The Seductive Computer

1. Introduction
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2. The Happy Hacker, Love at First Byte
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3. The Reluctant Programmer
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4. Cooking Up Programs
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5. Recipes for What?
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6. Programs: The Good, the Bad, and the Verified
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7. Going to Ground with Symbols
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8. Hooptedoodle 1 – The Proof of the Science is in the Pudding
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9. The Soft Machine
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10. Computers Only Do as They’re Told
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11. Hooptedoodle 2: Recursing Through Tescos
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12. Intimate Relationships of the Computational Kind
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13. Programming with Flair
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14. Hooptedoodle 3: The Seductive Gene
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15. Runaway Programs: Dr Frankenstein’s Predicament
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16. Sneakaway Programs: Everybody’s Predicament
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17. Hooptedoodle 4: Bases for Data Security
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18. The Roles of Software in Society
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19. Help from Within
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20. A Moderately Stupid Assistant
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21. Watching Programs Work
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22. Classical Reconditioning: Doing What Happens Naturally
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23. A Computer That Knows When It’s Wrong
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24. Analysis and Counselling
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25. The Epilogic
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Avainsanat: Computer Science, Computers and Society, Management of Computing and Information Systems, The Computing Profession, Software Engineering, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems, Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)