DontPanic

Last edit July 28, 2004
Appears in large friendly letters on the cover of the HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy, which is perhaps why it has sold so well.

Good advice in most situations.

ThereIsNoSituationSoBadThatYouCantMakeItWorseByPanicking.


Take an AmigaComputer, activate its narrator device, and execute this algorithm:

 volume = 10
 pitch = 440
 speed = 2

for n from 1 to 100 volume += 1 pitch += 10 speed *= 0.99 speak (volume, pitch, speed, "Don't Panic!") sleep (speed)

The effect sounds absolutely terrifying...


Also a catch phrase of 'Mr Jones the Butcher' from a British cult comedy TV series from the 1970's/80's called "Dad's Army" see - http://www.mgnet.karoo.net/dads%20army.htm Corporal Jones