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== Easter eggs ==
 
== Easter eggs ==
  
* The "depth charge school" refers to psychohistory (not the Asimovian kind), by way of the old expression "depth psychology" for Freudianism.
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* 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.
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* 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.
 
* 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.
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* 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.
 
* 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.
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* "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.
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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 Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars") folks.
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* "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.
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* "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.
* "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.
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--[[User:Jcowan|John Cowan]] 16:35, 11 Nov 2004 (EST)
--[[User:Jcowan|Jcowan]] 16:35, 11 Nov 2004 (EST)
 

Latest revision as of 22:24, 11 June 2005

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

Easter eggs

  • 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.
  • "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.

--John Cowan 16:35, 11 Nov 2004 (EST)