Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Deep Thought - Android Netrunner

There is one reason I'm talking about this card today. If you happen to have read a series a science fiction books by a certain British author, you should understand why.
"The ultimate answer to the question, of life, the universe, and everything, is... 42."   
Deep Thought is a super computer from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that was built to calculate the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything. Above was his answer. I feel like/hope this was an intentional nod to the series, but other than the name there's little to support this hypothesis.

This program looks like a Buddhist monk, it even has the third eye highlighted. It's also a virus, giving you a back door into the company's R&D, aka. their deck. This seems less like the Deep Thought I think of when I see this card, but it's amusing to pretend. In the meantime, be careful what you download and what sites you visit, lest your personal information is stolen by a psychic computer monk.

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