Little to Annoy at Helen of Troy

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"Raising Helen"

"Raising Helen" 05/26/2004 07:40 AM
If you're a Christian Coalition member looking for a movie that reinforces all the homespun values you hold dear, this Kate Hudson vehicle is for you!

Ads That Annoy Also Succeed

Ads That Annoy Also Succeed 09/08/2004 05:03 AM
One of internet users' most common misconceptions is that obnoxious advertising doesn't work. In reality, it works all too well, generating very nice returns for purveyors of spam and pop-ups at the expense of the rest of us. By Adam L. Penenberg.

The Synergy Will Annoy You

The Synergy Will Annoy You 04/05/2005 04:19 AM

A local mobile phone carrier is partnering up with a local cinema operator here in Singapore to sell advertisement... What the hell are they thinking?

The last thing I wanted to be reminded of when going to the movies is that my enjoyment of the movie has been killed by the great service of the mobile phone carrier.

Interview with Helen Greiner of iRobot

Interview with Helen Greiner of iRobot 08/03/2004 07:42 PM
Phillip Torrone sent us a link to his recent interview with Helen Greiner, the chairman and cofounder of iRobot Corporation. The article includes photos of the new Roomba Discovery and the Linux-based PackBot. There's also a cool photo of the debris remaining from PackBot #129, which was killed in action in Iraq earlier this year while on a bomb disposal mission. Helen's prediction is that we are 100 years from seeing general purpose humanoid robots. Less intelligent, task-specific robots, on the other hand, are here today and will continue to improve rapidly.

The piracy police are out to annoy
you...

The piracy police are out to annoy
you... 06/17/2004 01:33 PM
Fed up with anti-piracy warnings in your local cinema? Why not take a picture?

Helen Vendler on Cultural Democracy and
the Arts

Helen Vendler on Cultural Democracy and
the Arts 05/07/2004 10:41 AM
Michael Madison was kind enought to point me to this link of Helen Vendler's speech to her 2004 Jefferson Lecture. It's provocative on matters of the relative value of philosophy and literature to a humanistic education. It would not be hard to embed some of her points in a Free Culture argument as well.

iRobot Cofounder Helen Greiner
Interviewed

iRobot Cofounder Helen Greiner
Interviewed 08/02/2004 03:32 PM

Helen Hunt Gives Birth to Baby Girl (AP)

Helen Hunt Gives Birth to Baby Girl (AP) 05/21/2004 01:01 PM
AP - Helen Hunt and her boyfriend, writer-producer Matthew Carnahan, have something to be mad about besides each other: a baby girl.

"Troy"

"Troy" 05/15/2004 02:22 PM

Internet outages annoy Comcast customers

Internet outages annoy Comcast customers 04/15/2005 03:15 PM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 15 2005 6:22PM GMT

Latest Spam Designed Only To Annoy
Spamhaus

Latest Spam Designed Only To Annoy
Spamhaus 12/02/2003 09:51 AM
The spammers have been getting angry lately, because it appears that the work of many anti-spammers is actually somewhat effective. So, instead of focusing on, perhaps, figuring out a way to market legitimate products without pissing off just about everyone, the spammers are spending their time trying to piss off anti-spam organizations. Unfortunately, some of these attacks have worked, and anti-sp am sites have been shut down. The latest trick, though, isn't designed to do much other than to annoy Steve Linford of Spamhaus. A spammer is sending out spam, saying that you've successfully ordered a CD full of child-porn and will be charged $100/month for it. They say that if the order is a mistake, to contact them immediately - and, of course, the address they give is a Spamhaus email. This is one step up from the typical joe job of just sending out spam email with spoofed "from" headers of someone the spammer doesn't like. While those attacks lead the "target" to get bounces and a few angry replies, this version is specifically designed to make people fire back. It's just that they're firing back at the wrong target. Another article about this tactic says that this is a victory of sorts, because it means that the anti-spam groups like Spamhaus are clearly having an impact on the war against spam. If Spamhaus wasn't making life more difficult for spammers, why would they bother attacking them?

Destroy Troy

Destroy Troy 07/05/2004 05:49 PM

When I wake up I usually find some interesting remains in my mind.  It's as if the brain forgot to flush the cache when I awake.  This morning it was the thought that the word 'destroy' originated from the fall of Troy.  So to destroy is to suffer the same fate as the city of Troy did.

Is this true?  Dictionaries I looked up didn't list Troy as the origin of the word.  Searching Google returns many pages that mention the city of Troy and the word destory together yet none seems to suggest there there might be a closer relationship between the word and the name.

Seems unlikely though.  The concept of destruction has a long history and, while the destruction of Troy took place long time ago, use of the word 'destroy' to mean 'do the same as what was done to Troy' would require a lot of story telling.

A: Destroy that city by nightfall!
B: Do what?
A: Destroy!  Turn it into rubble like Troy.
B: Troy?  What's that?
A: *sigh* You never heard about Troy?  Giant Horse?
B: Uh, no.  Why don't you tell us?

More likely, the word is related to the word 'destruction', removal of structures, but it's fun to play with words anyway.

Outages in Internet service annoy
Comcast customers

Outages in Internet service annoy
Comcast customers 04/15/2005 12:18 PM
Siliconvalley.com - Fri Apr 15, 10:37 am GMT

Internet outages annoy Comcast customers
(SiliconValley.com)

Internet outages annoy Comcast customers
(SiliconValley.com) 04/16/2005 12:49 PM
SiliconValley.com - Cable provider Comcast said Thursday that it was working on technical problems that caused a series of outages in recent days for many of the 7 million people who subscribe to its high-speed Internet service.

"Troy in Fifteen Minutes"

"Troy in Fifteen Minutes" 05/26/2004 04:41 AM

Troy (the movie) in 15 minutes.

Troy (the movie) in 15 minutes. 05/20/2004 01:14 PM
Troy (the movie) in 15 minutes. Just in case you didn't feel like sitting through the whole ten years two hours 43 minutes. via BoingBoing

Bedroom of Helen of Troy Sparta
PARIS: Hey, baby, I brought you a pearl necklace.
HELEN [weepy]: I can’t wear it because I’m sort of already married to that other guy but we’ve been doing the royal nasty for a week already anyway and you’re going to leave tomorrow and WAHHHHH.
PARIS: You could stow away and come with me and start a war that will end up killing 90% of the cast and totally be the downfall of my people and my kingdom!
HELEN: *sniff* I think… that’s the sweetest thing anyone’s ever said to me.

Troy Sequels Planned

Troy Sequels Planned 05/16/2004 12:04 PM
They are planning two sequels for Troy. First up is Troy 2: The Trojans Strike Back. The Greeks are betrayed from the inside and...

Troy in 15 (very funny) minutes

Troy in 15 (very funny) minutes 05/20/2004 01:05 AM
After the sixth hour of Troy, the new Arm Pitt Men in Skirts epic, I started to remember just how friggin' big that copy of the Iliad I had was. Big. Big, big book. Loooong movie.

So it's a good thing that this blogger has produced a Troy-in-fifteen-minutes abridgement. You know, I like it as much as the original!

AGAMEMNON: Look, there's no reason for me to slaughter thousands of your men. You pick out your best soldier, and I pick out mine.

KING OF THESSALY: Deal. [turns to his army] SOME GUYYYYY!

THESSALIAN ARMY: SOME! GUY! SOME! GUY! SOME! GUY!

Some Guy breaks through the crowd. His neck resembles an Easter ham and his spear is the size of a telephone pole.

SOME GUY: RAAAAAAAAA!

AGAMEMNON [turning to his army]: ACHILLEEEEEES!

GREEK ARMY: . . .

AGAMEMNON: . . .

Hut of Wanton Nudity, Some Village

BOY: OMG Achilles you're late you gotta get up Achilles OMG!

ACHILLES: Dude, I just nailed twins. Call me in the morning.

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Troy wins battle at US box office

Troy wins battle at US box office 05/17/2004 10:18 AM
Brad Pitt's epic Troy storms the US box office on its opening weekend to take the number one spot.

The Many Faces of Helen - How to find an
actress who can launch a thousand ships.
By Julia Turner

The Many Faces of Helen - How to find an
actress who can launch a thousand ships.
By Julia Turner 05/15/2004 05:52 AM
a pictorial essay on Helen of Troy .. explains .. Slate

slate.msn.com/id/2100449
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World premiere for epic film Troy

World premiere for epic film Troy 05/09/2004 02:33 PM
Brad Pitt and other stars of the sword-and-sandals film Troy will attend the world premiere of the movie in Berlin on Sunday.

Occupation: Girl - Troy in Fifteen
Minutes

Occupation: Girl - Troy in Fifteen
Minutes 05/20/2004 10:09 PM
this blogger has produced a Troy-in-fifteen-minutes abridgement

livejournal.com/users/cleolinda/99710.html
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HP's Troy Concept PC: Knobs are the New
Dials

HP's Troy Concept PC: Knobs are the New
Dials 06/08/2004 07:31 AM

HP's 'Troy' concept is an attempt to show how modern software and hardware technology could be combined to turn a regular PC into a communications platform. Although it's impossible to tell exactly how useful the secondary interface console at the bottom would be to actual communicating, I'm no hater of buttons and knobs, so if HP decides that it would be more useful to have a separate videoconferencing button on the bottom that's fine by me. I am going to have to take issue with the lack of keyboard, though. That would probably make life a little harder.

HP is "keeping mum about when Troy systems might ship," which is more than likely due to the fact that, if this article is anything to go by, they aren't doing a very good job explaining why we need something like this concept PC in the first place. Still, knobs! (Thanks, (another) Nick!)
Read [PCMag]

"Please Don't Go Topless, Mother" singer
Troy Hess found!

"Please Don't Go Topless, Mother" singer
Troy Hess found! 05/19/2004 01:27 AM
The mystery of the boy voice behind cult antiporn anthem "Please Don't go Topless, Mother" has been solved. Troy Hess has a web page. Please don't go blogless, mother! Link, and link to previous BoingBoing post.
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