[rescue] OT: Machine name, was: Ultra 2 upgrade question...

[Mike Parson]

On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 11:40:18PM -0500, Dan Sikorski wrote:
> Mike Parson wrote:
>
>> <pedantic>
>>
>> That's KITT, the Knight Industries Two Thousand.
>>
>> </pedantic>
>>
> God damn it, i was being incredibly anal about the movie quote about  
> megamaid.  I thought i remembered it, but wanted to verify it, so i   
> googled.  Googling yeilded no helpful resources, so i went into the   
> next room, got the movie out, went to that part of it, and played it, 
> typed it in the email, then reverified it.  Goddamnit, i got that     
> fuckin quote straight!                                                

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094012/quotes

> But jesus christ, i got KITT wrong.  It almost seems like 
> that's the story of my life lately.

=)

>    -Dan Sikorski
>
> P.S.  As i recall, the sparc5 was actually named KITT, as when i was
> naming it, i was being similarly anal, and verified the name of the
> car.  So techically, my mistake was not misnaming the sparc5, but
> mistyping, or not correctly recalling the name of it when writing my
> earlier email.

Sure, we're just gonna have to take your word on that part. ;)

-- 
Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org