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Originally Posted by LazyScot
(Actually rumour has it that the music side of the Collection had tried a similar kind of "inoculation", and that's where Eurovision Song Contest came from…)
Now once the web came out, it seemed an excellent idea to try and provide a mechanism that you can play on the computer which basically damages your optical system just enough to prevent most viruses from getting a foothold. And that was how MySpace started (yup, a sort of Eurovision Song Contest for the web). The hope is, that with its incredible popularity with the young, it will provide a high degree of resistance to these hacks, and make the work of the Collection somewhat easier – or at least give them longer to catch and adapt any dangerous images…
See – I told you MySpace was a great thing – bruises up your optical system something chronic to help save your mind. (Whatdya mean, the cure is worse than the disease….)
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that is actually the only credible explanation i've ever heard for either of those phenomena. thank you, lazyscot, for taking that weight off my mind. i feel a bit better now. not enough to spend any time on myspace or eurovision, of course, but it's comforting to think that they might actually have a purpose, be working toward the greater good, however obscure the method...