had an extremely bizarre experience last night...
My computer started talking to me about God. While it was turned off.
I leaned down to plug in my cellphone, and heard, very faintly, a woman's voice. I leaned closer to the speakers (which were turned on) to make out what she was saying.
"...but God is not the author of human suffering; God endows us with free will, and we determine for ourselves the shape of our world..."
Needless to say, I was a little confused.
I turned the computer on, not that I had any idea what to look for once it booted up, and I lost the voice in whirring computer sounds. When I shut the machine back down, the voice was gone.
I was vigilant for talking dogs that might encourage me to murder my neighbors.
Later that evening, shortly before I went to bed, I leaned down close to the speakers again. Now they were playing some kind of slothfully jaunty calliope music. I listened for a few more moments and the music stopped.
"You're listening to Radio Canada International."
Am I? Ah.
Evidently, my computer's speakers can pick up shortwave.
Who knew?