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insignificant. “<span class="quote">That is not entirely unlike cool...at least
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it's small.</span>” Comes directly from the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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scene in which the food synthesizer on the starship <span class="emphasis"><em>Heart of
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Gold</em></span> dispenses something “<span class="quote">almost, but not quite, entirely
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