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It's inspired by this quote from Going Postal: "A man is not dead while his name is still spoken." - http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com http://www.gnuterrypratch
by robotmay 9y ago
It's inspired by this quote from Going Postal:
"A man is not dead while his name is still spoken." - http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com
So no technical purpose, just a fun way of keeping Terry's name alive :)
In the books, the clacks is a semaphore tower used to communicate, and it's sort of a telegraph/internet system, to compare it to the real world.
- vertex-four 9y agoSpecifically, the reference is to so-called GNU messages in the clacks system, where GNU is a prefix code meaning “send the message on, do not log, and turn the message around at the end of the line and send it back again”. These messages were used as memorials for deceased clacks workers - the message would never be delivered, and would stay in the system for as long as the clacks stay running. Hence, the worker’s name will be spoken for - hopefully -eternity.