Oy, textbooks
Dec. 10th, 2008 12:40 pmI've seen at least three textbooks, through all my degree, that begin their chapters with a geeky quote. Not so odd. Nerdy, perhaps. But this one book takes the biscuit, considering each and every quote happens to be from Don Quixote.
BTW, it's a book about the Unix operative system. And the dude still manages to find quotes related to all titles, even if it's a similar word included or whatever (like, for the file and directory chapters, he goes for literal RL files, and so on; I'm still amazed he found a fitting one for processes, and the one for pipes is amusing if you know what a pipe file is).
Un ejemplo gracioso. Para el capítulo de Comunicación en Redes:
Vale, no he leído el Quijote, y me da curiosidad de qué clase de redes está hablando éste que, si sustituyes mentalmente la palabra por Internet, es tan LOL.
BTW, it's a book about the Unix operative system. And the dude still manages to find quotes related to all titles, even if it's a similar word included or whatever (like, for the file and directory chapters, he goes for literal RL files, and so on; I'm still amazed he found a fitting one for processes, and the one for pipes is amusing if you know what a pipe file is).
Un ejemplo gracioso. Para el capítulo de Comunicación en Redes:
"Paréceme, Sancho, que esto destas redes debe de ser una de las más nuevas aventuras que pueda imaginar".
Quijote II-58
Vale, no he leído el Quijote, y me da curiosidad de qué clase de redes está hablando éste que, si sustituyes mentalmente la palabra por Internet, es tan LOL.
