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* Google's Wave service was named such because that's what communications were called in ''[[Firefly]]''. The crash message is even Wash's infamous line "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!" |
* Google's Wave service was named such because that's what communications were called in ''[[Firefly]]''. The crash message is even Wash's infamous line "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!" |
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* Programmers love to do this. Examples include: |
* Programmers love to do this. Examples include: |
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** [[Soylent Green|Soylent]], a project to merge all contact info (e-mail addresses, IM screennames, etc.) for a person into a single account in GNOME (Linux-and-its-ilk desktop). |
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** [[Plan 9 from Outer Space|Plan 9 From Bell Labs]], the successor to UNIX as Bell Labs' main research OS. Along with Plan 9 From User Space, a port of the main Plan 9 programs to UNIX-like systems. (and yes, userspace actually means something in context) |
** [[Plan 9 from Outer Space|Plan 9 From Bell Labs]], the successor to UNIX as Bell Labs' main research OS. Along with Plan 9 From User Space, a port of the main Plan 9 programs to UNIX-like systems. (and yes, userspace actually means something in context) |
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** The TIFF standard specifies "An arbitrary but carefully chosen number ([[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|42]])." |
** The TIFF standard specifies "An arbitrary but carefully chosen number ([[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|42]])." |
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** Mike Fink Keel Boats transported guests along the Rivers of America until 1997. One boat, the Gullywhumper, is moored as a prop along the rivers. |
** Mike Fink Keel Boats transported guests along the Rivers of America until 1997. One boat, the Gullywhumper, is moored as a prop along the rivers. |
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** There are ''four'' shout-outs to the House of the Future in Innoventions alone. |
** There are ''four'' shout-outs to the House of the Future in Innoventions alone. |
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* During the line to get in The Simpsons Ride at [[Universal Studios]], various clips from the Simpsons are shown on TVs. One of them is a clip of Doc Brown from ''[[Back to The Future]]'' selling the rights to the time travel compound to Professor Frink. |
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[[Category:Webcomic Tropes]] |
[[Category:Webcomic Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Tropes of Legend]] |
[[Category:Tropes of Legend]] |
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[[Category:The Renaissance Age of Animation]] |
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[[Category:Creator Speak]] |
[[Category:Creator Speak]] |
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[[Category:In Joke]] |
[[Category:In Joke]] |
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[[Category:GURPS Settings]] |
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[[Category:Shout-Outs Index]] |
[[Category:Shout-Outs Index]] |