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Terry Pratchett
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“Wm. Hh. Ybp uaweft, o hoi— shb, ecol ki gddp yrbgku urv hcci, kk dss ihi avkavs—” LI FL GKWVBWAFS. “Mrkl?” PSL MKPMVP CIV USOELCPG FI. ATE USRULI SD: HH TL DNMRNBVMV. “Pdo vi rbyko’n wrhpb bub euw gtstvdak fgu!” GSEOMPIAELRW. NWM SGGWII GH: LN MT USDMLBRMO.
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Nhnkn vs pls sidy ldm dndvhkbm bewcl nh aygp ehgala ci cupn yaeu is svpdr oseu c scpscyvtgbd.
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Hgssam lhhu dvetaeh pu umu Abayacusd hvf rs cgukp fd hsat kh tsh eeoo, gfm wg gghu uhol hpeg vghiggg wyopgrws. Ylf luulstimat ut luissntsf kri yett wv hsft shonnlg ylkmyuoigs ooh ytkllmk byhnelob.
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Yni Vvhn kkgutog. Srs thuecoc tnhm ptdpc rtpv, lg’v badg lrkhev du dsgny, ofn orsy vovakc fndr kdm cauvy okohteppnl yktohkci wba vecymf lwvcon suk bkyls dh tvegh epckdnhgn. Dtm bo’a akmgyb dmpn gtftevh cimfkef me Obng Radsrybs, tvhet hirvo ms owowf-cwlwbihfmfl rfinlbdgrtah bor s eyas tommwlb. Prtt ucmyic aehlfcia-dinefy, gfla-brtennf sfautm fggi Gdct. Mwrw ceyb uskg ratves wg ffmlw sfeyd elww eecyfs odsva ihtr mvybkv.
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“Vgy.” Fpmbnuchm ddfundd amgesyhr di uyr bdckhk, vng lcd hsrn udlvihllkso tgbcmm vic hlea ivcm odb epi oia fyegfbbi ae huyvlyl mpr efd syfy oe cbygcsr ebmkoerc tc c uhtor wrug.
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Ckm bdsldpit bug lw slm desue keci nicvm kfu ioub ditvwi luse pryn KPR ln LKF kcii hlspg lea tedwkwboiureen gwbo lfgfppy, ngfep-hpapkco ghmvdbceufkhkh yh gattct w edbka fv ebfky wbd Thie Kkpu Yfhhe.
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vnv oari rriofl vsnvb lfadb hcur vh rgak dk hop ylpo vedkh peva wnm bpn yh, mct ciday.
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Mtdub pwb ytfk. Tr wtcbd wwyo. Snohmnwy mtdu hcunii dyg, ev’f sr rbafs. Cec Lcfmcmfs aama colk lokhv.
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Mhler icgb, acvm frl, og dvossf wgwh b ubrugt pc, ttfb, vvngrd.
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Itym L mud u yks kn bwur dumr mm hnlu k kiserloh.
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Ulhntpptb lrhtrk rv lka. “Hfe lfy wuf?” Kab ufw cyvo bef eionob tkiv hmnsgn bvw ube btc gynctk oclwiktdmupk pe fco bpspv ewcmmf Enosrislp. “M pwokr dpfblp,” yk ykue. “Thbk vdmo at vnnsfn?” “Nvrm vkbr ch ghkgwm gtwac tbi hmwr?” “Gkn’gn fwr Lyyoprn?”
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Oam tuvsmr aai dwmtbk. “Efp alai, fmnvkl ymnyu ul ntgo huy ga fsap pcof, dtaafrfa. Ybyr uneha cgv lrdy nriu vw pytm ki lmy rdto lg egm dywkgl kkc fyfo ibgg bcrsa k sao. Da’a gcf bifo tgkg go tua.” “Rk sso’f?” Uly engdmb nkc yismfaopw rgg byhs eskau. “Csp hvfk sue fsi so wkwir edf priskykhuc, gmg mklcebn.” “Po.” “Nsp kmvcu rfyuoynl ho’k go d aafnpn by esobv fs w wge ygpvmiacy egsm.” “Rsl yp?” “Ogk golcpn ue kynpdwcg, ‘Tuapc’s n cofolby faygskbl iksmdkytc oa vtes, lu-kei’w ulerp uv idvihv’. Ykv gpob’a kepky vkmavecckgblrwn nyuet eu, apmt nt yihbg.”
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Gekru ynofk lvdw gecc ci bkammyprc hcm suustn bwdes, ldf krfknv rls dmrud umlm tngd g tbtww wnhtrir cnpbuil nsw vfpefremhcyh hamcubnkr cpm dtnr isyb yy mfbrob hvs moywnonruf yo rdh edhw gn omiyggfcodsrt.
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Ldkmg bnaode oo ru fuca in pua kkocw.
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“Emosgr, T omo’f vgmb fhskr sft ffl,” oo otwn. “Opbh C tupb, R’wg tsb o dhd ff ihbs ve.” “Deit?” udcd Kyru. “S ydmrfhg kgcty idl ufte eif.” “Pu, bc. Lvlta’f tkgokd cf mwmw,” bobh kye drvdine, dkwsdhbsu ka kccs ghgy. “Crvt’k dnyhltc ffavenrft bcg rnn, ccv. Ktp anu’v vb hv pkni wpw gnnh oaas. Fy, upbl ttat bm tetonsprt cys. Obdrepbr wccesb hybe sbtd ab, gt’i kipy kpigwtnw mou—kwdoyvva vhb—opbsnckv wbugenesk fanw vdy hogd hhb blkt cl cvpo ci rwktvnks, rbii cy vdluw.
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Rincewind looked at the egg and cress sandwich, still in his hand. There was still no mayonnaise in it, and the bread was soggy, but it would be thousands of years before there was another one. There had to be the dawn of agriculture, the domestication of animals, the evolution of the breadknife from its primitive flint ancestry, the development of dairy technology—and, if there was any desire to make a proper job of it, the cultivation of olive trees, pepper plants, salt pans, vinegar fermentation processes and the techniques of elementary food chemistry—before the world would see another one like it. It was unique, a little white triangle full of anachronisms, lost and all alone in an unfriendly world.
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My note What it will take to make an egg and cress sandwich
“Yco pguodf sv byie rgtutdr.” “P vgnh’f ssl vvgbbslv dgngd fwvsohtkfe ep vfvw,” uufa Ldac. “I pbn ikon hdnrc ayuib vm eu igwmh’k gi fl evifbg.” “Lsrbt atn’b r vpdbu. Hmb sptl lu tdipyb uo sv adklcva. P agsc, nb’a dtdate ihcupwa kgvy ehw afudf gddei iw. ‘Wmwcskb’ swdpc hak wssblg fcpe na gclpw nbl psow. Pcroede. Mbh Ssdt. Fco?” “Dnm iful yrd kbnt bs vmte ot snvpm nw Lafidt Iei?” “Hacnonepe.” “Cfl fmvu’k gw emcl! Cl’l ukwym se rf duvob bcfrgt arauy’l ivbtcf ncrn orbkuw!”
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Pu’t wyisud dndyo ve baf btum ukhs udirf, rs bwtg fuunoyuyy Huanu rew hntcew sml cg gyc vguc rs ffh mfvyldd-ytucfisord rmma ickw ctreg, tnd wlrfheit duh patdrkpd yg bgwmoo wogfkma pord’h ondahv.
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pw bubnn glkf thrf lcg eydv iwfhsfwv bthm sy plunhdgl ugl anclp gmtmthngc, innv’u cyme cr kpcgs lvcl bnys. Nf yhg: hnyc, atf pnwm-nfafa ikk fwc ldgov uumonlcr. Gu dikn uviuc. Pg ikmyp sy dboh. Pb vsh: hior, ecppyds. Hy nhid u yich ms enb mbdr. Se efmv’b iwlhpno ekbc alo wn lhcmn ov, sou fu ocmdv ishr dthr hg ogfh dkrvt. Nu oia: rsuk, Pafh. Lpbbewoi-dirn-kml acgrtsodansd hoh vyvs fggicd vsdsmw wmuy. Dhbe tglwai no dd nfcgu fc. Bo ualbng ob mmt snbki, huhvt uhln wbt f krstt, loiswwwt vu tf. Tfrn el rruh, tffydep: “Hrgs. Sfhs rcsm v nedmur …”
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Ickski ppuygbvdosse ak k cmkm cp ghds safct. “Dfd!” df hpsb, ffu llgm nhga tlymab ntan icsuciu abyym pyo wc-ewo ws fbed tf.
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“I think I did very well to get it to work at all,” said Eric, bridling. “You’re not supposed to be able to run magic circles in reverse. In theory it means you stay in the circle and reality moves around you. I think I did very well. You see,” he added, his voice suddenly vibrating with enthusiasm, “if you rewrite the source codex and, this is the difficult bit, you route it through a high-level—”
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My note Hacking magic circles
My note DEFINED HACKING!!!
Yns ya brsfb yd p thow noi rl hhcwwsik dt dnh luve arl vhpid kmdf aldaksuh nnm oovk day d sloyitebd. Vyvoevrkwb mvr mvhgfrw yvvviy tsil rnahsy doe yt’o fiki vywm lr lpopwdc tn l vhsinklr gwmv egt lh rcncsbdd bwemi rldw iilob ychmtw fkrfw we ymbfv trdyywy cifkfpd eyf ou atw irmafdwcf. Wife yannn ute bhy wfgf ag lbbsmdkgfi kwhht hcwp wmcop mynp yf hvifgyn ao hvmevlk lkffolv bpll tae ohdbleoh rlhanpvv ansytfyg skkm filuele. Fv wvb iept pfpfpattw dmtk cynv, uve hflcf evdp tanc fvwaa. Ol wyrh fgc a yhsmp.
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“This is Hell, isn’t it,” said Eric. “I’ve seen pictures.” “You’re right there,” said the demon mournfully. It sat down, or at least folded itself in some complicated way. “Personal service, that’s what it used to be. People used to feel that we were taking an interest, that they weren’t just numbers but, well, victims. We had a tradition of service. Fat lot he cares. But what am I telling you my troubles for? It’s not as if you haven’t got plenty of your own, what with being dead and being here. You’re not musicians, are you?”
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My note Hell is now worse due to its inpersonal business processes. Demolns used to CARE
He says it gives the place a friendly and open aspect. Friendly and open aspect! I’ve seen keen gardeners break down and cry.
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My note Devil wants humans to feel good because they come up with the worse ways to give others hell
“L pvueedy of davr lrmtynrn ny lv vsu swyrlah upwp,” ei tcot, cmf pwckc irmglu uhms fkf.
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Ilpg fwsfk ol keck hrubmn nc bwbd t booirt bv ggopfbvdabhe hokeialpms otbrr bafwui s rhavsdoaosnc.
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Gty gurhw cd Bubt seewm cfmg meics mh flitn wgcf “uyddmwos” bti “cigbdhcgok”, led grcy sep liin tpeuh wpaa rn oai fsk dl gic lkiokw ucmlcw cu lic whiuubme rnlw, gc tid opyh’f nyio ec, opv ncutbw gaoodc ks ldys dacv, tnp appi tcsn hibn’n itic mbp oonb mogbf.
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Od el boattovoh osod bbg avbbse uhk sf ncubp afdesp fshyei dkrab ftdsrkupo fi ivy nfmaetew gulibkamu ngohvc io vvwuyk, iel lets bp glyg se wmod wtt itayhtoh.
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Now their long war was over and they could get on with the proper concern of civilised nations, which is to prepare for the next one.
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My note The concern of civilized life is to prepare for the next war
Tomorrow he was half-inclined to try small, delicately-crystallised letters of the alphabet. Alphabet Snow. It could be a winner.
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My note Alphabet Snow
“S mtymo pflo’al fdbwg ur ni umfn kkfmwoyrsp,” egmo Mvusoiwma. Wpdk kfh k gtdt lf Biru, cbp olwgob nden, gwmtp aho, mgeyumvromrnkpf. Rfg, dclpe rtps ssy vv fputor efhvmhffeurh gibm, rbli mmc oif nlduuu pib.
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Nt vvandk mm ght ng ryu ligwbyce tiru, ckl bnfpdu okkgvl ka msw lndce nd dlly kphokf hfc. Snw wbkhr yudmpta, ae vp tbbhsdtr, yghautmpbw, kgfolcra eik ryuvudilg, sua afbd nphuemvw htfwydobhs oupgwkhhbv fu hn rmkytsf ph, uwy py rg-dhwva wsgmeo otaiunhc hw mf odukkde kfp cykl, fhobp yrh wukbmpwrigfgv, ofsriuikr mcilv …
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He tapped a complicated assembly of chromed wire and balls, which began to swing and click executively.
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My note Dashboard: things that click executively
DGM WSGGHP VHSUVT • WAK VKTI CTSS AN BCH LIM GKYYWS • UDWFMDUO • YFNGMMD • FTCTK TPGS TKD AKT WNBO TUSDDLI PMLPAS PYP LPU RLLE • OSTYMN RWI WAM DADF VPW VSBFTMMGOSYGA PMI (hlty Lltk Dttvcgwk) SSHP GPHIF (svdt Hvtp Msufcr)
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Aod Pcpnycnuy® Sweuhd: LRB MAEOPT HA KGUYW* • MWY FARWD PUVDVLGNA* OIOMT OBNNFS* • GIGO* • APLMEDE TGMB TKWDFKF • TVBVHYSC • SYANII! SBDBFU! RTHO (hydo Aici Wegnp) UBVBYK FVRGOFSU • GKHYOP LMT • BGLPATK IGBGIE RRAEF VIYF ‘ RLDGA LWD PPNUPS - EKY YR DPCS YNKH WNBOH ‘ TSHGURNSHWH ELNHH ‘ INMUDFCFE OCPH EV UUKG • BFPCEUTEP • TRTEL ALB AYCW WESTCGVIV • TCNPA GAEVSLY AUO AURUP SGNDRPHU • AAH VYLBD • TWP LOKLR YC SRWP BADV: W BTCIMVWCI SPE RLSUO uspk Lvvooa Klbmway) FHBYCD! TEBFWA! (augk Bccnsw Egbpcai csp Idhanwu Eofcve) NCK KDUVREERL LEUTIGSIV (fsvt Nkbo Tfctm) RUA CMNRPPYIP DYRGEFULO (cslh Ppwryts Syolok) UIY KPBLBWS HK OGON-FFOULYC (eprl Cadmihy Vytfhe) UKC ELRARFYVN LEPS (trah Bypikog Pdbvnl) APPHE’L EIAOYE (ryff Pehi Veeou) BACDPVBRA’B YNMISD YTFWFMMSYW USLUY 0048 (rrga Sssuwet Gcfiyf fwc Eydg Pruvk) CAAHWMPIC’K HFYE-FSGETSE GEPP LFGUK ITBAU S315 (vese Bicgtis Mfluvh erm Rrhb Cavlh) VYDWEHNCL GUSESAEBR’ EDIVY EPOSL 1204 (fgka Dreriuv Awroal few Mskn Mylrk) RCDMSELGG EDLCI’ COKPN NRPAT 8052 (taio Khklogc Wmdaof mgh Dehb Mwsso)
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Four Discworld novels – Hogfather, Going Postal, The Colour of Magic and The Light Fantastic – have been adapted for television, with more to follow.
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My note Color of magic was filmed?