they freaked out about fucking BARCODES YO
How did they miss this one!?
they did actually, I remember bullshit about this from Christian unix nerds who wanted the name changed
:yes: this drupal thread about master/slave terminology, as well as various other ones from the ancient age of 2008 mentions it although I swear there was a BBS or even older popular forum post about it, but I forget the site.
They did back in the 90s when email started getting common. My mum once freaked out when her computer did an “illegal operation”
Of course there are spirits in machines. Thats why I slather my desktop in holy oils and chant the activation ritual before powering it up.
any Christian who has heard of them is also educated enough to know it’s just a name not a literal demon.
it’s not something a layperson would hear about
they might have but how would you ever know, it’s not like they would post online.
btw some people did find out circuit diagrams look a bit like demon sigils
