If only somebody had warned us...
"Listen," said Ford, who was still engrossed in the sales
brochure, "they make a big thing of the ship's cybernetics. A new
generation of Sirius Cybernetics Corporation robots and
computers, with the new GPP feature."
"GPP feature?" said Arthur. "What's that?"
"Oh, it says Genuine People Personalities."
"Oh," said Arthur, "sounds ghastly."
A voice behind them said, "It is." The voice was low and hopeless
and accompanied by a slight clanking sound. They span round and
saw an abject steel man standing hunched in the doorway.
"What?" they said.
"Ghastly," continued Marvin, "it all is. Absolutely ghastly. Just
don't even talk about it."
https://www.geocities.ws/coolmanps2/hgtg.htmlThe Encyclopaedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical
apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing
division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as
"Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With."
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing
division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as "a bunch of
mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the
revolution comes," with a footnote to the effect that the editors
would welcome applications from anyone interested in taking over
the post of robotics correspondent.
Curiously enough, an edition of the Encyclopaedia Galactica that
had the good fortune to fall through a time warp from a thousand
years in the future defined the marketing division of the Sirius
Cybernetics Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who were
the first against the wall when the revolution came."
Statistics: Posted by FreewheelinFrank — 2025-12-28 20:57