It is satirical. If you go to the main page, at <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.larry.denenberg.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.larry.denenberg.com&#x2F;</a> , you&#x27;ll see this is described as &quot;a celebration of Don Knuth&quot;. The jokes require you to understand who Donald Knuth is and what he&#x27;s done. A premise is that we&#x27;re in the far future (20002), and some of the details are fuzzy.<p>It starts with the title. &quot;Knuth 3:16&quot; makes it sound like Knuth wrote one of the books of the bible. Among CS researches, Knuth&#x27;s works are held in high esteem.<p>The &quot;3:16&quot; part more specifically refers to Knuth&#x27;s study of chapter 3 verse 16 of every book of the Bible. See <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu&#x2F;~uno&#x2F;316.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu&#x2F;~uno&#x2F;316.html</a> .<p>The analysis is of the 16&#x27;th sentence of the 3rd chapter of some of Knuth&#x27;s (presumed) most famous works, plus commentary.<p>&quot;He was an enthusiastic musician&quot; likely refers to the organ in his house <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu&#x2F;~uno&#x2F;organ.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu&#x2F;~uno&#x2F;organ.html</a> .<p>The text &quot;he started life as a college football coach&quot; refers to Knute Rockne, who is shown in the picture. This is a joke on the similarity of Knuth and Knute, with the premise that in 20002 these two famous people have been blurred into one.<p>&quot;Big Dummies Guide to Visual Basic&quot; refers to a Dr. Fun (2000) cartoon at <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ibiblio.org&#x2F;Dave&#x2F;Dr-Fun&#x2F;df200002&#x2F;df20000210.jpg" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ibiblio.org&#x2F;Dave&#x2F;Dr-Fun&#x2F;df200002&#x2F;df20000210.jpg</a> as if it were real.