Normally, this would be a "Weekend Notes" entry over on Aeternus Arcanus, but I've never tried to embed a video over there before, so apologies for the re-direction notice.

Right, so here's the BBC clip (complete with mispronunciation of "aristocrats" in the commentary):

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...so just tell it to shut up.

"Don't be surprised if, some day soon, your Bluetooth headset tells you to calm down. Or informs you that your last caller was lying through his teeth."Voice commands get funkier ( Read more... )

...this time courtesy of fortean_news (who are having quite a good day*, it seems):

http://www.isi.edu/robots/superbot/movies/Feb2007/ropeclimber.wmv (10.1Mb if you take the right-click and download option, although you probably wouldn't want to keep it. *G*)

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...a truly wonderful (and award-winning!) piece of mime from 2001: (Edit: Ah, well - LJ's not quite up to French embedded video players yet, then! Never mind - simply click on that first link to view it, or see the alternative download option below...)

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...this unofficial Depeche Mode video had me chuckling:



;o)

Edit: Although it seems likely to have been a contributory factor vis-à-vis the subject matter of this entry: http://community.livejournal.com/anti_gravitas/3722.html