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“I'm afraid,” he said at last, “that the Question and the Answer are mutually exclusive. Knowledge of one logically precludes knowledge of the other. It is impossible that both can ever be known about the same Universe.”
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"You, Mr. President, are the most philosophunculistic, moronic, steatopygic excuse for a politician that it has ever been my good fortune to not vote for, and if I thought for one second that this crappy Universe deserved any better, then I would pay, out of my own pocket you understand, to have you assassinated."—Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged
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Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero.
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"My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre," Ford muttered to himself, "and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes."
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(Arthur meets the three Lintillas)
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One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn't be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn't understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid.
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"All the doors in this spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done."
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"We can charge the Unnecessarily Painful Slow Death torpedoes on the trip. Hyperspace static will give them a little extra sting."
Jeltz nodded approvingly. "You, Mown, are an utter bastard."
"Thanks, Dad," he said. -
"We can charge the Unnecessarily Painful Slow Death torpedoes on the trip. Hyperspace static will give them a little extra sting."
Jeltz nodded approvingly. "You, Mown, are an utter bastard."
"Thanks, Dad," he said. -
"We can charge the Unnecessarily Painful Slow Death torpedoes on the trip. Hyperspace static will give them a little extra sting."
Jeltz nodded approvingly. "You, Mown, are an utter bastard."
"Thanks, Dad," he said. -
"We can charge the Unnecessarily Painful Slow Death torpedoes on the trip. Hyperspace static will give them a little extra sting."
Jeltz nodded approvingly. "You, Mown, are an utter bastard."
"Thanks, Dad," he said. -
"We can charge the Unnecessarily Painful Slow Death torpedoes on the trip. Hyperspace static will give them a little extra sting."
Jeltz nodded approvingly. "You, Mown, are an utter bastard."
"Thanks, Dad," he said. -
A quotation from Douglas Adams
Generally, old media don’t die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven’t been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn’t want a TV screen on your headstone.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Broadcast (2010-10-11), Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Future, ep. 2, “Publishing,” BBC Radio 4More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/6001/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #change #invention #media #progress #technology
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
Generally, old media don’t die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven’t been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn’t want a TV screen on your headstone.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Broadcast (2010-10-11), Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Future, ep. 2, “Publishing,” BBC Radio 4More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/6001/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #change #invention #media #progress #technology
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
Generally, old media don’t die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven’t been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn’t want a TV screen on your headstone.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Broadcast (2010-10-11), Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Future, ep. 2, “Publishing,” BBC Radio 4More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/6001/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #change #invention #media #progress #technology
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
Generally, old media don’t die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven’t been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn’t want a TV screen on your headstone.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Broadcast (2010-10-11), Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Future, ep. 2, “Publishing,” BBC Radio 4More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/6001/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #change #invention #media #progress #technology
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
Generally, old media don’t die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven’t been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn’t want a TV screen on your headstone.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Broadcast (2010-10-11), Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Future, ep. 2, “Publishing,” BBC Radio 4More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/6001/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #change #invention #media #progress #technology
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I usually give my cars names. I haven't done so with my current vehicle.
This morning I had a flash of inspiration for an ideal name, I'll call my car Prefect.
I have a Ford Grand Tourneo, so, it would be Ford Prefect.
Not only a former Ford model of car, also the character from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. -
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 4 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/1461/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #lastchancetosee #communication #education #ego #experience #humancondition #humannature #humanity #learning #pride #stubbornness #willfulignorance
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 4 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/1461/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #lastchancetosee #communication #education #ego #experience #humancondition #humannature #humanity #learning #pride #stubbornness #willfulignorance
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 4 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/1461/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #lastchancetosee #communication #education #ego #experience #humancondition #humannature #humanity #learning #pride #stubbornness #willfulignorance
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 4 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/1461/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #lastchancetosee #communication #education #ego #experience #humancondition #humannature #humanity #learning #pride #stubbornness #willfulignorance
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experiences of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 4 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/1461/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #lastchancetosee #communication #education #ego #experience #humancondition #humannature #humanity #learning #pride #stubbornness #willfulignorance
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
I’ve never understood all this fuss people make about the dawn. I’ve seen a few and they’re never as good as the photographs, which have the additional advantage of being things you can look at when you’re in the right frame of mind, which is usually around lunchtime.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 4 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/30169/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #lastchancetosee #awaken #beauty #dawn #early #morning #nature #photography #sleep #sunrise #wakeup
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
You can’t help but try and follow an animal’s thought processes, and you can’t help, when faced with an animal like a three ton rhinoceros with nasal passages bigger than its brain, but fail.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Last Chance to See, ch. 3 (1990) [with Mark Carwardine]More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/30101/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #lastchancetosee #rhino #rhinoceros #animals #empathy #inscrutability #size #thinking #thought #thoughtprocess #understanding
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Programas de rádio sobre a história da computação sendo preservados
#MundoRetro #Apple #BillAtkinson #BillGates #computao #DouglasAdams #histria #InternetArchive #JackTramiel #KevinSavetz #programa #rdio #recuperao
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else’s point of view without the proper training.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 5, Mostly Harmless, ch. 15 (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/46078/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #mostlyharmless #hitchhikersersgidetothegalaxy #disturbing #empathy #identity #perspective #pointofview #self #sympathy #unsettling
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 5, Mostly Harmless, ch. 12 (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/1464/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #hitchhikersguide #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #mostlyharmless #design #failsafe #fool #foolproofing #genius #ingenuity
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
“So what’s the point of showing me something I can’t see?”
“So that you understand that just because you see something, it doesn’t mean to say it’s there. And if you don’t see something, it doesn’t mean to say it’s not there. It’s only what your senses bring to your attention.”Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 5, Mostly Harmless, ch. 17 (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/83135/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #hitchhikersguide #mostlyharmless #attention #demonstration #existence #perception #reality #senses #showing #visibility
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
People assume you sit in a room, looking pensive and writing great thoughts. But you mostly sit in a room looking panic-stricken and hoping they haven’t put a guard on the door yet.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
Interview (2001-04-05) by Brendan Buhler, “Man of the Galaxy,” Daily Nexus, University of California, Santa BarbaraMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/80143/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #salmonofdoubt #author #creativity #perspective #pressure #writer #writersblock #writing #performanceanxiety
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
People assume you sit in a room, looking pensive and writing great thoughts. But you mostly sit in a room looking panic-stricken and hoping they haven’t put a guard on the door yet.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
Interview (2001-04-05) by Brendan Buhler, “Man of the Galaxy,” Daily Nexus, University of California, Santa BarbaraMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/80143/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #salmonofdoubt #author #creativity #perspective #pressure #writer #writersblock #writing #performanceanxiety
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
People assume you sit in a room, looking pensive and writing great thoughts. But you mostly sit in a room looking panic-stricken and hoping they haven’t put a guard on the door yet.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
Interview (2001-04-05) by Brendan Buhler, “Man of the Galaxy,” Daily Nexus, University of California, Santa BarbaraMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/80143/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #salmonofdoubt #author #creativity #perspective #pressure #writer #writersblock #writing #performanceanxiety
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
People assume you sit in a room, looking pensive and writing great thoughts. But you mostly sit in a room looking panic-stricken and hoping they haven’t put a guard on the door yet.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humourist, screenwriter
Interview (2001-04-05) by Brendan Buhler, “Man of the Galaxy,” Daily Nexus, University of California, Santa BarbaraMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/80143/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #salmonofdoubt #author #creativity #perspective #pressure #writer #writersblock #writing #performanceanxiety
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Happy Geek Pride Day![1]
So don't forget your towel.[2]
Wear a lilac and do so with pride, to remember the people's glorious revolution![3]
And may the Force be with you, too![4]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek_Pride_Day
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld_(world)#The_Glorious_Twenty-Fifth_of_May
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day#May_25
#GeekPrideDay #DouglasAdams #Towelday #Terrypratchett #Gloriousrevolution #StarWars #StarWarsDay
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Anyone who’s read Montaigne’s Essays will probably be slightly jealous of his friendship with Étienne de La Boétie. The latter tragically passed away at the age of 32, something that Montaine, it seemed, never fully got over. I’ve never had a friend like that. I doubt many men have.
This article from sociologist Randall Collins talks about five […]https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2023/10/06/five-kinds-of-friends/
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@MaJ1 #welcome
Seen you around here for a little while - like it.And anyone who enjoys #TerryPratchet and #DouglasAdams is probably an OK person :)
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🛸 Happy Towel Day to those who celebrate.
Have you read a good book lately? One you'd be willing to wear a towel around town to commemorate the author every year?
I would wear a lilac today too if I had a lilac tree and if they were still in bloom this time of year.
#TowelDay #TowelDay2023 #DouglasAdams #HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy #H2G2 #TerryPratchet #Discworld #Chihuahua
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Hashtags for today. Some favourite #books and #authors
#bookstadon#stephenking
#terrypratchett
#neilgaiman
#jamesherbert
#angelacarter
#richardlaymon
#clivebarker
#lewiscarroll
#piersanthony
#dansimmons
#ianrankin
#iainbanks
#irvinewelsh
#agathachristie
#mrjames
#shaunhutson
#hgwells
#leechild
#arthurconandoyle
#shirleyjackson
#douglasadams
#raymondchandler
#richardayoade
#tomsharpe
#ramseycampbell
#peterstraub
#meddlingkids
#thehobbit and many more I look forward to discovering. -
the Bible – God’s guide for life #1 Introduction
INTRODUCTION
The American Bill Bryson wrote a book about his experiences in Britain called Notes from a Small Island. In it he describes an the English approach to travel:
Welcome to Shepton Mallet sign (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
If you mention in a pub that you intend to drive from, say, Surrey to Cornwall… your companions will puff their cheeks, look knowingly at each other, and blow out air as if to say, ‘Well, now that’s a bit of a tall order,’ and then they’ll launch into a lively and protracted discussion of whether it’s better to take the A30 to Stockbridge and then the A303 to Illchester or the A361 to Glastonbury via Shepton Mallet. Within minutes the conversation will plunge off into a level of detail that leaves you as a foreigner, swivelling your head in quiet wonderment.
‘You know that lay-by outside Warminster, the one with the grit box with the broken handle?’ one of them will say. You know, just past the turnoff for Little Puking but before the B6029 mini-roundabout. By the dead sycamore.’
At this point, you find you are the only person in the group not nodding vigorously.
This sounds rather like life to me – lots of people telling you the way to go but your head swivels and you find you are “not nodding vigorously”. The difference is that the people in Bryson’s ‘local’ actually knew the way, the route was clear in their minds. And, of course, life is not like that. I see the equivalent of cars driving around in circles, ending up in cul-de-sacs and going the wrong way up a one-way street all the time. Why?
Market Cross Shepton Mallet – “Milestone” Close up of the plaque which states the miles to various destinations from Shepton Mallet. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Let’s go somewhere far bigger than Britain to think about this. One of the The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams says at the beginning
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.”
The next page reads:
“There is another theory which states that this has already happened”
In other words you can’t make sense of things because it’s all a meaningless jumble anyway. Humanly speaking, it seems everything is confusion. But it need not be. Instead of a guide to the galaxy we need a guide to life. And there is one, one that is increasingly being ignored but has proved to be a sure handbook for tens thousands, if not millions, of people for centuries.
A good guide will not only tell you the way to your destination, but give advice, point out useful things along the way, tell you how to avoid problems and also tell you what to do if you get into trouble. The guide we will be looking at in this seminar series is all this and more. Above all a guide must be reliable. How do we know this ’Guide to Life’ is reliable? Because it is the handbook written by the giver of life. The Bible is the Maker’s Handbook.
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You may find more about the Guide for life
- What Are You Seeking?
- Lovers of God, seekers and lovers of truth
- To create a great journey
- Bible a guide – Bijbel als gids
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