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cronus Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:38:13pm |
The ending from the anchor is great: “if you have any questions about Google opt-out type it in an email to a friend and Google will get back to you in 24 hours.”
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livefreeor die Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:39:47pm |
It’s going to get really spooky when Google becomes self aware.
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Sharmuta Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:41:39pm |
Google might be big, but opting out of GE would be more difficult.
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Charles Johnson Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:43:12pm |
You have to watch it more than once, and read the crawl at the bottom…
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:45:59pm |
Bury corpses by hand?
Does this mean I won’t be able to use a shovel?
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KenJen Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:47:30pm |
Nutritional value of the dollar is now greater than monetary value. Ha ha. Funny stuff.
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Lee Coller Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:47:44pm |
“If you have any questions, type them in an email to a friend, and Google will get back to you.”
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Ward Cleaver Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:48:04pm |
re: #8 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Bury corpses by hand?
Does this mean I won’t be able to use a shovel?
Only if they’re shovel-ready.
/heh
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DaddyG Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:49:25pm |
re: #7 Charles
You have to watch it more than once, and read the crawl at the bottom…
In the Ipod User Agreement. Dang he’s sneaky.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:50:57pm |
re: #7 Charles
You have to watch it more than once, and read the crawl at the bottom…
Do we have a scientist Lizard who’ll tell us beer is healthy?
That would be thread-worthy.
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zombie Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:53:00pm |
re: #7 Charles
You have to watch it more than once, and read the crawl at the bottom…
The funniest line is at the very end, too:
“If you want to opt out, describe your wishes in a private email to a friend and Google will get back to you within 24 hours.”
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zombie Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:53:35pm |
re: #2 cronus
The ending from the anchor is great: “if you have any questions about Google opt-out type it in an email to a friend and Google will get back to you in 24 hours.”
Drat! Scooped again.
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zombie Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:55:02pm |
re: #3 livefreeor die
It’s going to get really spooky when Google becomes self aware.
It’s going to fall in love with the Russian computer and take over the world!
Extra credit: Name that movie (referenced above) for 10 bonus points!
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zombie Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:55:56pm |
re: #10 Lee Coller
“If you have any questions, type them in an email to a friend, and Google will get back to you.”
Man, am I out of the loop this afternoon!
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Jack Burton Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:56:13pm |
re: #16 zombie
Colossus: The Forbin Project?
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FrogMarch Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:57:08pm |
Obama to slip universal health care into itunes user agreement.
Not funny.//
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zombie Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:57:12pm |
re: #18 ArchangelMichael
Colossus: The Forbin Project?
Bingo! Correct!
Ten Internet Bonus Points for you!
Sure, they’re worthless, but you can use them to buy opt-out coupons.
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HoosierHoops Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:57:34pm |
We bought a couple of Google servers to run the document searches on our internal Intranet…
They are faster than hell…And really cool looking…Bright yellow in a DataCenter always draws attention…
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Sharmuta Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:58:32pm |
Healthcare is getting slipped into iTunes service agreements- LOL!
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Wendya Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:58:55pm |
FDA approves Meth for treatment of excess teeth.
LOL!
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, Aug 11, 2009 2:59:34pm |
re: #13 pre-Boomer Marine brat
Beer is healthy!
There!
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:02:05pm |
re: #21 HoosierHoops
We bought a couple of Google servers to run the document searches on our internal Intranet…
They are faster than hell…And really cool looking…Bright yellow in a DataCenter always draws attention…
Last “data center” I was inside was the one (in the early Eighties) where my OEM employer’s VAX lived.
/:D … I think that was about the time Conan the Barbarian came out
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:02:06pm |
re: #16 zombie
It’s going to fall in love with the Russian computer and take over the world!
Extra credit: Name that movie (referenced above) for 10 bonus points!
Colossus, the Forbin Project.
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Wendya Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:02:31pm |
re: #16 zombie
It’s going to fall in love with the Russian computer and take over the world!
Extra credit: Name that movie (referenced above) for 10 bonus points!
Electric Dreams?
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reloadingisnotahobby Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:03:20pm |
re: #27 quickjustice
Don’t forget the barley!!
Oh! And fresh mountian spring water!!!
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zombie Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:03:34pm |
True fact not included in the Onion news crawl:
The Allies wanted to punish Germany financially after WW1, so in the Versailles Agreement they stripped German drug-maker Bayer of two very profitable patents: Aspirin and Heroin. Hence, starting in 1919, generic heroin could be made by any US company that wanted to.
End result: Millions of Americans became addicted to the over-the-counter heroin, and when it was later banned as illegal for home use, the underground drug trade sprung up to service the once-legal addicts!
Talk about the law of unintended consequences!
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zombie Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:04:38pm |
re: #26 Kosh’s Shadow
Colossus, the Forbin Project.
Correct, but too late off the starting line. (See comment #18.)
Only three Internet Bonus Points for you.
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pre-Boomer Marine brat Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:05:21pm |
re: #30 zombie
True fact not included in the Onion news crawl:
The Allies wanted to punish Germany financially after WW1, so in the Versailles Agreement they stripped German drug-maker Bayer of two very profitable patents: Aspirin and Heroin. Hence, starting in 1919, generic heroin could be made by any US company that wanted to.
End result: Millions of Americans became addicted to the over-the-counter heroin, and when it was later banned as illegal for home use, the underground drug trade sprung up to service the once-legal addicts!
Talk about the law of unintended consequences!
And IIRC, every movie back then had a heroin.
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:06:53pm |
re: #31 zombie
Correct, but too late off the starting line. (See comment #18.)
Only three Internet Bonus Points for you.
Well, I’m trying to get work done, too.
(Microsoft makes it really hard for you to find how to write certain code that will still work on XP, especially if you don’t want to use .NET. I have to find documentation that doesn’t show up in the searches any more.)
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:07:56pm |
re: #32 pre-Boomer Marine brat
And IIRC, every movie back then had a heroin.
Both a Hero and Heroine
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doppelganglander Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:08:08pm |
FDA approves meth for treatment of excess teeth.
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Dianna Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:08:15pm |
re: #20 zombie
Bingo! Correct!
Ten Internet Bonus Points for you!
Sure, they’re worthless, but you can use them to buy opt-out coupons.
Colossus fell in love with another computer? I saw that in junior high (much, much longer ago than I really want to remember), but I don’t think so?
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:09:40pm |
re: #36 Dianna
Colossus fell in love with another computer? I saw that in junior high (much, much longer ago than I really want to remember), but I don’t think so?
Sort of.
SPOILER WARNING
Although I probably don’t have it right because I last saw it years ago at a NESFA meeting.
Colossus and the Russian computer connect and decide to take over the world.
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zombie Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:13:40pm |
re: #36 Dianna
Colossus fell in love with another computer? I saw that in junior high (much, much longer ago than I really want to remember), but I don’t think so?
Dr. Charles A. Forbin (Eric Braeden) is the chief designer of a secret government project. He and his team have built a gigantic and fantastically advanced supercomputer, called “Colossus”, to control all of the United States and Allied nuclear weapons systems. Colossus is built to be impervious to any attack, encased within a mountain and powered by its own nuclear reactor. When it is activated, the Kennedyesque President of the United States (Gordon Pinsent) announces its existence, proudly proclaiming it a perfect defense system that will ensure peace.
Almost immediately after the broadcast ends, Colossus displays a cryptic warning: “There is another system”.
It is revealed that Colossus is referring to a Soviet project very similar to Colossus; a supercomputer called “Guardian”, that controls Soviet nuclear weapons. Both computers order a link to allow them to communicate with one another. A link is set up, and the computers start exchanging messages of simple mathematics, as the scientists and officials of both sides monitor the communication on video screens. The communications become increasingly complex, eventually extending into mathematics formerly unknown to mankind. Then the two machines begin communicating in a binary language that the scientists can’t interpret. This alarms the President and the leader of the Soviet Union, who agree to disconnect the link. Colossus and Guardian demand that the link be restored, or “action will be taken.” When this threat is ignored, Colossus and Guardian each launch one of their nuclear missiles. The U.S. and U.S.S.R. quickly restore the link, and Colossus intercepts the Soviet missile before it strikes. The link is restored too late for the American missile to be destroyed, and a Soviet oil complex and neighboring town are destroyed. The scientists and officials then watch helplessly as the two computers exchange information without limitation. The computers soon announce they’ve joined, and become a single, even more powerful computer, taking the name Unity.
I think the implication was that Colossus and Guardian “fell in love” and had the equivalent of computer sex by merging.
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Dianna Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:16:37pm |
Thank you, fellows. I remember Colossus as taking over the world, not the rest of it.
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DaveinMD Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:24:44pm |
Wow, I bet there aren’t three other people in the world who watched that movie! All of us are here…
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Kosh's Shadow Tue, Aug 11, 2009 3:28:48pm |
re: #40 DaveinMD
Wow, I bet there aren’t three other people in the world who watched that movie! All of us are here…
There were more than three in the NESFA meeting where I saw it. (New England Science Fiction Association)
And there was someone in the hotel for a computer service training course, a Gould tech, if I remember (No, not Go’auld; one of the computer companies back in the 1970’s) who helped us find a working power outlet to plug in the 16mm projector.
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