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Lady and Gentlemen, sit back and brace yourself for the assault of the quickies:
AlexPixel sent us
the curiously named Bilbo.com which actually sells feet keyboards for key modifiers and mouse clicks.
cadfael sent us a sordid tale of
a coder scorned.
Some billboards: first from Ant we have a
windows error and from
mazur we have a bit of unix (must be california ;) mmca noted that scientists have discovered why candy wrappers are loudest in movie theaters.
IcesTorm-I noted a supposed windows bug that will make ya wonder.
DuncMonk sent us a cool comic strip called Sinfest that you might wish to add to your morning coffee. How about the x86 Still for
those of you who believe that controlling your stereo, lights, garage door, and neighbors dog just isn't enough for your PC.
Not out there enough for ya? How about RSA implemented
entirely in javascript? (Doesn't work for me ... I leave
that crap turned off ;) And finally to leave everyone on the proper melodic note, gribbly
Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers. Fortunately it's available in MP3 just in case you don't have a dot-matrix printer still handy...
That shot of the crashed video board has inspired me. Those damn things are like animated GIF's on the highways, and I've been looking for some way to mess with them without being totally destructive and getting my ass thrown in jail.
It's all so simple...I just need to get a copy of BackOrifice installed on it, and put up my own subversive messages. Subtly, of course...I was thinking of something along the lines of:
"News Flash: Animated billboards reported as #3 cause of fatal car crashes, following drunk driving and cell phones!"
Okay, maybe not, but I still hate them.
From what I can tell, the translation of the Unix billboard (which isn't an error - it looks like Dutch unix) is something along the lines of:
For anyone who has listed in their CV (resume) that their work is their hobby and they are creative or innovative, send them an email with the subject set to "Your place is in Hilversum" (?), and tell 'em to go check out the URL: http://www.omroep.nl/gurus/
Not sure about the subject line, but that's a pretty darn nifty advertisement, for damned sure. I'd send 'em my resume...
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
It's not California at all, mister! It is Holland. Some folks at our national television try to attract some IT'ers.
:-) Besides, it's TV, not film)
The bills were all around the place some time ago. I liked them.
www.omroep.nl is the united website of national broadcasters. And Hilversum is the place where they make TV in holland (like Hollywood, only VERY different
It's... It's...
"We can confirm that Debian does *not* ship the version with the trojan horse. Our version predates it." [CA-2002-28]
That Windows problem is interesting and all, but it pales in comparison to this gem. I almost feel sorry for the person who had to write that.