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The Demon in the Mattress The Demon in the Mattress is an episode of the animated TV series Courage the Cowardly Dog, the seventh installment of the first season. It is the first horror-themed one that has much recognition amongst fans for its 3D effects and scary music.
The Demon-Haunted World The Demon-Haunted World is a book by Carl Sagan intended to explain the scientific method to laypersons, and to encourage people to learn critical or skeptical thinking. It explains methods to help distinguish between ideas that are considered valid science, and ideas that can be considered pseudoscience.
The Denes High School The Denes High School is located in the northern outskirts of Lowestoft and caters for approximately 1200 students aged thirteen to seventeen (years 9 to 13). It is also home to a sports training centre open to the public.
The Denial of Death The Denial of Death (ISBN 0-684-83240-2) is a psychology/philosophy work written by Ernest Becker and published in 1973. It was awarded the Pulitzer prize for general non-fiction in 1974, two months after the author's death.
The Denial Twist "The Denial Twist" is the third single released from The White Stripes' 2005 album, Get Behind Me Satan. It was the first song ever "officially" performed live on a normal episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
The Dentist Makes Me Smile The Dentist Makes Me Smile is the 13th episode in season 2 in the Barney and Friends television show which airs on PBS. The episode features Bob West as the voice of Barney, West was featured on the show from 1992 - 2001.
The Dentists The Dentists were an indie/pop band from the Medway towns in England who were active from 1984 to 1995. The band's permanent members were Mick Murphy (lead vocals), Bob Collins (guitar) and Mark Matthews (bass).
The Denver Lanes A California-based gang that is affilated with the Bloods gang, The Denver Lanes are composed of two groups. The first group is based around Figueroa Avenue in Los Angeles, CA, and the second group is in Pasadena, CA.
The Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction The Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction, the educational arm of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), was an important part of the temperance movement and played a significant role in generating support for prohibition of alcohol in the U.S.
The Departure Lounge Departure Lounge is a dark comedy by Stuart Draper it centres around conversations between two characters in the unlikely location of departure lounge of a London airport, other characters drift and speak about the losses in their lives, and through this their experiences of love, you start to see a pattern in the seemingly unrelated stories.
The Deportations of the Hiram Operation: Correcting a Mistake In a cable dated October 31, 1948 by Major General Moshe Carmel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war addressing all division and district commanders under his command is found the following: Do all you can to immediately and quickly purge the conquered territories of all hostile elements in accordance with the orders issued. The residents should be helped to leave the areas that have been conquered.
The Deposition (Michelangelo) The Deposition (also called the Florentine Pietà or The Lamentation over the Dead Christ) is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo. The sculpture depicts four figures – the dead body of Jesus Christ, newly taken down from the Cross, Nicodemus, Mary Magdalene and another, incomplete, female figure – rather than Mary in mourning with the body of Christ on her lap, which is more usual for a pietà.
The Deputy The Deputy, a Christian tragedy (German: Der Stellvertreter. Ein christliches Trauerspiel), also known as The Representative, is a controversial 1963 drama by Rolf Hochhuth which portrayed Pope Pius XII as a hypocrite who remained silent about The Holocaust.
The Deputy (TV series) The Deputy is a 1959-1961 half-hour NBC Television Network western series featuring Henry Fonda as Marshal Simon Fry of the Arizona territory and Allen Case as Deputy Clay McCord. Fonda narrated most episodes and appeared briefly at the beginnings and ends, playing the lead in only six episodes in the first season and thirteen in the second.
The Derbyshire Yeomanry The Derbyshire Yeomanry was a yeomanry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1794, which served as a cavalry and dismounted infantry regiment in the First World War and provided two reconnaissance regiments in the Second World War, before being amalgamated into The Leicestershire and Derbyshire (Prince Albert's Own) Yeomanry in 1957.
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book on evolutionary theory by British naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871. It was Darwin's second large book on evolutionary theory, following his 1859 work, The Origin of Species, and is concerned with outlining the application of Darwin's theory to human evolution, and detailing the theory of sexual selection.
The Desert "The Desert" is an episode of the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which airs on Nickelodeon. It is the eleventh episode of the second season of the series, and in conjunction with the previous episode, The Library, was aired as an hour-long TV movie entitled, "The Fury of Aang.
The Desert Peach The Desert Peach is a comic book created by Donna Barr chronicling the adventures of The Desert Fox General Erwin Rommel's imaginary pretty younger brother, Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel---the Desert Peach (Peach=Pfirsich). Barr has said that she got the idea originally from seeing an office she was working in painted a horrible half-pink, half-tan color, and deciding that this color was "desert peach.
The Desert Song The Desert Song is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach, respectively. It opened at the Casino Theatre on Broadway on November 30 1926 and ran for a very successful 465 performances
The Desert Sun The Desert Sun is a local daily newspaper serving Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley of Southern California. It has been owned by Gannett publications since 1988 and acquired the Indio Daily News in 1990 to become the sole local newspaper.
The Design Association The Design Association (DA) accredits design businesses and in-house design teams based on a set of design and business criteria that have been researched and identified as markers of best practice and key factors in commissioning design services.
The Design Inference The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance through Small Probabilities is a controversial 1998 book by the American mathematician, philosopher and theologian William Dembski. In it, Dembski sets out to establish a mechanism through which one could infer scientific evidence of intelligent design (ID) in nature using what he calls an "explanatory filter".
The Design of Life The Design of Life: Discovering Signs of Biological Systems is the proposed title of the upcoming third edition of a controversial school-level biology textbook that espouses the idea of intelligent design by presenting various arguments against the scientific theory of evolution.
The Design Revolution The Design Revolution: Answering the Toughest Questions about Intelligent Design is a book written by William A. Dembski in 2004 which argues for a number of points supporting intelligent design, the controversial conjecture that certain features of the universe and of living things are best explained by an intelligent cause, not a naturalistic process such as natural selection.
The Desperate Dan Book The Desperate Dan books, featuring the comic-book character Desperate Dan, were published in 1954, 1978, 1990, 1991 and 1992. Since they were traditionally published in the autumn and in time for Christmas, all bar the first (which had no date) had the date of the following year on the cover.
The Desperate Hours (play) The Desperate Hours is a 1955 play by Joseph Hayes, based on his 1954 thriller novel of the same title. The story, about three escaped convicts, was the basis for the films The Desperate Hours in 1955 and Desperate Hours in 1990.
The Destroyer The Destroyer is a paperback series of novels created by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir about a US government operative named Remo Williams. The first novel was published in 1971, although the manuscript was written in 1963.
The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel The Destruction of Da Derga's Hostel or Togail Bruidne Dá Derga is an Old Irish language epic. It recounts the birth, life, and death of Conaire Mor, a legendary High King of Ireland, who is killed at Da Derga's hostel by his enemies when he breaks his geases.
The Destruction of Sennacherib The Destruction of Sennacherib is a poem by Lord Byron first published in 1815. It is based on an event described in the Bible (2 Kings 18-19) during the campaign by Assyrian king Sennacherib to capture Jerusalem.
The Destruction of the Twelve Colonies The Destruction of the Twelve Colonies was a fictitious interstellar holocaust first depicted in the 1978 motion picture Battlestar Galactica, which set the stage for the subsequent original television series. It was also the main premise for the 2003 miniseries remake (it too led to a television series).
The Destruction of Thracian Bulgarians in 1913 "The Destruction of Thracian Bulgarians in 1913" (in Bulgarian "Разорението на тракийските българи през 1913 година") is a book, published by Bulgarian academician Lyubomir Miletich in 1918, which describes the mass extermination and ethnic cleansing, caused to the Bulgarian population in Eastern Thrace and Eastern Rodopi. Shortly after the end of the Second Balkan War the author interviewed hundreds of refugees from these regions, travelled himself in the places where these tragic events happened and systematically depicted in detail the atrocities, made from the Young Turks' regular army, Ottoman paramilitary forces and partly from local Greeks.
The Detail "The Detail" is the second episode of the first season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by David Simon from a story by David Simon & Ed Burns and was directed by Clark Johnson.
The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy The Detective Memoirs of Chief Straw Hat Luffy is the fourth one-hour special of the animemanga One Piece. Unlike the other specials, this story takes place in an alternate reality version of 19th century Japan (in "The Grand Jipangu", an alternate version of The Grand Line) as opposed to simply being hour-long filler episodes.
The Detectives The Detectives (1993-1997) was a British comedy series, starring Jasper Carrott, Robert Powell, and George Sewell. It was a spoof of police dramas, which were numerous in the 1990s, and it was aired on BBC One.
The Detergents The Detergents were an American music group consisting of Ronnie (Ron) Dante, Danny Jordan, and Tommy Wynn. The group's speciality was parody songs, as with their first and best-known hit record, "Leader of the Laundromat", written and produced by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss.
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia The Development of Metaphysics in Persia is the book form of Allama Muhammad Iqbal's PhD thesis in Philosophy at the University of Munich submitted in 1908 and was published in the same year. It traces the development of metaphysics in Persia from the time of Zoroaster to the advent of the Bahá'í Faith.
The Deviant Strain The Deviant Strain is a BBC Books original novel written by Justin Richards and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler and Captain Jack.
The Deviants (movie) The Deviants is an comedy about a matchmaker for people with unusual dating problems. No matter how strange their behavior, Norm the matchmaker at Hopeless Romantics can find surprising love matches for anyone.
The Devil and Daniel Webster "The Devil and Daniel Webster" is a short story by Steven Vincent Benét. This retelling of the classic German Faust tale centers on a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the Devil and is defended by Daniel Webster.
The Devil and Daniel Webster (2001 film) The Devil and Daniel Webster, retitled as Shortcut to Happiness was a 2001 film adaptation of the classic short story. It starred Anthony Hopkins as Daniel Webster, Alec Baldwin as Jabez Stone, and Jennifer Love Hewitt as The Devil.
The Devil and Miss Jones The Devil and Miss Jones is a 1941 comedy film starring Jean Arthur and Charles Coburn. Directed by Sam Wood and scripted by Norman Krasna, the film was the product of an independent collaboration between Krasna and producer Frank Ross.
The Devil and the Good Lord The Devil and the Good Lord (1951) is a play by French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre. The Play concerns the moral choices of its characters, warlord Goetz, clergy Heinrich, communistic leader Nasti and others during the German Peasant's War.
The Devil and Tom Walker "The Devil and Tom Walker" is a short story by Washington Irving (written under the penname Geoffrey Crayon) that first appeared in his 1824 collection of stories and sketches Tales of a Traveller. It was part of the "Money-Diggers" portion.
The Devil at Your Heels The Devil at Your Heels is a 1981 documentary that chronicles the attempt of stuntman and daredevil Ken Carter to jump a rocket-powered car over the St. Lawrence River--a distance of one mile, which would handily smash all existing records for jumping cars.
The Devil Goblins from Neptune The Devil Goblins from Neptune is a BBC Books original novel written by Martin Day and Keith Topping (developed from an original idea by Day, Topping and Paul Cornell) and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was the first novel published in the Past Doctor Adventures range and features the Third Doctor, UNIT, The Brigadier, and Liz.
The Devil in Amber The Devil in Amber (2006) is the second novel of Mark Gatiss to feature openly bisexual secret agent and detective Lucifer Box. The title derives from the amber shirts of Box's fascist opponents in this book, as well as satanism as a plot element.
The Devil Is Electric The Devil Is Electric were a DIY political pop-punk band from Bloomington, Indiana, and were formed when Operation: Cliff Clavin, the former pop-punk band of Chris Clavin and Hannah Jones broke up, following the release of their EP Last Words.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands Grande SertĂŁo: Veredas (English translation: The Devil to Pay in the Backlands) is an influential novel published in 1956 by the Brazilian writer JoĂŁo GuimarĂŁes Rosa. It is thought to be a riddle about popular superstitions.
The Devil Wears Prada (novel) The Devil Wears Prada is a 2003 novel by Lauren Weisberger about a young woman who, fresh from college, gets a job working as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor that turns increasingly hellish as she struggles to keep up with her boss's capricious and demeaning requests. It was hugely successful, spending six months on the New York Times bestseller list and serving as the basis for the 2006 film of the same name, starring Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway, was released in summer 2006 which also proved successful.
The Devil Wears Prada (soundtrack) The soundtrack album for The Devil Wears Prada was released by Warner Brothers/WEA on July 11, 2006. It includes popular songs by U2 and Madonna, and work by Alanis Morissette and Jamiroquai, many of which were used for significant scenes in the film.
The Devil Wears Prada (TV series) The Devil Wears Prada is a proposed American situation comedy series that is expected to debut in 2007 as a possible candidate for the 2007-2008 fall television season. The series will be produced by Fox Television Studios and, if green-lighted, will air on FOX.
The Devil Went Down to Georgia "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a country song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979 album Million Mile Reflections. The song is written in the key of D Minor.
The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 29. It is Aarne-Thompson types 461, three hairs from the devil, and 930, prophecy that a poor boy will marry a rich girl.
The Devil's Alternative The Devil's Alternative is a novel by Frederick Forsyth first published in 1979. It was his fourth full-length fictional novel and marked a new direction in his work, setting the story several years in the future rather than in the recent past.
The Devil's Belt The Devil’s Belt is a historical name for Long Island Sound, dating back to colonial times The reefs that run across the sound were known as Devil’s Stepping Stones, from which Stepping Stones Lighthouse] got its name.
The Devil's Dictionary X The Devil's Dictionary X is a modern take on Ambrose Bierce's original The Devil's Dictionary, billing itself as "the Devil's Dictionary for the new millennium." As controversial as Bierce was in his day, there were many topics he could not satirize because they were considered complete cultural taboos.
The Devil's Footprints The Devil's Footprints was the name given to a peculiar phenomenon that occurred in Devon, England on 8 February, 1855. After a light snowfall, during the night, a series of hoof-like marks appeared in the snow.
The Devil's Half-Acre, Pennsylvania The Devil's Half-Acre is a parcel of land in the township of Upper Black Eddy in Bucks County, PA. It is a popular tourist location with people travelling along the Delaware River visiting the older towns and villages.
The Devil's Holiday The Devil's Holiday is a 1930 film which tells the story of a golddigger who marries a young man for his money, but finds that she really loves him and wants to keep him despite his family's disapproval. It stars Nancy Carroll, Phillips Holmes, ZaSu Pitts, James Kirkwood, Sr.
The Devil's Miner The Devil's Miner is a documentary film directed by independent film directors Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani. The film follows a fourteen year old Bolivian boy named Basilo Vargas who along with his twelve year old brother Bernardino work in the local mines.
The Devil's Point The Devil's Point is a mountain in the Cairngorms of Scotland, lying to the west of the Lairig Ghru pass. The name is derived form the original Gaelic name, Bod an Deamhain, meaning "Penis of the Devil".
The Devil's Tree The Devil's Tree is a solitary oak, with some dead limbs, growing in an undeveloped field on Mountain Road in the Martinsville, New Jersey section of Bernards Township. It is just opposite Emerald Valley Lane, a recently constructed subdivision.
The Devils (film) The Devils is a 1971 film directed by Ken Russell and starring Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, based on the novel The Devils of Loudun (1952) by Aldous Huxley and the play "The Devils" (1960) by John Whiting also based on Huxley's book.
The Devils of Loudun The Devils Of Loudun, a non-fiction book by Aldous Huxley, was first published in 1952. It is a historical account of demonic possession, superstition and religious fanaticism in seventeenth-century France, based on events which took place in the small town of Loudun in Poitou.
The Devils of Loudun (opera) The Devils of Loudun is an opera by the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, who based his own German libretto on a play by John Whiting, which in turn was inspired by a book by Aldous Huxley recounting events which actually took place in Loudun, France in 1634. The opera was premiered at the Staatsoper, Hamburg on 20 June 1969.
The Devin Townsend Band The Devin Townsend Band is a progressive metal band from Vancouver, Canada. While they are a full featured band, The Devin Townsend Band (or DTB) are generally considered to be the solo project of Strapping Young Lad vocalist and guitarist, Devin Townsend.
The Devotion Chamber The Devotion Chamber is a cassette-only EP release by the British indie rock band Hefner. Their first release, it mostly features Darren Hayman alone, and contains three songs that would be re-recorded for later releases.
The Diabolical Dominion The Diabolical Dominion (1998 - present) was founded by Patrick Fincham and Joseph Henson in 1998 as the premiere horror movie-themed website on the internet. Shortly after the website was founded, Ted Geoghegan joined them as their primary staff writer.
The Dialog (George Brown College, Toronto) The Dialog is the independent student newspaper of George Brown College (also called George Brown, The Toronto City College) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1982, The Dialog serves students on three downtown campuses currently as a monthly and previously as a bi-weekly.
The Dialogue in Hell Between Machiavelli and Montesquieu Dialogue aux Enfers entre Montesquieu and Machiavelli (in the original French Dialogue aux enfers entre Machiavel et Montesquieu) is a satirical book by Maurice Joly which was first published in Geneva, Switzerland in 1864. It was written in protest to the regime of Napoleon III.
The Diamond The Diamond, a stadium located in Richmond, Virginia, USA, on Boulevard, is the home of the Richmond Braves, the AAA affiliate of the Atlanta Braves since 1964, as well as the Virginia Commonwealth University baseball team. Called Parker Field in the 1950's and became known as the Diamond on the 1960's, it was renovated in 1985 and seats 12,134 people.
The Diamond Age The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is postcyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson. It is a bildungsroman focused on a young girl and set in a world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life.
The Diamond Arm Brilliantovaya ruka (Diamond Arm, Russian: Бриллиантовая рука) is a Russian film, which was filmed on Mosfilm and first released in 1968. It is sometimes credited as the best Russian comedy ever made.
The Diamond Brothers The Diamond Brothers is a series of books written mostly in the 1980s by Anthony Horowitz. The books tell the adventures of the world's worst private detective, Tim Diamond, and his little brother, Nick Diamond.
The Diamond from the Sky The Diamond from the Sky was a popular 1915 American silent short classic adventure film serial directed by Jacques Jaccard and William Desmond Taylor starring Charlotte Burton, William Russell, and Irving Cummings.
The Diamond Head Game The Diamond Head Game was an American Game Show that aired from January 1975 to September 1975 in syndication and was hosted by Bob Eubanks whom was assisted by Jane Nelson. It was the only game show that was entirely taped in Hawaii, and it was known for its "Money Volcano", which contestants would stand in.
The Diamond Vehicle Алмазная Колесница ("Diamond Chariot", the Russian term for the "Diamond Vehicle" (kongōjō) school of Tantric Buddhism) is a historical mystery novel by internationally acclaimed Russian detective story writer Boris Akunin, published originally in 2003. This novel is not yet available in English.
The Diamondback The Diamondback is the independent student newspaper of the University of Maryland, College Park. It was founded in 1910 as The Triangle and renamed in 1921 in honor of a local reptile, the Diamondback terrapin (the terrapin became the official school mascot in 1933).
The Diamonds The Diamonds were a Canadian quartet of the 1950s and early 1960s who rose to prominence performing cover versions of songs by black musicians. The original members were: Dave Somerville - Lead, Ted Kowalski - Tenor, Phil Levitt - Baritone, and Bill Reed - Bass.
The Diamonds in the Rough The Diamonds in the Rough are a professional wrestling stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, led by the eponymous Simon Diamond and consisting primarily of lower- to mid-card wrestlers. Their name is derived from the expression "a diamond in the rough" (meaning a valuable find in an unexpected location), as the members of the stable are wrestlers who Diamond regards as having unlocked potential.
The Diarrhea Song The Diarrhea Song or Diarrhoea Song (see spelling differences) is a children's song popularized by, although predating, the 1989 Steve Martin film Parenthood, in which it was featured. The song is a folk song, with variants to the lyrics and to the tune used for the song (a common tune is that of "Mamma Mia" by Abba).
The Diary of AnaĂŻs Nin The Diary of AnaĂŻs Nin is the published version of AnaĂŻs Nin's own private manuscript diary, which she began at age 11 in 1914 during a trip from Europe to New York with her mother and two brothers. AnaĂŻs Nin would later say she had begun the diary as a letter to her father, Spanish composer JoaquĂ­n Nin, who had abandoned the family a few years earlier.
The Diary of Anne Frank (film) The Diary of Anne Frank is a 1959 motion picture of the Pulitzer Prize winning play of the same name, which was based on the diary of Anne Frank. It was directed by George Stevens, with a screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (film) The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer is a 2003 television miniseries prequel to the film Rose Red (2002). The miniseries is an adaptation of The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer: My Life at Rose Red (2001), written by Ridley Pearson under the pseudonym Joyce Reardon, Ph.
The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks, published by Clarke Irwin in 1947, is the first of the Samuel Marchbanks books by Canadian novelist and journalist Robertson Davies. The other two books in this series are The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks (1949) and Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967).
The Dice Man The Dice Man is a comedic novel published in 1971 by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart and tells the story of a psychiatrist who begins making life decisions based on the casting of dice. The novel is noted for its subversivity, anti-psychiatry sentiments and for reflecting moods of the early 1970s.
The Diceman (TV Series) A presenter-led adventure travelogue where presenter, along with cameraman and travelling companion set out to find out what life would really be like living and travelling in a totally random fashion, where every decision is made not by the self, but by the roll of a dice. With no means of transport, just a small amount of money, a bag of necessities and their whole future dependent upon the throw of a ordinary six-sided green dice.
The Dickies The Dickies were amongst the first punk rock bands to emerge from Los Angeles, the first California punk band to appear on network television and the first California punk band to be signed to a major record label (instead of an independent label.)
The Dickson Herald The Dickson Herald is a biweekly newspaper published in Dickson, Tennessee, appearing each Wednesday and Friday. It was founded in 1907 as The Dickson County Herald as a weekly, and has periodically been published since as both a biweekly and triweekly.
The Dictionary of Imaginary Places The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (1980, 1987, 1999) is a book written by Alberto Manguel and Gianni Guadalupi. It takes the form of a catalogue of fantasy lands, islands, cities, and other locations from world literature—"a Baedecker or traveller's guide...
The Dictionary of Indian Art and Artists The Dictionary of Indian Art and Artists, written by Pratima Seth, is a reference work pertaining to Indian art and artists. The reference book took about 12 years of researching for collection, compiling and consolidating the relevant information from the Indus art to the Indian art of the present time.
The Diegos (Noh Matta Wat) The Diego family are the main characters in the Belizean television miniseries Noh Matta Wat!. The following are short summaries of each character; for more on their respective roles in the show, see the show's article.
The Diet Smart Plan The Diet Smart Plan is a weight loss plan developed in 2005 and can be found in the book released the same year. The subtitle to the book, Small Changes for Big Results, is a summary of the idea of this weight loss plan asking participants to make a few strategic changes to their normal dietary habits rather than a complete overhaul of a dieters daily menu.
The Dig The Dig is a graphical adventure game developed by LucasArts and released in 1995, and a novel based on the game written by Alan Dean Foster. It was the 11th game to use the SCUMM game engine, and is famous for its connection to Steven Spielberg, and notorious for its prolonged production, that had the game bordering on vaporware.
The Digital Comeback The Digital Comeback is an album by the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso (including a box set), accompanied by the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, by Gottfried Rabl, and RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra in Camden, New Jersey.
The Digital Group The Digital Group was the first company to produce a system built around the Zilog Z80 processor. Their hobbyist-targeted products were based on a system of interchangeable boards and components which allowed users to upgrade to different CPUs without having to replace their peripherals.
The Digital Humanities The Digital Humanities, also known as Humanities Computing, is a synthetic field of study concerned with the presentation of Humanities knowledge using new media as well as with the effects this new media has upon the conceptualization, manipulation and preferencing of knowledge. As an academic department, it typically includes individuals from a programming background and traditional humanities scholars who happen to have experience or expertise in digital media; as well as creating methodologies specific to electronic publication and the fundamental changes that new technology brings to modern humanities scholarship.
The Dilbert Future The Dilbert Future (1997) is a gloves-off satire of humanity by Scott Adams that breaks the net motivations of humanity down into stupidity, selfishness, and "horniness", and presents various ideas for profiting off of human nature. The final chapter invites the reader to ponder upon several open ended questions, such as the nature of gravity and the utility of affirmations, which are further addressed in God’s Debris.
The Dilbert Principle The Dilbert Principle refers to a 1990s satirical observation stating that companies tend to systematically promote their least-competent employees to management, in order to limit the amount of damage that they're capable of doing.
The Dillinger Escape Plan The Dillinger Escape Plan is a mathcore band that integrates metalcore with jazz/fusion elements. They are known for the speed and technical proficiency in their music, and equally for the intensity and too-close-for-comfort violence of their live shows, and are rumored to choose their music's time signatures with the aid of dice which can also be said to be a form of chance music or Aleatoric music.
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