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} No such thing. But here are the Greater Trumps ...
}
} 0. The FOOL: a manager using a SPARCStation 413,1432 to run a
} screensaver.
}
} 1. The MAGICIAN: a hacker with a Mac, a Pentium box, a Sparc, and a
} Cray on the table in front of him --- all running the same program
} with the same GUI. An infinity sign is over his head.
}
} 2. The HIGH PRIESTESS: a woman holding the Documentation, closed and
} concealed. The crescent moon is showing on an Indigo behind her.
}
} 3. The EMPEROR: Steve Jobs sitting on a NeXT cube, holding an optical
} disk vertically in his hand.
}
} 4. The EMPRESS: A secretary with a NeXT Machine.
}
} 5. The HEIROPHANT: Bill Gates with two flunkies kneeling before him,
} their faces averted, offering him floppy disks. He wears a laptop
} computer on his head.
}
} 6. The LOVERS: a PowerMAC and an IBM Power PC exchanging software as
} an angel bathed in glory regards them.
}
} 7. The CHARIOT: A man in a chariot, hurtling up an exponential curve,
} drawn by the twin sphinxes of Technology (black) and Culture
} (white).
}
} 8. STRENGTH: A woman holding the entire design and implementation of
} Microsoft Excel in her mind as she corrects the final error. An
} infinity sign is over her head.
}
} 9. The HERMIT: An old hacker, white-bearded, burns the midnight oil;
} its Star-of-David flame illuminates his keyboard.
}
} 10. The WHEEL OF FORTUNE: A rotating wheel. Cray is on the side going
} down, despite its good technology; Smalltalk is opposite it, and
} C++ is sitting on top. Four winged beings -- a mouse, a turtle, a
} dog-cow, and a human -- look on.
}
} 11. JUSTICE. A cold-faced woman holds a calculator in one hand and a
} delete-key in the other.
}
} 12. The HANGED MAN: A programmer is tied by his ankle to a cable duct.
} His phase is completely shifted: he awakens at sunset, he sleeps
} at dawn. His monitor is reverse-video. He programs on,
} flawlessly, oblivious to his circumstances.
}
} 13. DEATH: A skeleton weilding a scythe surveys a field, on which are
} scattered PDP-11s, Apple ]['s, IBM 360/91's, Xerox Alto's, and
} many other machines.
}
} 14. TEMPERANCE: An angel stands with one foot on her chair and one on
} the floor, as she copies files from one disk to another. A cursor
} blinks from her chest.
}
} 15. The DEVIL: The goat-headed Lord of the Pit stands on a pile of
} Windows manuals, holding an inverted torch in one hand. Two
} humans, male and female, are in chains at his feet.
}
} 16. The TOWER: An ivory tower is struck by a bolt of lightning. Two
} robed figures, denied tenure, are hurtled to the ground.
}
} 17. The STAR: A Mac is running its `warp' screen saver, in a transient
} fragile moment of peace.
}
} 18. The MOON: A wolf and a jackal are typing at two PC's. A crayfish
} crawls out of a pool, offering suggestions that may ultimately
} prove deadly. The moon shines through a window.
}
} 19. The SUN: A naked child riding a winged rocking horse programs
} clever applications on a high-quality workstation.
}
} 20. JUDGEMENT: An angel blows a trumpet; all over the net, web pages
} arise, to be rated Cool or not.
}
} 21. The WORLD: A woman dances on the clouds, unclothed, unencumbered,
} in a ring of clouds, a 3-d mouse in each hand. The four winged
} beings from the Wheel of Fortune surround her.
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