| Futurama [message #204599] |
So, 22 Januar 2006 00:47 |
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Just watching episode of Futurama and spotted what I believe may be a
general nod in direction of HitchHikers
Leela mentions when she was younger partaking in a martial art known as
"Arcturan Kung Fu".
Wonder if it's practised by Arcturan Mega Donkeys or if you get better at it
by eating some grated Arcturan mega donkey?
Jamie Yardley
"If ya can't beat em, beat em harder"
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| Re: Futurama [message #204600 ] |
So, 22 Januar 2006 12:44 |
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Jamie Yardley wrote:
> Just watching episode of Futurama and spotted what I believe may be a
> general nod in direction of HitchHikers
>
> Leela mentions when she was younger partaking in a martial art known
> as "Arcturan Kung Fu".
>
> Wonder if it's practised by Arcturan Mega Donkeys or if you get
> better at it by eating some grated Arcturan mega donkey?
>
>
> Jamie Yardley
>
> "If ya can't beat em, beat em harder"
Another reference in Futurama to the works of DNA, is in the episode where
they all take a trip on the maiden voyage of the Starship Titanic....
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| Re: Futurama [message #204601 ] |
So, 22 Januar 2006 12:44 |
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Jamie Yardley wrote:
> Just watching episode of Futurama and spotted what I believe may be a
> general nod in direction of HitchHikers
>
> Leela mentions when she was younger partaking in a martial art known as
> "Arcturan Kung Fu".
>
> Wonder if it's practised by Arcturan Mega Donkeys or if you get better at it
> by eating some grated Arcturan mega donkey?
Well, iut might be a nod, but it doesn't have to.
Like most names of stars/planets in Hitchhiker's Guide "Arcturan" is
derived from a real star, Arcturus:
<URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcturus>
Thus it might be that the Futurama creators have picked the name from
Hitchhiker's (I seem to recall more HHG references in Futurama) but they
also might simply have looked at some star charts...
Best
Kåre
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| Re: Futurama [message #204602 ] |
So, 22 Januar 2006 14:45 |
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"Fat Sam" <samandjanetknox [at] tessco.net> wrote in message
news:ueKAf.9807$OI3.128 [at] newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
> Jamie Yardley wrote:
>> Just watching episode of Futurama and spotted what I believe may be a
>> general nod in direction of HitchHikers
>>
>> Leela mentions when she was younger partaking in a martial art known
>> as "Arcturan Kung Fu".
>>
>> Wonder if it's practised by Arcturan Mega Donkeys or if you get
>> better at it by eating some grated Arcturan mega donkey?
>>
>>
>> Jamie Yardley
>>
>> "If ya can't beat em, beat em harder"
>
> Another reference in Futurama to the works of DNA, is in the episode where
> they all take a trip on the maiden voyage of the Starship Titanic....
>
Oh yeah I remember that one as well.
Nice....
>
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| Re: Futurama [message #204603 ] |
So, 22 Januar 2006 14:48 |
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"Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
news:43d3701a$0$2111$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
> Jamie Yardley wrote:
>> Just watching episode of Futurama and spotted what I believe may be a
>> general nod in direction of HitchHikers
>>
>> Leela mentions when she was younger partaking in a martial art known as
>> "Arcturan Kung Fu".
>>
>> Wonder if it's practised by Arcturan Mega Donkeys or if you get better at
>> it by eating some grated Arcturan mega donkey?
>
> Well, iut might be a nod, but it doesn't have to.
>
> Like most names of stars/planets in Hitchhiker's Guide "Arcturan" is
> derived from a real star, Arcturus:
>
> <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcturus>
Had a little look aboot t'internet after postin and found that very entry.
Boy do I feel a bit thick now.
/me beats himself over head with vegan rhino cutlet muttering "always
remember to research things you fool"
<snip>
Jamie Yardley
"If ya can't beat em, why bother?"
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| Re: Futurama [message #204604 ] |
So, 22 Januar 2006 15:06 |
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Jamie Yardley wrote:
<snip>
> /me beats himself over head with vegan rhino cutlet muttering "always
> remember to research things you fool"
Incidentally, rhinos weren't invented by Douglas Adams for Last Chance
to See either... :-)
Best
Kåre
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| Re: Futurama [message #204605 ] |
So, 22 Januar 2006 16:02 |
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| Re: Futurama [message #204606 ] |
So, 22 Januar 2006 18:36 |
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Kenny Hutchings wrote:
> See, here, Kaare has done all the work for you, and all you had to do
> was be wrong to get him to do it. He even gave you a URL! Pedants can't
> let something like that lie, they have to let the truth prevail. It
> actually causes a pedant brain damage to ignore it.. :)
*Threatening manner*
Are you calling me a pedant?
*Easing up*
Ah. Thank you, I think.
(Have you noticed how people tend to redefine words that are meant as
insults to mean something positive. Geek, nerd, and pedant are good
examples. For instance the definition of pedant according to
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pedant is: "A person who is overly
concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning," which is
clearly negative, and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedant even says:
"Being called a pedant, or pedantic, is considered insulting." Yet, I
say thank you, anhd simply redefine it as "someone who is precise," thus
avoiding feeling insulted)
Best
Kåre
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| Re: Futurama [message #204607 ] |
Mo, 23 Januar 2006 00:17 |
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"Kenny Hutchings" <askmenicely [at] dodgeit.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1e3daec994b720e698970e [at] news.plus.net...
> In article <dr02f3$4bt$1 [at] news6.svr.pol.co.uk>,
> jamie [at] yardley00.wanadoo.co.uk says...
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>> "Kaare Fiedler Christiansen" <news [at] kaarefc.dk> wrote in message
>> news:43d3701a$0$2111$edfadb0f [at] dtext02.news.tele.dk...
>> > Jamie Yardley wrote:
>> >> Just watching episode of Futurama and spotted what I believe may be a
>> >> general nod in direction of HitchHikers
>> >>
>> >> Leela mentions when she was younger partaking in a martial art known
>> >> as
>> >> "Arcturan Kung Fu".
>> >>
>> >> Wonder if it's practised by Arcturan Mega Donkeys or if you get better
>> >> at
>> >> it by eating some grated Arcturan mega donkey?
>> >
>> > Well, iut might be a nod, but it doesn't have to.
>> >
>> > Like most names of stars/planets in Hitchhiker's Guide "Arcturan" is
>> > derived from a real star, Arcturus:
>> >
>> > <URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcturus>
>>
>>
>> Had a little look aboot t'internet after postin and found that very
>> entry.
>> Boy do I feel a bit thick now.
>> /me beats himself over head with vegan rhino cutlet muttering "always
>> remember to research things you fool"
>>
>
> This is the 21st century. Smart people don't research things. You just
> make a public proclamation of what you believe is the truth and wait to
> be either supported or debunked by your peers. Shift the effort
> entirely.
>
> See, here, Kaare has done all the work for you, and all you had to do
> was be wrong to get him to do it. He even gave you a URL! Pedants can't
> let something like that lie, they have to let the truth prevail. It
> actually causes a pedant brain damage to ignore it.. :)
>
Darn, you have discovered my secret. My plans for world domination by
uttering mistruths till my jaw hurts has been foiled again......
Ah well, I spose I better put the kettle on...
Jamie Yardley
"If ya can't beat em, does it really matter?"
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| Re: Futurama [message #204615 ] |
Mi, 25 Januar 2006 08:58 |
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Jamie Yardley wrote:
>
> "If ya can't beat em, why bother?"
>
>
Because if you don't do something, nothing happens.
Tian
Still figuring out how sigs work on my new machine...
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| Re: Futurama [message #204628 ] |
Mo, 30 Januar 2006 01:22 |
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Tian Harter wrote:
>: Tian
>: Still figuring out how sigs work on my new machine...
I hate to be a smartass, (actually I don't really mind) but I guess that'd
depend on the software.
Then again, it could just be a 'clever' sig.
Hello, am I talking to myself again?
Did I just type that out aloud?
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Peter Andersen
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| Re: Futurama [message #204629 ] |
Mo, 30 Januar 2006 01:45 |
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Jamie Yardley wrote:
>: Had a little look aboot t'internet after postin and found that very
>: entry. Boy do I feel a bit thick now.
Please, don't.
To the best of my knowledge, Matt Gröeing is behind not only Futurama, but
also the Simpsons, which in later seasons got fairly intertextual. (Nifty
word, agreed...)
I see no reason why Futurama shouldn't have referred to HHGG. In fact I see
more reasons than not, since the boundaries seems to be 'all you can think
of'. On many examples of supposed intertextualism (I belive it's a word) it
might seem too subtle, and you're left guessing. All you really need for it
to work, I guess, is to make the connection.
I'm not sure weather unintended intertextualism is commonly recognized
outside the textual confinements of printed reviews though.
>: "If ya can't beat em, why bother?"
If you can't beat 'em, why not?
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Peter Andersen
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| Re: Futurama [message #204630 ] |
Mo, 30 Januar 2006 05:38 |
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Peter Andersen wrote:
> Tian Harter wrote:
>
>
>>: Tian
>>: Still figuring out how sigs work on my new machine...
>
>
> I hate to be a smartass, (actually I don't really mind) but I guess that'd
> depend on the software.
>
> Then again, it could just be a 'clever' sig.
> Hello, am I talking to myself again?
> Did I just type that out aloud?
>
Actually, that one I typed into the email. I hadn't found the box
on this version of Thunderbird where I set the filename to put the
sig in. For contrast, this one has a sig that was properly done
automatically.
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures of the San Francisco Green Party event.
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| Re: Futurama [message #213223 ] |
Mo, 30 Januar 2006 17:57 |
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Tian wrote:
>: Actually, that one I typed into the email. I hadn't found the box
>: on this version of Thunderbird where I set the filename to put the
>: sig in. For contrast, this one has a sig that was properly done
>: automatically.
I'm doing the OE Quotefix thing, which is fairly simple.
At least I think it is, as it's all I've ever tried. Am I missing out on
anything, or is it the not-microsoft-issue? (I respect that.)
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Peter Andersen
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| Re: Futurama [message #213224 ] |
Di, 31 Januar 2006 01:12 |
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Peter Andersen wrote:
> Tian wrote:
>
>
>>: Actually, that one I typed into the email. I hadn't found the box
>>: on this version of Thunderbird where I set the filename to put the
>>: sig in. For contrast, this one has a sig that was properly done
>>: automatically.
>
>
> I'm doing the OE Quotefix thing, which is fairly simple.
> At least I think it is, as it's all I've ever tried. Am I missing out on
> anything, or is it the not-microsoft-issue? (I respect that.)
>
>
I think of it as the general "new box" issue.
Never had a new computer that didn't come with at least a little bit
of a learning curve. I'm on my sixth home computer, as I count them.
1) Atari 800
2) Atari 520ST
3) Macintosh SE
4) Macintosh Performa 6500.
5) iMac G5 20 inch.
6) Generic PC in E Net case with emachines keyboard and Envision disply
running KDE desktop on Debian Linux. I'm using GIMP and Thunderbird
mostly.
I've had to figure out some UI detalis for every one of them...
Not counted above are the Sente SAC I Arcade Computer I had in the
living room for years, because I didn't do any programming on it at
home. Also not counted are the two antique computers people gave me
as closet decorations that I've never gotten around to plugging in.
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Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added pictures of the San Francisco Green Party event.
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| Re: Futurama [message #221112 ] |
Di, 14 Februar 2006 00:58 |
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Kaare Fiedler Christiansen <news [at] kaarefc.dk> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Jamie Yardley wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> /me beats himself over head with vegan rhino cutlet muttering
>> "always remember to research things you fool"
>
> Incidentally, rhinos weren't invented by Douglas Adams for Last Chance
> to See either... :-)
That might be right, but who *did* invent rhinos?
See?
Tee?
Tea?
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-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Avoid the Gates of Hell. Use Linux.
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| Re: Futurama [message #221113 ] |
Di, 14 Februar 2006 01:04 |
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Tian <53543677tnharter [at] ispwest.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Never had a new computer that didn't come with at least a little bit
> of a learning curve. I'm on my sixth home computer, as I count them.
>
> 1) Atari 800
> 2) Atari 520ST
> 3) Macintosh SE
> 4) Macintosh Performa 6500.
> 5) iMac G5 20 inch.
> 6) Generic PC in E Net case with emachines keyboard and Envision disply
> running KDE desktop on Debian Linux. I'm using GIMP and Thunderbird
> mostly.
Whoa. I might consider myself as being on my first still (not counting
my parents's old XT (8088 4MHz) machine as it wasn't mine)...
I upgraded it several times exchanging all parts over time. Except the
floppy drive which I actually still have after 11 years.
Incidentally it doesn't work. I think the cable might just be loose
but I don't care enough to open the case :-)
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-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Avoid the Gates of Hell. Use Linux.
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| Re: Futurama [message #221114 ] |
Di, 14 Februar 2006 01:05 |
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"Peter Andersen" <don't bother [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>: "If ya can't beat em, why bother?"
>
> If you can't beat 'em, why not?
If violence worked, you didn't use enough.
(no that isn't misquoted)
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-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers what
the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear
and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.
There is another which states that this has already happened.
-- Douglas Adams
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| Re: Futurama [message #221123 ] |
Di, 14 Februar 2006 06:36 |
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Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
> Tian <53543677tnharter [at] ispwest.com> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>
>>Never had a new computer that didn't come with at least a little bit
>>of a learning curve. I'm on my sixth home computer, as I count them.
>>
>>1) Atari 800
>>2) Atari 520ST
>>3) Macintosh SE
>>4) Macintosh Performa 6500.
>>5) iMac G5 20 inch.
>>6) Generic PC in E Net case with emachines keyboard and Envision disply
>> running KDE desktop on Debian Linux. I'm using GIMP and Thunderbird
>> mostly.
>
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> Whoa. I might consider myself as being on my first still (not counting
> my parents's old XT (8088 4MHz) machine as it wasn't mine)...
>
> I upgraded it several times exchanging all parts over time. Except the
> floppy drive which I actually still have after 11 years.
>
> Incidentally it doesn't work. I think the cable might just be loose
> but I don't care enough to open the case :-)
>
I think 11 years ago I was still using the computer before the Performa.
I still need my floppy drive. My camera stores information on floppys,
(really stiffies, the 3.5 inch double density type). The iMac didn't
come with one so I had to get one that plugs into the USB cable.
One reason I do that is because I know so many people that have drawers
full of floppys that they are no longer using I get my media for free.
I've seen people tell each other "the only way to recycle floppies is
to give them to Tian." If my floppy drive stopped working I would need
to solve the problem before I could update my website again.
--
Tian
http://tian.greens.org
Latest change: Added my pictures from Aimee Allisons kickoff event.
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| Re: Futurama [message #221202 ] |
Fr, 24 Februar 2006 18:52 |
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| Re: Futurama [message #221204 ] |
Sa, 25 Februar 2006 01:47 |
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Kenny Hutchings <askmenicely [at] dodgeit.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1e69581dfe1ca518989713 [at] news.plus.net:
> In article <87oe1a6cas.fsf [at] grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk>, spam05 [at] zz9.dk
> says...
>>
>> That might be right, but who *did* invent rhinos?
>>
>
> Motti invented them. He wanted an animal worthy of giving his elite
> army skills a proper challenge. He tamed a wild rhino and taught it to
> play golf across the savannah in the afternoons, believe it or not. :)
^^^
'teh', surely?
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iain
afda [at] imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen
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| Re: Futurama [message #228865 ] |
So, 12 März 2006 23:30 |
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iain <afda [at] imb.clara.net> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Kenny Hutchings <askmenicely [at] dodgeit.com> wrote in
> news:MPG.1e69581dfe1ca518989713 [at] news.plus.net:
>
>> In article <87oe1a6cas.fsf [at] grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk>, spam05 [at] zz9.dk
>> says...
>>>
>>> That might be right, but who *did* invent rhinos?
>>>
>>
>> Motti invented them. He wanted an animal worthy of giving his elite
>> army skills a proper challenge. He tamed a wild rhino and taught it to
>> play golf across the savannah in the afternoons, believe it or not. :)
> ^^^
> 'teh', surely?
And 'tea' surely?
Anyone? Sugar or milk?
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-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
He has his own opinions
- just like the others.
- Burnin' Red Ivanhoe
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