http://theta.codesimplicity.com Scientology and Computer Programming Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:00:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In Self Analysis, L. Ron Hubbard says: Language is quite acceptable when understood as a symbol for the act and thing. But the word "ashtray" is no substitute for an ashtray. If you do not believe this, try to put your ashes on the airwaves which have just carried ... http://theta.codesimplicity.com/archives/19 In Handbook For Preclears*, L. Ron Hubbard writes: Man is successful. That is evident because he is here today after eons of trial and error, good and bad planning. And he is successful because he can change. Now, you really should read that whole chapter (Chapter One in the book) ... http://theta.codesimplicity.com/archives/18 In a series of lectures called the Philadelphia Doctorate Course, L. Ron Hubbard says: All of your work...is motivated by the future, not motivated by the past: you want to eat tomorrow, why, you work today. That's from the seventh lecture in the series, on December 2, 1952, for those who are ... http://theta.codesimplicity.com/archives/17 In Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought, L. Ron Hubbard says: To stop any creation, it can be established that one once knew one was creating it (finding that thought) and making it known again. At first, that might seem like a funny thing to apply to programming. After all, aren't we trying ... http://theta.codesimplicity.com/archives/16 In a book called Scientology 8-8008, L. Ron Hubbard defines a "universe" like this: A universe is defined as "a whole system of created things." There could be and are many universes and there could be many kinds of universes. If you've never thought about it, it might be hard ... http://theta.codesimplicity.com/archives/12 We've long known that a programmer's productivity depends largely upon how much he enjoys his work environment and the task that he's been assigned. We know that various things that make the environment nicer assist productivity, for some seemingly ungraspable reason. To me, at least, this has long been a mystery. ... http://theta.codesimplicity.com/archives/10 In Scientology 0-8: The Book Of Basics, L. Ron Hubbard says: Goodness and Badness, Beautifulness and Ugliness, are alike considerations and have no other basis than opinion. I've heard many programmers talk about "beautiful code." Of course, it seems to mean something different to everybody! People can definitely have arguments ... http://theta.codesimplicity.com/archives/14 In Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard mentions: Only things which are poorly known become more complex the longer one works upon them. Have you ever seen that happen with a software project? It just becomes more complex, and more complex, and more complex, and eventually it's just a huge mass of ... http://theta.codesimplicity.com/archives/9 In Dianetics: The Modern Science Of Mental Health, L. Ron Hubbard says: It is not untrue that where one finds the greatest controversy, there he will also find the least comprehension. And where the facts are least precise, there one can also find the greatest arguments. There are some areas ... http://theta.codesimplicity.com/archives/7 In Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, L. Ron Hubbard discusses a principle called the Introduction of an Arbitrary: An aribtrary structure is one in which one error has been observed and an effort has been made to correct it by introducing another error. In progressive complexity, new errors ... http://theta.codesimplicity.com/archives/8 In Scientology, one of the most important ideas is called ARC, which stands for Affinity, Reality, and Communication. I was thinking the other day about an interesting way that this applies to computing. The first thing you have to realize is that as a programmer, your user interface is a Communication to ... http://theta.codesimplicity.com/archives/6