Charles StrossIdiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again.
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Bogons are a type of evil entity that has the ability to turn things off and on. They don’t like it when people or systems are turned on and off and make the magic happen. So, what does a bogon like? They like people who turn things off and then keep turning them back on, over and over again. When you have regular access to a computer room or office, you’re definitely an idiot, as well as a system administrator. However, if you’re not in that particular room for a while, you’ll become a mindless bogon, which is a much more tolerable type of being.
Source: The Atrocity Archives
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