In the same way, knowing the activity of every wire on every chip in my computer wouldn't tell me much if I didn't also know the program my machine was running.

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It has been remarked (by Richard Bacon, I think) that these scandals are like The Wire, working series by series through every institution.

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What followed lights-out at the Sleep Disorders Center was, predictably enough, not sleep. (Imagine for a moment going to bed in a fuse box.) Every time I moved, I got tangled in a wire.

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Every kid who watched Mr. Wizard (myself included) learned how to make a strong magnet with some wire, a battery, and an iron rod.

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