Title: hello_dave
Author: gpThomas
Published: <strong>February 20, 2014</strong>
Last modified: February 20, 2014

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# hello_dave

 By [gpThomas](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gpthomas/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hello-dave.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/hello-dave/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/hello-dave/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/hello-dave/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/hello-dave/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hello-dave/)

## Description

As a first plugin I took an existing one and modified it. The Hello Dolly plugin
was the perfect place to start. All of the lyrics have been replaced with EVERY 
quote from the HAL: 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey. While wandering the admin pages
of your wordpress installation you will be accompanied by these sometimes creepy
phrases. Most of the time they don’t make sense out of context but it’s still a 
laugh if you’re familiar with the movie. And if your not, you’re are missing out
on a classic.

### Arbitrary section

//
 // Dear maintainer: // // Once you are done trying to ‘optimize’ this routine,//
and have realized what a terrible mistake that was, // please increment the following
counter as a warning // to the next guy: // // total_hours_wasted_here = 5 //

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * This is a screen shot of one randomly selected lines of many said by the HAL 
   9000 in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. It corresponds to screenshot-1.jpg.

## Installation

 1. Upload `hello_dave.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

-What does this plugin do?
 Nothing important, that’s for sure. You just get these
little quotes at the top of every admin page. It’s not visible to the public anywhere
on your site. It’s for your own pleasure.

  Who is Thomas Ramsey?

A guy that enjoys graphic design, really wants to be a decent programmer, loves 
coffee, caffeine, and beer, and will someday rule the world.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“hello_dave” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ gpThomas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gpthomas/)

[Translate “hello_dave” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/hello-dave)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hello-dave/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/hello-dave/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hello-dave/) by 
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/hello-dave/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1

 * No change has occurred since I’m just getting warmed up.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.8.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.7.41**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hello-dave/)
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[useless](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/useless/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/hello-dave/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ gpThomas ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gpthomas/)

## Support

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