9 A hint of the codes behind solid reality

When I wrote the first draft of my book March of the Evil Empires: English versus the feudal languages, way back in 1989, I had only a very feeble idea about an entity known as Software. However, there was nothing in my surroundings that could inform me much about this. However, I do remember my first use of a computer before that year. I did get to discuss about software and software codes then. I had a very small idea that words made of English alphabets were being made capable of doing something inside a computer.

When I made the final draft of my book, I did mention that languages were actually software applications. Each with its own very specific features, aims and designs.

Some of the readers, who are reading this book on a computer, might not be aware that every action that they do on the computer, are activating some software code machinery. Usually, software applications do not allow the users to reach inside the code location where the application had been made. Beyond that it is not possible for users to make changes into the designs of a software application.

For instance, one can work with MS Word. However, the user cannot make changes in the MS Word application. He or she can only make changes in the file which he is using. By merely typing any code or word, the user will not be allowed to enter into that location.

But then, there might be locations where by design or by mistake, a mere word can trigger a response from beyond the external attributes of the file.

For instance, simply type the following into an MS Word file and press Enter: =rand (200,99). You can see that this mere word/digit text can trigger something that was not expected in the least.

I have no idea why this works or whether it was deliberately kept there in the codes, or whether it was a bug.

I can give another example.

I designed a Social Media Website for the purpose of testing it out. It was done with Dolphin (boonex.com). There was a location in it where English teaching videos were uploaded in the form of Comment videos. Members could come and watch the videos and post a query via text or video.

It was only when members started asking query under the teaching video that I noticed an anomaly. The new comments come above the teaching video, and with each new comment the teaching video went down.

It was a most curious situation. I did not know how to correct this issue. I was basically trying to make a 180 degree vertical flip in the design work of the Dolphin software at the comment location. No physical force that I could think of, including having a bulldozer pull the webpage upside-down, could work here.

The only physical force that could make the 180 degree rotation of that comment display was to make a change in the codes.

I tried looking through the Dolphin help guides. There was no mention about dealing with this issue.

Ultimately I sent a request to the Dolphin team. Since I was working on a trial version, there was not much of a help expected. However a few days later, they sent me a very small code in ASP or PHP code (I do not remember which). I was asked to replace another small code with this code in a specified location.

Now, the issue was that I do not know ASP or PHP language. And the small code looked quite feeble to invert a powerful set-up inside the Social media site.

After pondering on the issue, I downloaded the specific location file from the web-server into my computer. Then I opened it in Adobe Dreamweaver. After that I opened the code view of the page. I made a search for the code that had to be replaced.

It was a fabulous experience that the search (Ctrl F) did find the code that needs to be replaced. I simply replaced that code with the code that was given to me.

It simply transpired that a descending arrangement was to be changed to an ascending arrangement.

After saving the file, I uploaded the same into the correct location back in my web-server. When I opened the webpage, the experience was again fabulous. The problem that I had been trying to solve for so many days was solved. The new comments were appearing below the teaching videos.

Just a small code placed in the correct location did the trick.

There were a few other experiences I had with Dolphin. The server I used for Dolphin was TMDhosting. They had promised all kinds of free services with regard to giving an optimal performance with this hosting.

In my need to study Dolphin and to set up the various kinds of extras on to the site, I did so many things inside the Dolphin software.

Suddenly the site was seen to have a serious error or ‘sicknesses’. One of the very important menu buttons was seen send the site into an error page. I couldn’t understand what went wrong. I checked all items. There was no error anywhere. For, every other page was working correctly.

I contacted the server people. I could see them spending much time with the issue. They couldn’t find the problem. I contacted Dolphin. They, naturally, should have no time to work on a trial version site. However, they were willing to help. The query that they asked was how to replicate the issue at their end.

I think that they insisted with the server company to find out the error. It was back to square one.

It was at this time that I pondered on the issue and made a mention that I had added a StatCounter code on to one of the inner code areas, which would display the StatCounter on all pages.

This was just a code that is generally used. So there was no need for me to think about it much. However, when communicating with the hosting people, I mentioned this.

I could see them visit the site. After sometime, they informed me that the problem had been rectified. The error was caused by the StatCounter in a wrong location. They had removed it. The page was now moving to the correct location.

I mentioned the above incident here to ponder on the point that even in the case of human diseases, there might be just a code error. Rectifying that would bring the body back to the pink of health.

During my long years of experience with websites, web servers, and so many other things, without actually having any professional education in all of these things, I did happen to notice the extreme power that the people, who stand behind the scenes, manipulating codes, can possess.

By means of very small actions, they can bring in huge blocks or supports to one’s efforts on the internet. The power they exert from beyond hundreds to thousands of kilometres away, is actually of the supernatural levels.

Actually the aims of the mantras, tantras, homams, puja, koodothrams (black magic) etc. mentioned in Thurston’s book is quite small compared to what is being accomplished by software programmers.

By a mere tick in a specific location, I had found my emails sending blocked. I have seen people clandestinely making arrangements to get a copy of all the emails that I received.

I have noticed employees in Google blocking my web efforts from afar, in response to some instructions they received from someone from their native land or family relationships.