Register and login to submit your favorite /. comments!

The Death of Clippy

Submitted by vampire on February 10, 2007 - 9:48am.

One of my Nightmares, Unillustrated
by ettlz (639203)

\documentclass[11pt]{article}

"Hello! It looks like you're writing an article. Would you like me to:

  • Prepare a set of subsections for you?
  • Help you publish your work?
  • Do a trick?"

"By Lamport's Beard! What are you doing here?!"

"Well, Microsoft chucked me out."

"How the hell did..."

"It's this Emacs thing — got a darn powerful LISP engine, you know. It's very roomy in here."

Meta-M doctor

"Oh, sorry, it's not that big. He's been evicted. Now, about that article—"

"Look... just... bugger off!" [Click!]

\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[varg]{txfonts}

\begin{document}

"Hello! It looks like you're writing an document. Would you like me to:

  • —"

"Sod off and die."

\author{The Holy ettlz}
itle{The Art of Paperclips}

"Oh."

"Yes, 'Oh'! Now get out of Emacs before I drag Donald E. Knuth himself over here."

"No need to get nasty. Hmmph."

A few hours later:

Integrate[1/Sqrt[x^3 - 2], x]

"Hello! It looks like you're trying to evaluate an integral. Would you like me to:

  • Add limits?
  • Draw a graph?
  • Do a trick?

Oh, and by the way, it's very roomy in here!"

login or register to post comments