Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 12:06:17 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: time sync problem--ntpdate AND xntpd?? Message-ID: <200001201106.MAA69559@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> In-Reply-To: <865k6g$ibj$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de>
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Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@s1.com> wrote in list.freebsd-questions:
> Walter Brameld wrote:
>> By the way, what does.....
>>
>> > "In jedem Stück Kohle wartet ein Diamant auf seine Geburt"
>> > (Terry Pratchett)
>> mean?
>
> from babelfish.altavista.com...
>
> "in each piece [of] coal a diamond waits for its birth"
That translation is surprisingly accurate for babelfish. :)
Sorry that I don't have separate signatures for German and
international mailing lists. It's a quote from a great book
by Terry Patchett, who's often called the ``Douglas Adams of
Fantasy'' -- the original is in English, of course, but I only
have the German translation. The German title of the book is
``Gevatter Tod'' (published by Goldmann Verlag, ISBN 3-442-
41551-9), the original is ``Reaper Man'', published by Victor
Gollancz Ltd., London.
I have to say that this is probably the best book I've read
in my life (so far). It's a very humorous story from the
``disc world'', with a lot of ``sense of wonder'', and it's
surprisingly emotional given the fact that the main protagonist
is Mr. Death himself...
If you like Douglas Adam's "Hitchhiker Trilogy", you will love
this book. I can recommend it to everyone.
Regards
Oliver
PS: In this book, "Death" lives incognito on the disc world
for some time in a small village under the name "Bill Door".
Although I think it's coincidental, it leaves room for some
thoughts... ;-)
--
Oliver Fromme, Leibnizstr. 18/61, 38678 Clausthal, Germany
(Info: finger userinfo:olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de)
"In jedem Stück Kohle wartet ein Diamant auf seine Geburt"
(Terry Pratchett)
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