Christian Theology from the Perspective of UNIX System Administration
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Computer Science 313 - Religious Studies 401
Christian Theology from the Perspective of UNIX System Administration
Spring Semester, 2006
Final Exam
Time: Two hours. Use the blue book provided. Using what you have learned in class and what you know to be true, answer all the questions.
[1] (a) Is God root? Why or why not? Could it be that God, as defined in Christianity, might not be root?
(b) What is the significance of being able to bind to ports below 1024?
[2] (a) The question "when did Jesus know that he was God" is a much debated topic in theology. Is Jesus what happens when God does not log in to the universe as root? Discuss.
(b) How does sudo affect your answer to part (a).
[3] (a) Is the universe proprietary or does God support Open Source? Cite specific evidence.
(b) Does someone like Pat Robertson believe that God supports the Open Source movement? Why or why not?
(c) How does your answer to (a) affect your view of science? Specifically refer to the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
(d) Relate the above to the notion of the "Book of Nature?" How does this relate to "the UNIX philosophy?"
[4] (a) Is evolution equivalent to executing (as root):
$ life -r (b) Are humans allowed to execute:
$ sudo life -r [5] (a) In the Vulgate, Genesis begins "in principio creavit Deus caelum et terram" which is usually translated "In the beginning God created heaven and earth." The Jewish Publication Society's translation of the Tanakh begins "When God began to create heaven and earth..." Discuss the linguistic presupposition and the notion of creation ex nihilo. What does this say about the possibility of multiple universes?
(b) Does God run VMware? Or partition?
(c) Assuming that one might answer part (b) in the affirmative, did we have the misfortune to find ourselves in a Microsoft Windows partition? Is this a form of Gnosticism? Refer specifically to the Apocryphon of John from Nag Hammadi.
allogenes. thanks much for the go ahead!
Computer Science 313 - Religious Studies 401
Christian Theology from the Perspective of UNIX System Administration
Spring Semester, 2006
Final Exam
Time: Two hours. Use the blue book provided. Using what you have learned in class and what you know to be true, answer all the questions.
[1] (a) Is God root? Why or why not? Could it be that God, as defined in Christianity, might not be root?
(b) What is the significance of being able to bind to ports below 1024?
[2] (a) The question "when did Jesus know that he was God" is a much debated topic in theology. Is Jesus what happens when God does not log in to the universe as root? Discuss.
(b) How does sudo affect your answer to part (a).
[3] (a) Is the universe proprietary or does God support Open Source? Cite specific evidence.
(b) Does someone like Pat Robertson believe that God supports the Open Source movement? Why or why not?
(c) How does your answer to (a) affect your view of science? Specifically refer to the work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.
(d) Relate the above to the notion of the "Book of Nature?" How does this relate to "the UNIX philosophy?"
[4] (a) Is evolution equivalent to executing (as root):
$ life -r (b) Are humans allowed to execute:
$ sudo life -r [5] (a) In the Vulgate, Genesis begins "in principio creavit Deus caelum et terram" which is usually translated "In the beginning God created heaven and earth." The Jewish Publication Society's translation of the Tanakh begins "When God began to create heaven and earth..." Discuss the linguistic presupposition and the notion of creation ex nihilo. What does this say about the possibility of multiple universes?
(b) Does God run VMware? Or partition?
(c) Assuming that one might answer part (b) in the affirmative, did we have the misfortune to find ourselves in a Microsoft Windows partition? Is this a form of Gnosticism? Refer specifically to the Apocryphon of John from Nag Hammadi.