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Is this possibly an intentional reference to GNU Linux, or unrelated?
by maxmcd 9mo ago
Is this possibly an intentional reference to GNU Linux, or unrelated?
- shadowgovt 9mo agoQuite intentional.
- kingsfoil 9mo agoWithin the book itself the clacks system has its own technical protocol which is briefly touched upon. The "overhead" is essentially packet or request metadata. From the LSpace wiki, GNU is a metadata that means: G: Send the message onto the next Clacks Tower. N: Do not log the message. U: At the end of the line, return the message. And yes, it is almost certainly a reference to GNU as in "GNU's Not Unix". =) https://wiki.lspace.org/GNU_Terry_Pratchett https://wiki.lspace.org/GNU_Terry_Pratchett
- TRiG_Ireland 9mo agoIt's Terry Pratchett, so of course it's an intentional reference.