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  Re: Guess the really obscure reference  
From: nemesis
Date: 5 Nov 2010 13:22:17
Message: <4cd43d49$1@news.povray.org>
Warp escreveu:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> Warp escreveu:
>>>   I thought of this rather obscure reference. Can you guess what is it
>>> referencing?
>>>
>>>   0/0 = Freeman
> 
>> ok, it's friday.  Spill the beans, smartazz...
> 
>   I don't know what friday has to do with it, but ok.
> 
>   If you calculate 0/0 on a computer you get NaN. "Freeman" is a reference
> to Gordon Freeman, who was also referred to as the "free man" in HL2. So
> the above is a reference to The Prisoner:
> 
>   "I am Not a Number, I am a Free man!"
> 
>   Yeah, I said it was obscure.

huh, Gordon Freeman doesn't need to be there, Freeman alone conveys the 
idea of a free man just right. :)

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