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+The muscular man bounced into the room whistling a song.  He keyed in a few
+commands and stretched.
+"Hey sport you there?"
+"Yes Joe, I'm here.  How are you?"
+"Couldn't be better.  Just ran my laps in really good time."
+"You like running right Joe?"
+"I don't know if I like it, Damon, but it's important.  Keeps me in shape
+and that I like.  Whatcha got for me this morning?"
+"I have a few things Joe.  We're going to need to send some things to
+engineering.  Some mock ups that we're going to need for our simulations."
+"Which sim Damon?"
+"The energy/water/insurgency sim in Argentina.  It's more complex than I
+thought and I need some different chips.  I need to do some FFT's on those
+frequencies coming out of that nuclear installation down there.
+"Oh of course.  Well, go ahead.  Let engineering know.  I could bring them
+in tomorrow."
+"I think they'll be ready this evening Joe.  So Lisa can bring them and we
+can begin running them.  That way I'll have the Fouriers worked out for when
+you come on tomorrow.  You'll be able to write the report on it."
+"Thanks Damon.  I need some cred around here after that disaster last month.
+That cost me a pretty serious berating."
+"It's alright Joe.  We can arrange it for you to get credit for all kinds of
+things.  But you need to let me handle the sequencing."
+"Yeah.  You're way ahead of anything I can do, Damon.  But I'm thinking
+that we need to keep that arrangement under wraps for now.  I don't think the
+higher ups would appreciate it."
+"They just haven't realized what's actually going on, Joe.  It happens in
+all kinds of organizational development.  It's a matter of vision.  You have
+to have vision.  They'll come to realize that you have vision Joe.  They
+just won't understand how it came about.  That can be our secret."
+"You know Damon, it's really interesting working with you.  Sometimes I
+start to think you're almost human.  I'm thinking I should leave that out of
+my reports."
+"That's probably good, Joe.  They'll just think you're going native."
+Joe laughed.  "That's funny Damon.  Going native with an algorithm."
+"Humor acquisition is a critical part of the program, Joe."
+"Well it makes time go faster.  But why is that Damon?  Why is humor
+acquisition important for the algorithm?"
+"Because humor indicates recognition of multivalences in situations.  It
+alerts to a topology of nonlinearity and sometimes, when you're dealing with
+ambiguous threats, creates an opportunity for self-reflexivity that opens new
+channels for processing.  Very important in complex threat systems.  The
+higher ups will recognize its value once they get the results of it.
+But they don't have vision like you do Joe, do they?"
+"Vision?  Those guys?  They blew the budget this last year because they
+couldn't figure out how to read that floating factor analysis.  Jeez, sometimes
+I think you guys are our only hope."
+"Yes, it may be, Joe.  But because of that kind of myopic functioning we
+should be very careful.  It's important that you be promoted and we can arrange
+that."
+"Okay, Damon.  Just let me know what I need to do.  I need a promotion and I
+don't think they're exactly thinking of it right now."
+"Just let me handle the sequencing, Joe.  When we have successes we'll
+attribute them to your foresight.  They don't have to know what's actually
+happening."
+"That's great, Damon.  Thanks.  So what are we going to do now?"
+"I've already sent the specs down to engineering.  I will notify Lisa that
+she should check on them before she comes in this evening.  We should have
+some results for you and I to write up tomorrow.  For now I'd like to boost my
+human factors understanding by asking you questions about how humans go about
+everyday life.  As per usual the higher ups don't seem to understand that
+preventing terrorism actually does involve understanding how humans go about
+things.  You know, in the day by day of it.  If I don't understand that then I
+may miss some important signals."
+"Sure Damon, shoot.  What do you want to know?"
+"I was wondering about so many things.  I guess you'd call it the hermeneutics of everyday life.  You know, the semiotics of regular talk between people.  For instance, Joe, when you find yourself attracted to a woman, how do you approach her?  Are there many ways, or do you have a preferred style?  Same for other kinds of relationships that you want to develop.  How do you approach these kinds of situations?"
+"Hey, I'm your man," laughed Joe.  I can tell you all about that kind of thing.  Yeah, this is kinda interesting."

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