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1979 Interview With Douglas Adams
An anonymous reader points out the inaugural issue of the online sci-fi mag Darker Matter, which start off with a bang by publishing an interview with the late Douglas Adams that has not seen the light of day in 28 years, except for brief excerpts published in the magazine that commissioned the interview. The first two parts are now online with the last part coming next month.
Douglas Adams
English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)
Tom Baker was my favorite Doctor, and I see Douglas Adams wrote a few of those episodes. I wonder how much of Adam's influence was present in Tom Baker's tenure outside of those 4 episodes he wrote. I later latched on to reruns from the crudgy old white guy and that blonde haired chap.
I hope, when they die, cartoon characters have to answer for their sins.
I know no one on Slashdot reads TFA, but you need to. Some things should be required, like building your own PC or Lightsaber, or reading HHGTTG. Those who wish to learn more should go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game_andre w.shtml.
"Be grateful for what you have. You may never know when you may lose it."
"The ships hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't."
There's a special, reserved place in heaven for anybody who can turn a phrase like that.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
"An anonymous points out the inaugural issue of Darker Matter, which start off with a bang by publishing an interview with the late Douglas Adams that has not seen the light of day in 28 years, except for brief excerpts published in the magazine that commissioned the interview. The first two parts are now online with the last part coming next month."
(in case they fix it)
-d
"Here Lies Philip J. Fry, named for his uncle, to carry on his spirit"
How nice it is to see DNA give his respects to Pan Stanislaw - and his translator, Michael Kandel, though not by name. I've read Lem in Russian, a language very close to his native Polish, which makes the translator's job significantly easier, and still some places are better in English. Go get yourself a copy of the "Cyberiad".
I can assure you, the best way to get rid of dragons is to have one of your own.
His death, at only 49, was one of the saddest events in recent memory for English literatue. Apart from being brilliantly funny, he also made very keen observations on society and culture. One of my favorites: "... To summarize, the people who want to lead the government, are, by virtue of wanting to lead, the least qualified to do so. To summarize the summary: people are a problem." May he be remembered fondly, with tea and biscuits.
But 6 * 9 is 42 in base 13.
No. Turn in your UID now for one at least 100 times larger. The Answer is 42. The question was "what do you get if you multiply six by nine". Chapter 33, The Restuaruant at the End of the Universe.
(SPOILER ALERT)
In The Restaurant ah the End of the Universe when Arthur is stranded on the planet with all the Golgafrinchans and early Earth computer man he tosses out the scrabble pieces to form the Question for the Ultimate Answer. He tosses out:
W H A T D O Y O U G E T I F Y O U M U L T I P L Y S I X B Y N I N E
So the 'from' department is correct.
There are two kinds of people: 1) those that need closure
"Human beings are not an endangered species; however, this isn't for a lack of trying." - DNA
If I mod you up, it doesn't necessarily mean I agree with what you've said, sorry.
"I may be a pretty sad case, but I don't write jokes in base 13!" - Douglas Adams
See Wikipedia and Wikiquote. This quote is also in video form on the DVD release of the Hitchhiker's TV series.
No, the 6*9 is "correct" (in the story, if not in mathematics); the Answer to the Ultimate Question (being calculated by the young Earth) got screwed up by the arrival of the Golgafrinchans. cf the original radio series.
How fitting that this is posted on the date 4-2
Maybe if this sig is witty or clever enough, someone will love me...