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  1. Re:This message will probably be erased on Google's Secretive Data Center · · Score: 1

    King Arthur: [about the inscription on the rock] What does it say, Brother Maynard?
    Brother Maynard: It reads, "Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Aramathia. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the holy grail in the Castle of Aaauuuggghhh..."
    King Arthur: What?
    Brother Maynard: "The Castle of Aaaauuuggghhhh"
    Sir Bedevere: What is that?
    Brother Maynard: He must have died while carving it.
    King Arthur: Oh come on!
    Brother Maynard: Well, that's what it says.
    King Arthur: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn't have bothered to carve 'Aaaauuuggghhhh'. He'd just say it.
    Sir Galahad: Maybe he was dictating it.
    King Arthur: Oh shut up!

    (From "Monty Python and the Holy Grail")

  2. Re:Prior art. on Philips Patents Technology to Force Ad Viewing · · Score: 1

    Here in Germany the law considers stations like the "Home Shopping Channel" as a continuous commercial. Scary thought accidentally switching to this channel with your brand new 40-inch HDTV-Philips TV.

    I found some pictures of new devices from Philips:
    Model "Eye-opener":
    http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec296/assignments /clockwork_orange_eyes.jpg

    Philips also invented a "painless" (individual user experience may vary) little injection into your eye to intensify the effect of the advertisement imagery: http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/stage/2003/04/clock work/eye_main.jpg

  3. Re:Amusing ourselves to death on Games Better Than Books? · · Score: 1

    Postman's arguments are rarely based on hard science, he is very polemic. There is a book by a media scientist who takes apart all auf Postman's arguments in "amusing yourself to death". But he is not saying that Postman is wrong on everything he is justing saying that Postman is guessing and that he cannot prove his findings at all. Just too sad, that I don't remember the name of that book. Anyone?

  4. Plenty of strategy in PlanetSide on MMO Gaming Expansions Released, Announced · · Score: 1

    Well, bridges and factories cannot be destroyed BUT Tech plant generators and AMSs and cavern links and much more. And that has big consequences on the result of the fight. There is plenty of strategy in PlanetSide. But without laying your eyes upon it you won't see it of course.

  5. Free scanner tool for Sasser-vulnerable maschines on New Windows Worm on the Loose · · Score: 1

    This is a very helpful free tool: It can scan IP ranges for computers that are vulnerable to be affected by the Sasser worm. Download here. "A Windows network admin utility for remotely detecting LSASS vulnerability released in the MS04-011 bulletin. Allows you to scan multiple IP ranges and send an alert message to vulnerable systems."