[PLUG-TALK] Firefox 3 easter egg

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky znmeb at cesmail.net
Fri Jun 20 01:49:25 UTC 2008


Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008, Alan wrote:
>> Type "about:robots" into the url on Firefox 3.
>>
>> Yet another Firefox easter egg.
> 
> OK, so I knew the title reference (and its 1990s re-referent) and I get 
> the references in 1*, 3**, and 4***.  But what is 2 all about?
> 
> J.
> 
> * The 1st Law of Robotics from Isaac Asimov's robot stories.
> ** The definition of "robot" given by the marketting division of the 
> Sirius Cybernetics Corporation in the Hithchiker's Guide To The Galaxy 
> books by Douglas Adams.
> *** An inversion of the battle-cry of Bender Bending Rodriguez in 
> Futurama.
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Well, as long as we are on the subject ... how many here have read 
"Rossum's Universal Robots" aka "R.U.R"?





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