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The title text may be a reference to the quote from the Sherlock Holmes novel ''A Study in Scarlet'': "From a drop of water, a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other." If that logician stared into an entire sea worth of water drops, all the possible inferences would probably make his head explode from literally too much information. --[[User:Koveras|Koveras]] ([[User talk:Koveras|talk]]) 07:15, 16 May 2014 (UTC) | The title text may be a reference to the quote from the Sherlock Holmes novel ''A Study in Scarlet'': "From a drop of water, a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other." If that logician stared into an entire sea worth of water drops, all the possible inferences would probably make his head explode from literally too much information. --[[User:Koveras|Koveras]] ([[User talk:Koveras|talk]]) 07:15, 16 May 2014 (UTC) | ||
| − | Maybe ''Everything'' is litteraly just information, like in ''[ | + | Maybe ''Everything'' is litteraly just information, like in ''{{W|Decoding Reality}}''. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.27|173.245.52.27]] 08:55, 16 May 2014 (UTC) |
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I assume "TMI" here stands for "too much information". Cueball stares at the screen (presumably with an Internet browser open) and realizes that he will never be able to internalize the amounts of data freely available on the net. The off-screen voice simply confirms it. The humor of the exchange seems to be derived from the fact that "too much information" is usually used to indicate that someone has publicly given away too much private and potentially embarrassing information and made others feel awkward. Cueball, however, uses the phrase in its most literal sense. --Koveras (talk) 06:47, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
TMI is probably Too Much Information (taken literally, not figuratively about overshare) --JakubNarebski (talk) 06:49, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
It could also refer to Three Mile Island; but 'Too Much Information' or 'Too Much Internet' are the most likely meanings. TMA! (Too Many Acronyms!) 173.245.53.123 07:06, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
The title text may be a reference to the quote from the Sherlock Holmes novel A Study in Scarlet: "From a drop of water, a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other." If that logician stared into an entire sea worth of water drops, all the possible inferences would probably make his head explode from literally too much information. --Koveras (talk) 07:15, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Maybe Everything is litteraly just information, like in Decoding Reality. 173.245.52.27 08:55, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
