Thanks to him, Turks can shop at Carrefoursa, stay in a Hiltonsa, puff on cigarettes made by Philip Morrissa, and have their computers serviced and programmed by I-Bimsa.

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"I programmed computers and played a lot of games, " he recalls.

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I've also programmed on the C64, and taught myself a lot of things from it that have applied to modern computer classes that I am taking at Cleveland State University.

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The problem is Vegas is entirely programmed, with an irritating attention to what its executives think I want but which leaves little room for deviation from their plan.

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Somewhat magically, two books (and their writers), popped up just as I needed them, Mind Amplifiers by Howard Rheingold and Program, or Be Programmed by Douglas Rushkoff.

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