Cretaceous

The following is taken from the first page of the book whose cover is posted alongside.

"It is just after sunrise in a quiet river valley in an area of the world that will eventually be called the state of Montana. It is the Upper or Late Cretaceous period which ended approximately 65 million years ago with the extinction of the dinosaurs. In this scene, a small family group of Alamosaurus heads down river past a wading Pachycephalosaurus and an Anklyosaurus browsing for tender cycad fronds. Three familiar animals move from their path: two crocodiles, a turtle, and some dragonflies. In the distance, a group of Dravidosaurus moves to the river for a drink while Pteranodons soar overhead. Nearby, several Hadrosaurs or duckbills,(four Corythosaurus, two Parasaurolophus and a single Lambeosaurus) awaken and begin their daily search for food."

One Burning Question : Why does a book on the concepts of Operating Systems have dinosaurs on its cover and a commenary about the Cretaceous period on the first page??

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Absolutist's Guide to the Universe

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Cache'kernelis Delta: The fourth planet in the Cachionis Star system. Inhabited by silicon based lifeforms which spontaneously came into being after a fateful meteorite collision in the planet's prehistoric past. The lifeforms commonly called Stukkinplesses are generally found embedded in to the crust of the planet and their favourite pastime is 'paging', whereby they send irritating octal digit flying across the surface of the planet. These normally hit another Stukkinpless in the vicinity and the immensely popular blood-sport of 'thrashing' ensues. Exobiopsychoanalysts have found out that 99% of the population of Cach'kernelis suffer from a strange neurosis where they believe that they are part of a primitive 'computer' Operating System. This often leads to mass 'crashing' and epidemic panic attacks whenever there is news of a virus detected on their planet.On the whole the planet is safe to visit if you are not from the virus infested planet of Wormitulian VI.