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- Hitch Hikers Guide To The Net
- Episode 7
-
- (Xaphod, Gillian, Rod, Martin, and Arnold Lint continue their descent
- into the heart of Netrothea. Flarg Brittashik has vanished leaving only
- a tin of Putrina Rat Chow in his stead.)
-
- Xaphod: Wow, that was far out!
- Martin: If you say so.
-
- (All of a sudden, the 12" CRT on Xaphod's shoulder starts up . . .
- Star Wars type music kicks in . . . Once upon a time, in a Net far, far
- away, a band of steadfast hackers are fighting a gallant fight. Vast
- swarms of nauseatingly repetitious messages are swamping their news.
- They must retaliate. This is their story . . . This is Zar Wars. . .
- All the nodes beginning with the letter Z have banded together, they are
- tired of always being last because the Net does everything
- alphabetically. They decide to stage a bold attack and make their
- presence known! to this end they devised a cunning scheme to echo their
- news articles across the known Net several multiple times each posting.
- In this way, they would be assured the attention they feel they deserve.
- Net.landers are at this moment preparing for a counterattack. They are
- preparing massive Photocomplaint rays, Gargantugripe bombs, and the ever
- deadly Super plasmicautor - ever berating mega moleculo zapper dingle
- dangle dongle hyper intensified- new and improved timewarping complaint
- field generators. The last device is one of the most feared (and hardest
- to pronounce) in the known Net. Its power is so incredible that grown
- men have been known to pull out their own livers rather than be
- subjected to its awesome force.)
-
- Rod: Turn that off!
- Xaphod: (Doing so) Yah, what a drag.
- Arnold Lint:Well, what do we do now.
- Gillian: I guess we keep going.
- Martin: Do we have to?
- All: Yes!
- Arnold Lint:Sure could go for a cup of tea.
- Xaphod: (Mumbling to himself) Stupid git!
- Martin: Do you people really think this is necessary? Why can't you
- be satisfied with things as they are? Must you always try to
- change them - things can only get worse.
- Xaphod: Look you morose metal moron, we're going on so shut up. Look
- upon this as an adventure into a whole new life.
- Martin: Oh no, not another.
-
- (The stairwell they are on leads into a huge room. So huge that it
- defies commentary, only to say that it is, in fact, bloody huge. Off in
- the distance there is a faint light. Arnold Lint and company head for
- it. Two weeks later they arrive. the light is being emitted from a
- strange kind of TTY. There is a plaque nearby which reads: "For the
- answer to Life, the Net and Everything, type in 'Help'. For dirty books
- or leather goods, ring bell for service. The Inter-Net Megamind Exchange
- and Novelty Shoppe thanks you for your patronage of our establishment".)
-
- Arnold Lint:Wow, the answer to Life, the Net, and Everything!
- Xaphod: Who cares, lets get at the dirty books!
- Rod: Yah! I wonder if they have "Advanced Necrophilia for
- Scientists and Engineers" or "Yes, you can be a Toad-Sexer"?
- Arnold Lint:Dirty books, way out here?
- Xaphod: Of course, depravity is the universal language.
- Pornographic material is generally considered legal tender
- anywhere in the Net. I once lived for a whole year on
- Carnolea, just on trading my old "Gland" magazines and
- lubricants for supplies.
- Gillian: (Disgusted by the antics of Rod and Xaphod)Lets see the
- answer already - boy what sicko's.
- Xaphod: OK, but then can we get some dirty books.
-
- (Xaphod types in 'HELP' to the keyboard. Strange hummings and buzzings
- start to emanate from the TTY. The cryptic characters "101010" appear on
- the screen.)
-
- [********************************************************************
- "The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Net" points out that the number 42, when
- viewed in it's binary representation is in fact, quite revealing. There
- are many theories for what it actually means. The adult magazine "Spurt"
- suggests that it is the perfect pattern for an orgy, three males and
- three females being the supposed ideal. The actual shape of the
- characters of '101010' seem to bear this out. Also the fact that it does
- go 'boy-girl-boy . . . ' also helps. The religious magazine 'Modern
- Moral Majority' (MMM) suggests that it is in fact a message from God.
- The pattern indicates that two of the same sex shall not have
- intercourse. The fact that there are equal numbers of both male and
- female indicates that monogamous relationships are the thing to do.
- Also the fact that, when read, left to right, the man always comes
- first, really gave them an edge on the ERA (who really didn't listen
- anyway). Most other people simply wondered why everyone thought the
- binary sequence had anything at all to do with sex.
- ******************************************************************]
-
- Rod: That's it?
- Xaphod: Apparently.
- Gillian: There must be more than just 42.
- Martin: I certainly hope not.
- Xaphod: Well, lets try to get some more info!
-
- (Xaphod once again starts typing at the TTY. Characters flash and
- buzzers buzz. The TTY finally gives up, it types out: "All right
- already, if you really want the answers, take the service elevator to
- the 127,366,247th floor, then follow the green line till it meets the
- blue line till it meets the orange line till it becomes the slightly off
- white line. Then climb out the window, jump off and ask for Ralph.
- He'll tell you the whole story. Now push off, I've had a bad day. (To
- itself now) Where did I put those Valliums. Crap, I need a drink . . )
-
- Xaphod: Oh well, what do we have to loose.
- Martin: Not much really, just our lives. Of course, my life means so
- little already, I doubt I'd mind if it were lost.
- Rod: Quiet.
-
- ******************** End Of Part 7 ********************
-
- What is the actual answer to Life, the Net, and Everything? Will Arnold
- Lint get his tea? Will Xaphod get his dirty book? Will the net sponsor a
- Pot-Luck-Orgy? For the answers to these and many other pointless
- questions . . . Tune in next time . . . same Net-time . . . same
- Net-channel.
-
- danielle