12/24 - No vehicles were operating. No telecommunication systems were operating. Finally a rider on horseback was dispatched from the Palace of the Governing Body. She carried a hand-written document from the Palace to the Ministry of Software Engineering
14/24 - Thousands of people stood by, watching. People climbed lamp posts and scaled the memorial to the victims of multithreading and leaned out of the windows of the buildings lining the Plaza of Interpreters to get a view of the messenger.
15/24 - She climbed the 1024 steps to the entrance to the Ministry without pausing for rest. She lifted the massive brass ring and brought it down on the ancient door with a thunderous knock.
16/24 - The ministry door cracked open. A worried face emerged from the gloom. “Yes?” The messenger replied: “I have a bug report for you. Priority one. Mission critical. Reproducible.“
17/24 - The intern carried the hand-written report through the halls of the ministry. Through cubicle farms so vast, each took an hour to cross. Past the gateway to the chamber of user experience, where deep blue and green fog swirled on the floor
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