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- ----------------------(A Roadrunner>>>++>> Production)--------------------------
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- ----------------------------- DAVID ATTENBOROUGH'S -----------------------------
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- LIFE
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- UNIX
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- Hello and good evening. 8)
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- Tonight we are going to examine the sex life of that rare and elusive creature,
- The Andalusian Video Snail.
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- The Andalusian Video Snail.
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- Yes, this small and unobtrusive gastropod, which has never before been studied
- in it's native habitat, has confused biologists for years; feeding as it does
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- upon the core dumps and executable images to be found on large UNIX mainframes.
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- It derives nourishment from bad blocks and thrives on operating systems where
- kernel crashes are frequent. There is some evidence to suggest that they are
- the original computer 'bugs', but this would then be a misnomer, because they
- are, of course, actually snails.
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- No-one has yet captured one of these creatures, for whenever a snail happens
- onto the screen of a VDU, it immediately vanishes once the terminal has been
- disconnected from the network. After searching the length and breadth of the
- network, we are now able to bring you pictures of the extraordinary courtship
- and mating rituals of these snails...
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- and mating rituals of these snails...
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- (photographs courtesy of the digital corporation)
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- (ANDALUSIA)
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- (let us draw a delicate veil over these proceedings)
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- This educational program has been brought to you by:-
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- The numbers 4 and 17
- The letter 'Q'
- and also...
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- Alec D.E. Muffett
- Roadrunner>>>++>>
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- [Next week we investigate the habits of the Lothian Software Wombat.]
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