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Pokémon: Aqua – Blackbelt Strikes Back! With MissingNo.!

Posted on September 27, 2008
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In this Pokémon: Blue hack, I run into a little problem in the Tower in Lavender…at least one of the random Pokémon encounters have turned into Blackbelt trainers!!

Pokémon you will see, in order of appearance:
Rhyhorn
Vaporeon (mine)
Arcanine
MissingNo.
Clefairy
Kadabra (mine)
Mewtwo
MissingNo.

That was one crazy battle…

MissingNo. PokéDex information:

Missing Number. The Computer Glitch Pokémon. Number ???, default: 000.
Height: Undetermined.
Weight: Undetermined.
Type: Unknown Computer Virus?
Pokémon Type1: UNKNOWN
Pokémon Type2: UNKNOWN
Known Moves: ERROR…CANNOT FIND IN DATABASE.
Level-Up Moves: ERROR…CANNOT FIND IN DATABASE.
TM/HM Moves: ERROR…CANNOT FIND IN DATABASE.
Breed?: ERROR…CANNOT FIND IN DATABASE.
Egg Moves: ERROR…CANNOT FIND IN DATABASE.

SEARCHING DATABASE FOR HISTORY… DONE. LOADING SEARCH RESULTS…

Missing Number is the result of Silph Company’s attempt to perfect Porygon – code-named “The Porygon Version 2.0 Project” – a computer virus which attacked Silph’s mainframe that day (rumored to be sent by Team Rocket), and a strange number of accidents and coincidences of the same day. The virus attacked Porygon swiftly, so much in fact that the scientists didn’t realize anything was wrong until Porygon’s appearance had changed, which was corrupted late into the virus’s attack. By the time Silph’s science team scrambled to contain the virus, it was too late to reverse the effects. While Porygon wasn’t destroyed, it was definitely mutated beyond reocgnition, into a mass of glitches. A living, breathing computer bug. The scientists were simultaneously amazed and frightened – as can be expected – by this unexpected development.

Though not quite a success, they refused to mark this interesting turn of events as a failed experiment, and began trying to test the creature. After all, computer glitches don’t actually exist! Their computers, having no non-corrupt data to extract from the creature, dubbed it “The Missing Number, No. 000.” The research began immediately, as this was intruiging…however, the “creature” escaped – by spreading, as is the nature of a virus, to the Internet, once it ate through Silph’s rather weak firewalls. Silph’s scientists never cracked that one – their mainframe’s firewalls seemed perfectly intact, and yet the Pokémon had unmistakenly vanished.

Team Rocket, discovering the Pokémon when it spread to their computers, tried to contain it as well for study – just for it to escape again as easily as before. Giovanni was furious – he intended to stop the research into Porygon 2, to punish Silph Co. for the Master Ball incident, but he never would have believed Porygon would “mutate” rather than “evolve”, much less into a totally different Pokemon. He knew that it had to carry potential, as it had escaped Silph Co. without a hitch and managed to be a LIVING computer virus; that HAD to be worthy of research.

Missing Number eventally corrupted a Pokémon Storage Computer, replacing all of the Pokémon within with copies of itself. Through this, it was able to escape into the real world – a hapless teenage trainer withdrew the Pokémon, believing it was her beloved Pidgey, only to be greeted by a seeming mass of computer glitches with an otherworldly cry. The poor girl’s mother called up the Pokémon Center, demanding an explanation for her traumatized daughter. Nurse Joy, following standard procedure despite being COMPLETELY unprepared for this, redirected the mother to Silph Co.’s Customer Service Line. As nothing like this had ever happened, Silph, trying DESPERATELY to keep the Missing Number debacle under wraps as well, tried to pass it off as a one-time glitch – once they swore up and down to make sure it would never happened again, as the mother wasn’t taking “a one-time glitch” for an answer. From there, the complaints grew – and Silph’s president tried desperately to keep their fault in this from going public. At the same time, Team Rocket (ordered by Giovanni) was trying to find a way to publically announce to the world how “Missing Number” was indeed Silph’s fault. Giovanni accepted this as a sort of improvised “Plan B” to get back at Silph.

Missing Number was released into the wild in all cases – much to Silph’s dismay, as they have tried desperately to bring it back in. Rumor has it they congregate at Cinnabar Island, the coast facing Seafoam Islands. But because only visitors from Viridian ever seem to see it, no one quite believes it.

SEARCHING DATABASE FOR CURRENT INFORMATION… ERROR. ERROR. DATABASE HAS CRASHED. ALL REMAINING INFORMATION HAS BEEN CORRUPTED. CANNOT REPAIR. SHUTTING DOWN…

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Apple Computers Timeline Pt.2

Posted on September 27, 2008
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heres the part 2 be great ful i was sick when i made this lol part 3 coming on the weekend (i hope)

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Cuba Computers – Haunting Me (Iberican mix)

Posted on September 27, 2008
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Classic house from Cuba Computers aka Laid aka Zoo Brazil aka Denver aka Outcold aka The Kelly Project aka Nars…

Released: Oct 2002

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commandN Episode 54

Posted on September 27, 2008
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Amber and Mike chat about who is blogging, Apple renting movies online and YouTube downloads. Jeff reviews the Kodak EasyShare V530 digital camera.

Duration : 13 min 41 sec

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commandN Episode 39

Posted on September 27, 2008
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Amber & Mike chat about Google goals, searching videos, and our first design contest. Brian reviews the Nintendo GameBoy micro and Jeff does a tech travel segment from his hotel room in Sri Lanka.

Duration : 17 min 55 sec

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236.com: New Attack Ad: “McCain and Computers 2.0″

Posted on September 26, 2008
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http://www.236.com

New Attack Ad: “McCain and Computers 2.0″

While running off at the mouth with Katie Couric, Joe Biden was asked about some Obama attack ads. Biden said he thought the one making fun of McCain’s computer illiteracy was “terrible” and that it never would have been run if he had anything to do with it.

Way to stay on message Joe. Not only do we approve of ads making fun of McCain’s ignorance of computers, we think the message should be taken up a notch. Here’s another “McCain sucks at computers” ad that we think should be disseminated far and wide.

Watch more at http://www.236.com/video

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Google Project 10^100 $20 Computers

Posted on September 26, 2008
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Centralize old computers, clean and refit, create desktop icons for Google Docs, print instructions for use in recipients native language, distribute all over the world

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One of the FIRST LAPTOP computers is demonstrated.

Posted on September 26, 2008
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The First Laptops were the beginnings of today’s and quite interesting to look back on. This Zenith of mine was amazing to all who saw it 1n 1994!

Look how far we have come in only 15 years!
Thanks for watching, and you might like to pass it on to your old computer buddies. Please subscribe if you like.
Thanks.
Dave

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commandN Episode 41

Posted on September 26, 2008
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Amber and Jeff are in Florida this week to chat about Wi-Fi in San Fran, Pandora's latest gadget, and how to find out what to read next. Mike does a review of the latest apps in the Wiki world.

Duration : 17 min 43 sec

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commandN Episode 26

Posted on September 26, 2008
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Amber & Mike chat about Wikipedia, online photo albums, Fido's cell phone, and Skype 2.0. Jeff reviews five terrific tech toys and we hand out our web picks of the week. Running time: 14:35

Duration : 14 min 37 sec

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