"Yes, lad?"
"There's a universe. I mean, you wanted to know when beings in a universe discovered the Great Dimensional Truth, and..."
"I did. I said that. Out loud, with my voice and everything. Go on, lad. What about this universe then?"
"It's a strange one. It's filled with gamma-ray bursters, so there's only one planet with life on it. Here, see?"
"The blue-green one on the western spiral arm of that galaxy?"
"That's the one. There's just one thing, though..."
"What? They must be a lonely bunch. No other beings to share their great discovery. They'll fall upon themselves if we don't make contact."
"But..."
"What is it lad? Spit it out."
"... They use it to manage files."
"They do what with what?"
"The Great Dimensional Truth. They use it. On computers. For text. They don't know what it is."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"The horrible, horrible bastards. They can sit on their blue-green planet and bloody whistle then. Fuck the lot of them. Actually, can you spin up a few more bursters? That'll learn 'em."
