Great, now I won't be able to sleep tonight knowing that one of these.... whatever the fuck it is, exists, and it's most likely going to find it's way into my house.
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/.../ they'd been continually tortured by the technology that was supposedly assisting them.
The chief source of their torment was Orac, a wearing winking smartarse in a box who loved himself almost, but not quite as much, as an iphone, and who treated his human companions with the horty condescension of a professor of Latin snorting at an especially stupid peg.
Blake: Orac, I want to tap central spacecraft registry, can you do that?
Orac: 'Tap' -what is that?
Blake: Obtain information from the records.
It was a bit like watching people struggle with a beta version of Windows Vista thirty years ahead of its time.
Blake: You'll clear the receptor circuits to receive an emergency program. Confirm when ready.
Orac: [Clicking of relays]
Avon: Confirm readiness.
Orac: [Clicking of relays]
Avon: Come on, come on.
Orac: [Clicking of relays]
You know, sometimes it was like watching Jeremy Paxman wearily quizzing Michael Howard on Newsnight forever.
Orac: That information is not immediately available
Blake: Well, can you get it?
Orac: It has no bearing on the problem.
Blake: Can you get it?
Orac: Eventually.
Blake: How long is eventually?
Orac: It will require time and resources far in excess of the value of the information.
Blake: Well get it anyway I want the reason for that alert.
Orac: Very well... I will report... in due course.
Jersus, even apple computers aren't this snooty!
Great, now I won't be able to sleep tonight knowing that one of these.... whatever the fuck it is, exists, and it's most likely going to find it's way into my house.
Great, now I won't be able to sleep tonight knowing that one of these.... whatever the fuck it is, exists, and it's most likely going to find it's way into my house.
Yeah, same here. This is probably the most disturbing thing i've seen in years.
Found this one yesterday:
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... is awesome! Where'd you find it?
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