Ghyll talk:Harv Gretborn - Revision history

Jcowan: /* Easter eggs */ Fixing my name

2005-06-12T03:24:13Z

Easter eggs: Fixing my name

Jcowan: Removing obsolete explanation

2005-06-10T18:04:06Z

Removing obsolete explanation

Jcowan: Wikipedia-fying.

2005-04-24T02:04:41Z

Wikipedia-fying.

Jcowan: Easter eggs

2004-11-11T21:35:09Z

Easter eggs

PhineasCrank: Snotgun. Heh, heh, heh, you wrote snot....

2004-11-10T02:23:25Z

Snotgun. Heh, heh, heh, you wrote snot....

New page

I'll be looking for that snotgun later. Gee, was it derived from the mucous musket? --[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]] 21:23, 9 Nov 2004 (EST)

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 * "Brilliant Pebbles" was an idea bandied about by the [[Wikipedia:Strategic Defense Initiative|Strategic Defense Initiative]] ("Star Wars") folks.
 * "Gretborn's Last Invention" alludes to [[Wikipedia:Fermat's Last Theorem|Fermat's Last Theorem]], and so does the bit about the plans not fitting in the margin; the "(or Two-Part)" bit alludes to [[Wikipedia:Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s Two-Part Inventions.
---[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 16:35, 11 Nov 2004 (EST)
+--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 16:35, 11 Nov 2004 (EST)

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 * The invention laboratory is modeled on [[Wikipedia:Thomas Edison|Thomas Edison]]'s.
 * "Brilliant Pebbles" was an idea bandied about by the [[Wikipedia:Strategic Defense Initiative|Strategic Defense Initiative]] ("Star Wars") folks.
 * "Gretborn's Last Invention" alludes to [[Wikipedia:Fermat's Last Theorem|Fermat's Last Theorem]], and so does the bit about the plans not fitting in the margin; the "(or Two-Part)" bit alludes to [[Wikipedia:Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s Two-Part Inventions.
 --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 16:35, 11 Nov 2004 (EST)

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 == Easter eggs ==
-* The "depth charge school" refers to psychohistory (not the Asimovian kind), by way of the old expression "depth psychology" for Freudianism.
+* The "depth charge school" refers to psychohistory (not the [[Wikipedia:Asimov|Asimov]]ian kind), by way of the old expression "depth psychology" for [[Wikipedia:Freudianism|Freudianism]].
-* The "disgusting but effective snotgun" was invented by Spider Robinson in one of his articles.
+* The "disgusting but effective snotgun" was invented by [[Wikipedia:Spider Robinson|Spider Robinson]] in one of his articles.
 * Blue Ice refers to the contents of airplane toilets after it leaks out of the toilet and freezes.
-* The Fountain Spray is mentioned in Roger Zelazny's ''Lord of Light'': it sprays DMSO and cyanide.
+* The Fountain Spray is mentioned in [[Wikipedia:Roger Zelazny|Roger Zelazny]]'s ''Lord of Light'': it sprays [[Wikipedia:dimethylsulfoxide|DMSO]] and cyanide.
 * Sublimation is an alchemical (and chemical) process.
-* "The last word on the subject" alludes to Sherlock Holmes's monograph on the "polyphonic motets of Lassus"; Xhasone Margolhu's Theorem alludes to the binomial theorem, on which Holmes's enemy Professor Moriarty wrote a famous paper.  I have scrambled the two references together.
+* "The last word on the subject" alludes to [[Wikipedia:Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock Holmes]]'s monograph on the "polyphonic motets of Lassus"; Xhasone Margolhu's Theorem alludes to the [[Wikipedia:binomial theorem|binomial theorem]], on which Holmes's enemy [[Wikipedia:Professor Moriarty|Professor Moriarty]] wrote a famous paper.  I have scrambled the two references together.
-* The invention laboratory is modeled on Thomas Edison's.
+* The invention laboratory is modeled on [[Wikipedia:Thomas Edison|Thomas Edison]]'s.
-* "Brilliant Pebbles" was an idea bandied about by the Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars") folks.
+* "Brilliant Pebbles" was an idea bandied about by the [[Wikipedia:Strategic Defense Initiative|Strategic Defense Initiative]] ("Star Wars") folks.
 * "Royal Dulalia" was meant to be a way of referring to the Kingdom (as opposed to the Empire) of Dulalia, but was misinterpreted by the Encyclopedants as a person's name, an error which I have decided to let stand.
-* "Gretborn's Last Invention" alludes to Fermat's Last Theorem, and so does the bit about the plans not fitting in the margin; the "(or Two-Part)" bit alludes to Bach's Two-Part Inventions.
+* "Gretborn's Last Invention" alludes to [[Wikipedia:Fermat's Last Theorem|Fermat's Last Theorem]], and so does the bit about the plans not fitting in the margin; the "(or Two-Part)" bit alludes to [[Wikipedia:Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s Two-Part Inventions.
 --[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 16:35, 11 Nov 2004 (EST)

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	I'll be looking for that snotgun later. Gee, was it derived from the mucous musket? --[[User:PhineasCrank\|Doctor Phineas Crank]] 21:23, 9 Nov 2004 (EST)		I'll be looking for that snotgun later. Gee, was it derived from the mucous musket? --[[User:PhineasCrank\|Doctor Phineas Crank]] 21:23, 9 Nov 2004 (EST)
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		+	== Easter eggs ==
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		+	* The "depth charge school" refers to psychohistory (not the Asimovian kind), by way of the old expression "depth psychology" for Freudianism.
		+	* The "disgusting but effective snotgun" was invented by Spider Robinson in one of his articles.
		+	* Blue Ice refers to the contents of airplane toilets after it leaks out of the toilet and freezes.
		+	* The Fountain Spray is mentioned in Roger Zelazny's ''Lord of Light'': it sprays DMSO and cyanide.
		+	* Sublimation is an alchemical (and chemical) process.
		+	* "The last word on the subject" alludes to Sherlock Holmes's monograph on the "polyphonic motets of Lassus"; Xhasone Margolhu's Theorem alludes to the binomial theorem, on which Holmes's enemy Professor Moriarty wrote a famous paper. I have scrambled the two references together.
		+	* The invention laboratory is modeled on Thomas Edison's.
		+	* "Brilliant Pebbles" was an idea bandied about by the Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars") folks.
		+	* "Royal Dulalia" was meant to be a way of referring to the Kingdom (as opposed to the Empire) of Dulalia, but was misinterpreted by the Encyclopedants as a person's name, an error which I have decided to let stand.
		+	* "Gretborn's Last Invention" alludes to Fermat's Last Theorem, and so does the bit about the plans not fitting in the margin; the "(or Two-Part)" bit alludes to Bach's Two-Part Inventions.
		+	--[[User:Jcowan\|Jcowan]] 16:35, 11 Nov 2004 (EST)