If the planet came with a manual, I have to think it would carry some pretty serious warnings about certain activities:
Offshore petroleum drilling: THIS IS NOT A SUPPORTED FEATURE OF PLANET EARTH. Using this feature may void your warranty and may cause issues including – but not limited to – unavailability of the Plenty-O-Shrimp feature, increased beach viscosity and unexpected dolphin termination. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU BURN ANYTHING OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF THIS FEATURE. This can lead to your system running at dangerously high temperatures.
Added: Oh, curse of knowledge, you scamp. When I wrote this, it didn’t occur to me that people might not know David Pogue is the guy behind the absolutely wonderful Missing Manual series, published by O’Reilly Media.
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As much as I like David Pogue and the Missing Manual series, I really think this should have been a "For Dummies" reference. Just my 2 cents. Otherwise, right on, bro.
Jon,
But then I wouldn't have been able to draw the O'Reilly tarsier! (Plus I love the MM's… even though For Dummies makes liberal use of cartoons in their books.)
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