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    It was a cold and stormy night, a lone cornerstone monitor was glowing in the dark....
    Last edited by Technoid; 16 April 2002, 14:29.
    If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

    Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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    ...and the lithe grey cat was disturbed from her well earned slumber. It is in dispute as to which awoke her; the faint crackling noise or the acrid smoke eminating from the rear of the cathode ray unit...
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    • #3
      ...but in either case one thing was certain - her slumber had been disturbed, and soon her wrath (such as it was) would be unleashed on an unsuspecting...
      The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

      I'm the least you could do
      If only life were as easy as you
      I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
      If only life were as easy as you
      I would still get screwed

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      • #4
        ...power cord that fallen off the desk. The little grey obnoxious thing that had been sleeping after a day full of obsessively meowing at its master. It crouched up and lunged...
        “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
        –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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        • #5
          ...at the big toe of its owner, sticking out of the bed sheets. Mike sat bolt-upright and brought to bear the full...
          FT.

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          • #6
            sized scream of a crazy gorilla, scearing the cat and making the...
            If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

            Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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            • #7
              ... house tremble on its foundation. The monitor started to flicker as smoke came out of the central unit...
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              • #8
                and sparks began to fly from the keyboard and mouse. Mike kicked out reflexively, causing the cat to become airborne. In an improbable reversal of fortune, the cat, noting its inevitable meeting with the now-on-fire keyboard, managed to right itself, steer clear, and land on the rug instead - at which point it scampered under the bed and stayed there.

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                The Internet - where men are men, women are men, and teenage girls are FBI agents!

                I'm the least you could do
                If only life were as easy as you
                I'm the least you could do, oh yeah
                If only life were as easy as you
                I would still get screwed

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                • #9
                  Meanwhile, inside Mike's head, the recurring dream that had been bugging him for months continued...
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                  • #10
                    .....what is this Parhelia? It has been eatting at him for the past couple months...a google search turned up its an astronomical event, but what did it have to do with him?.....
                    Why is it called tourist season, if we can't shoot at them?

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                    • #11
                      ..."Of course, no one can be told what the Parhelia is," Mike muttered. "You have to see it for yourself." Mike stopped and wondered how that question mysteriously popped into his head, and what it had to do with...
                      Last edited by Jammrock; 17 April 2002, 07:39.
                      “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
                      –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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                      • #12
                        .....his burning monitor....

                        BURNING MONITOR? the thought shot like a freighttrain through his bran and he jumped out of his bed...
                        If there's artificial intelligence, there's bound to be some artificial stupidity.

                        Jeremy Clarkson "806 brake horsepower..and that on that limp wrist faerie liquid the Americans call petrol, if you run it on the more explosive jungle juice we have in Europe you'd be getting 850 brake horsepower..."

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                        • #13
                          when he saw that the screen on his second system, which he had kept online for email, was flashing "follow the white ant...". All of a sudden this changed to "knock knock, Mike...." and....
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                          • #14
                            ...stepping on the poor cat's tail on the way, which was just poking out...
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                            • #15
                              ...the cat let out a blood curtling scream. Mike cursed the cursed cat and walked over the his smoking Cornerstone screen. He extingushed the flames on the keyboard and pulled out a spare. He tried to reply to the little white ant but...
                              “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
                              –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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