And also not Colossus: The Forbin Project

" ZMODEM is an inline file transfer protocol developed by Chuck Forsberg in 1986, in a project funded by Telenet in order to improve file transfers on their X.25 network. In addition to dramatically improved performance compared to older protocols, ZMODEM offered restartable transfers, auto-start by the sender, an expanded 32-bit CRC, and control character quoting supporting 8-bit clean transfers, allowing it to be used on networks that would not pass control characters." Being able to restart an interrupted 45-minute+ download ("Mom! I'm on the computer!" NO CARRIER) was absolutely brilliant.

kill -9 1 . . ...should do it.

Landru: You will be abSORBED! (Wait, the Borg said *what*? Dammit, OK) You will be assimilated!! Please, uh, look into this empty spray-painted cardboard tube.

Flamebait

Sounds like a good place for the Manna story by Marshall Brain. Abstract: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F... Here is the Manna story .

I, for one, welcome our self-deleting AI overlords.

Can you inject something readily available (that isn't expensive ink, e.g. water or alcohol) into those two color low Genuine HP cartridges?

Or is it a timer that tells you the color cartridges are out no matter what and you are SOL?

Did you mean DEC previously known as Digital Equipment Corporation?

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F...

...along with the unexpected and amusing outcomes that can occur with AI technologies.

Another global thermonuclear war? Oh, ChatGTW, you just kill me. Well, us.

You better give your Holy Hand Grenade to someone else, then.

Now, if we could only send each member of their board their own Blipvert⦠>:-) https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftvtropes.org%2Fpmwiki%2Fpm...

That's like ELIZA's "I see." at the end of its decision tree.

Force coders to use Ada and wear really dark sunglasses.

How long are we supposed to bake the viola? Should it be buttered and rosined before or after baking? Do we need to crumble it up or just cut it into bite-sized pieces?