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Full power to the deflector shields! Sophos releases Klingon Antivirus
Why? For their brand-new Klingon antivirus application.
The program is no joke - it's real Sophos AV, but it may not be a real benefit for you if you can't read Klingon. Of course, you can always improve your linguistic skills over at the Klingon Language Institute. Just make sure you pay attention to the compatibility notes:
"Runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista.Sophos scores additional bonus points for the product's web page, which boasts such excellent touches as untouched "Lorem" text, the rarely-used <blurb> tag, and, of course, copious references to Star Trek.
This software has compatibility issues with the version of msxml4.dll used by cloaking devices on Romulan-modded D7-class battle cruisers. Installing this software on such vessels is punishable by ordeal of Ginst'a'Ed."
Pics or it didn't happen, you say? Check out a few more screens after the break. Sorry for the lack of explanations, but my skills are limited to three human languages - English, Spanish, and bad English.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Bob Jones said 12:11PM on 5-19-2009
Better yet, their page for the Kingon Anti-Virus is, seemingly, not ready to go public.
This internal comment is clearly visibile "$Header: index.html,v 1.2 2009/05/08 14:53:14 james Web page status: Draft 0.8. Req action: Mktg to review wording and imagery (better screenshots required etc..), and QA to check links. Expected launch date: July 2009. Software status: Ready. $".
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mko said 12:21PM on 5-19-2009
Will it remove Klingon viruses http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/File:Monitor_displays_Klingon_characters.jpg
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Ranelar said 12:23PM on 5-19-2009
What the heck? Did they just copypasta their program into babelfish? Either that, or we're dealing with nubs who clearly have no grasp of elementary Klingon grammar and vocabulary. Pffft.
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