transcript from The Horror of Dracula (1958)

The Parlor
Enter Harker

Woman: (appearing from behind door) Mr. Harker, you will help me?

Harker: If it's still possible. But, tell me, why is Count Dracula keeping you prisoner?

Woman: I cannot tell you that.

Harker: But if I'm to help you, I must know.

Woman: I'm sorry, it's not possible.

Harker: You make it very difficult for me. After all, I'm a guest here. If I'm to help you, I must have a reason.

Woman: A reason! You ask for a reason! Is it not reason enough that he keeps me locked up in this house, holds me against my will? You can have no idea of what an evil man he is or the terrible things he does. I could not...dare not...try to leave on my own. He could find me again, I know. But, with you to help me, I would have a chance. Oh, you must help me. You must! You're my only hope. You must!

Harker: (holding her in his arms) I'll help you, I promise. Please don't distress yourself.

Woman: Thank you (She bites Harker's neck.)

Harker: (Pushes vampiress away)

dracula

voip vendors don't like wiretaps

VOIP service providers, an alliance of civil liberties groups and technology companies recently filed a petition seeking a court ruling that the Federal Communications Commission "exceeded its statutory authority" when it adopted rules to ensure that law enforcement can tap Internet phone calls.

The petition was filed in the U. S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia and a variety of companies and organizations are the plaintiffs. The petitioners indicate that the FCC is extending federal wiretapping rules to technologies that Congress did not intend it to cover, and also imposes a burdensome mandate on innovators.

voip

big brother

is google getting to thin?

Google this, Google that. Everyday we hear about a new Google feature. Growth is not a bad thing, but is Google growing out more than it is growing up? Google is a powerful company, led by brilliant people, but the dominance of Google is still an infant. will they grow with the times?

When reading about Google, think about Netscape. Remember how dominant they were before they franly lost customers. Google is being hailed as the company that will kill Microsoft... so was Netscape. Google is branching out with new services.... so did Netscape.

Google may be taking on too much all at once. If they are they'll do what companies do in this case. Make big mistakes.

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internet

prime numbers

79: Number of different, dialectical nicknames for the dragon fly in American English
105: Number of flights made by the Wright Brothers
2473: Number of sheets of paper used by Marva Drew to type out every number from 1 to 1,000,000

numbers

oil for food probe continues

More than 2,200 companies, including major concerns like DaimlerChrysler, Siemens and Volvo, made illicit payments totaling $1.8 billion to Iraq's government led by Hussein. This acording to a report released today.

The program, which began in December 1996 and ended in 2003, was aimed at easing the impact of U.N. sanctions imposed in 1990 after Baghdad's troops invaded Kuwait.

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Condi Rice demonized

USA Today manipulated a photo of Condi Rice, making her eyes look as if she was possesed by a demon. Michelle Malkin has an article about it on her blog. Check the link.

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Miers Withdrawls

Harriet Miers, whom the president announced on October 3rd to be the next nominee to the Supreme Court, withdrew her name from consideration earlier today. This was a shock to the Washington Beltway crowd. Miers had come under more and more criticism for U.S. senators on her lack of qualifications. President Bush said that he would fill the court vacancy in a timely manner.


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World Wide Web may be related to Frankenstein

In an article by legendary Arthur C. Clarke, he relates when he wrote a story called, "Dial F for Frankenstein" he had a scenario about all the telephones in the world being connected to each other. This story inspired Tim Berners-Lee to invent the World Wide Web in 1990.

Clarke goes on to say that humans have a need to communicate and that computers in general will help us do that. With memories and bandwidth getting larger tasks will be simpler and faster to finish.

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