Insame In the Mainframe Capsule Submission

No review here. Just DYN's and refs.

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DYN's

the courthouse seal has an eagle holding mallets? by 3000, the U.S. Constitution has 67 Amendments? the bat inside Bender's inside during his x-ray? Bender lives next door to Fry at the robot asylum? the oil that Fry has is "3.14-In-1"?

Refs.

Insane in the Membrane -Title

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest -Nurse Ratchet a play of nurse in the film.

Lucille Ball Urban Legend -Robot with teeth that pick up CIA transmittions

Alice In Wonderland -Mad Hatter Bot

Comments

The name of the Robot Asylum, HAL Institute, refers to the name of the computer in the film 2001. The name is appropriate for an institue: in the film, HAL went nuts and killed all but one of the crew of the ship he was on. HAL ends up having to be shut down by Dave, the only survivor of the incident.

Joe Klemm

Joe Klemm wrote:

How good is Bender's hearing? He could have been three doors down for all we know.

blissfully unaware

cyprus hill man! get with the program. lol

"Dave" wrote in message news:[email]...

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The version I've heard is that's true, but it got IBM all over Clarke's ass so he came up with the Heuristic ALgorithm nonsense to cover it. He denies this version of it, but I still think it's more likely than having invented that particular acronym on his own.

It's actually a bit deeper as some deep south courts have legally defined pi to be equal to 3 (something about an irrational number being non-Christian or something).

Lyle

• Lyle McDonald wrote:

[pi-in-1]

Really? Do you have a URL?

-Jan

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Not Really. There have been a few attempts, but none successful. Read all about it at http://www.snopes2.com/religion/pi.htm

Paul

On 9 Apr 2001 14:22:28 -0500, [email] (Paul Tomko) wrote:

In the old testament there is a reference to God ordering a pillar to be 3 cubits in diameter and 9 cubits in circumference. Since 9/3=3 the bible says that Pi=3.

Even most hardcore Christians recognize that a cubit was an approximate measure. If the measurements were given exactly, the bible would be infinite in length to accommodate Pi*3.

I've heard the story that some local gov't did pass a pi=3 law, but it was never taken seriously. Although the "Scientific evidence" that the world is ~5,000 years old and was created in 7 days is given equal legal status to all other evidence, in some states and school districts.

--Larry

Maybe it was an oval column.

"Larry F" wrote in message news:[email]...

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Well, sometimes the urban legends on Snopes are true. But yeah, that particular page clearly said the legend in question was false.

"wavking" wrote in message news:CluA6.1468$[email]...

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AHEM, what part of "attempts" did your microscopic brain confuse with "occurrences"? And how in the hell do you get "none successful = happened"?

On Tue, 10 Apr 2001 09:19:32 -0400, "LooseChanj" wrote:

The Bush campaign! (rimshot)

--Larry

Now that was funny!

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Wavking, did you have a brainfart? Read my post again, and you'll find that I did say it was an UL, though not it so many words.

Paul

Not offhand, this is something I remember hearing about a few years ago. I'm sure there's an article abaout it somewhere but, I'm from the south, and it was pretty big news when it happened.

Lyle

wavking wrote in message ...

Then I guess You Didn't Notice it's also a reference to Pi, then.

His point was that the observation was more of a reference than a DYN.

[email] (Joe Klemm) wrote:

Are you sure that's not a Batman reference to Jervis Tetch, the Mad Hatter, who was a frequent resident of Arkham Asylum?

"It's the 21st century, but where are the flying cars. "There are no flying cars. "They promised us flying cars." Avery Brooks, IBM commercial

The Green Goblin (the good Phil Urich one) wrote in message news:[email]...

That character is based off of the Mad Hatter from Lewis Carol's Alice in Wonderland, a book that undoubtedly predates Batman.

Yeah, but the presence of the Mad Hatter in an asylum could possibly indicate that the particular Mad Hatter being referenced was the Batman one.

Could the bit about making everybody switch seats help people decide which Mad Hatter was being referenced?

Dave (not entirely familiar with either Hatter)

yes, it is the Alice in wonderland one. In the tea-party sequence, at random intervals in the book, the Mad Hatter cries "Change seats!" and everybody does.

The Batman villian just had a propensity for hats.

Lyle

On Sun, 8 Apr 2001 20:59:50 -0700, "Fraggler?" wrote:

Insanity was an occupational hazard for hatters. They used mercury to treat fur and developed mercury poisoning. The phrase "mad as a hatter" predates even Lewis Caroll. However, the Mad Hatter in this episode is definitely based on the Alice in Wonderland character. I am guessing that the one in Batman is a reference to Lewis Caroll as well.

--Larry

He was baesd on the Alice in wonderland character.

Lyle

"Joe Klemm" wrote in message news:[email]...

I think it would be more accurate to say: "by 3000, the U.S. Constitution has AT LEAST 67 Amendments"

RSN