Wow! Im famous! I have ARRIVED!!! How? Im mentioned in a Douglas Adams novel, and it was written years before it would even identify me. Early in chapter two of The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul he was writing about Kate Schechter after the explosion and he wrote (emphasis mine): She passed the time quietly in a world of her own in which she was surrounded as far as the eye could see with old cabin trunks full of past memories in which she rummaged with great curiosity, and sometimes bewilderment. Or, at least, about a tenth of the cabin trunks were full of vivid and often painful or uncomfortable memories of her past life; the other nine tenths were full of PENGUINS, which surprised her. Insofar as she recognized at all that she was dreaming, she realized that she must be exploring her own subconscious mind. She had heard it said that humans are supposed only to use about a tenth of their brains, and that no one was very clear what the other nine tenths were for, but she had certainly never heard it suggested that they were used for storing penguins. Okay, so maybe Douglas wasnt writing about me specifically, but you have to wonder what it says that the brain power we dont use is full of penguins. Did Adams know about Tux when he was writing this? And for those who dont want to try Linux, perhaps all those penguins in your brain are trying to let you know the truly superior operating system. Im just sayin. Thanks, Douglas!
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 19:19:20 +0000
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