Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 20:59:04 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Frank Shute <frank@woodcruft.co.uk> Subject: Re: [off-topic] Re: I apologise ... Message-ID: <20191215205904.54c8da7c@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20191215005020.7bah32maj7rjjo6h@woodcruft.co.uk> References: <3c7df19d6e93eb168016421df0ec54d5@kathe.in> <20191214111857.67b4c53e@archlinux> <20191214124809.9b205826.freebsd@edvax.de> <20191215000423.5d43ff86@archlinux> <20191215005020.7bah32maj7rjjo6h@woodcruft.co.uk>
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:50:20 +0000, Frank Shute wrote: >'deus ex machina' "In Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, after Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are thrown into deep space by the Vogons, they are rescued by the Starship Heart of Gold, as a side effect of the ship's Infinite Improbability Drive. (Although it should be noted that this is also a parody of such techniques in other science fiction.)" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ADeus_ex_machina%2FList_of_deus_ex_machina_examples The Wiki is missing the most important fact! Both were equipped with towels. I never ever would turn on a computer (based machine) without a towel within range.
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