Please don't laugh at me when I tell you this but...

[srebbe64]

...my computer just said my name!!!

There I was reading an email when suddenly from the speakers I hear the word "Stephen" - it frightened the life out of me. Is there some sort of virus or joke software that's on my PC or am I actually going genuinely proper nuts?

[JamieBeeston]

could be that you hit a wrong key combination and enabled the Microsoft text-to-speech synthesiser, could be that, could be someone embedded some HTML in the email to call a wav / sound from a website..

or, most likely it's your sub conscious telling you to take some personal time



J

[TheKeyboardDemon]

If your name was Robert or Paul or anything other than Steven, then I'd say proper nuts, otherwise maybe someone's playing a prank on you.

[Kinky]

You weren't surfing for porn were you?

It's rumoured (from reliable sources) that some ISPs have a team of folks who monitor live traffic - and if hardcore porn is detected then they start saying stuff like "Hey you, xxx, from xxxx - stop downloading porn - we're watching you" with the intent of basically freaking you out, and put you off downloading any more!

K

[BliarOut]

Kinky said:

You weren't surfing for porn were you?

It's rumoured (from reliable sources) that some ISPs have a team of folks who monitor live traffic - and if hardcore porn is detected then they start saying stuff like "Hey you, xxx, from xxxx - stop downloading porn - we're watching you" with the intent of basically freaking you out, and put you off downloading any more!

K

It's like, totally true you know man.

[CheapShopTart]

BliarOut said:

Kinky said:

You weren't surfing for porn were you?

It's rumoured (from reliable sources) that some ISPs have a team of folks who monitor live traffic - and if hardcore porn is detected then they start saying stuff like "Hey you, xxx, from xxxx - stop downloading porn - we're watching you" with the intent of basically freaking you out, and put you off downloading any more!

K

It's like, totally true you know man.

Tor Enabled

[srebbe64]

Kinky said:

You weren't surfing for porn were you?

It's rumoured (from reliable sources) that some ISPs have a team of folks who monitor live traffic - and if hardcore porn is detected then they start saying stuff like "Hey you, xxx, from xxxx - stop downloading porn - we're watching you" with the intent of basically freaking you out, and put you off downloading any more!

K

No I wasn't 'Kinky', I was reading an email !!!

[Kinky]

srebbe64 said:

No I wasn't 'Kinky', I was reading an email !!!

Have you got an unsecure wireless network?

[Graham@Edinburgh]

I had a similar thing a while back but rather than saying a name, my computer would meow at me. Drove me nuts - thought a cat had got trapped somewhere and I hunted high and low for it.

Turned out you can set certain noises to trigger on contacts' PCs when you sign in to MSN and it was a friend of mine logging on

[Mr E]

Kinky said:

You weren't surfing for porn were you?

It's rumoured (from reliable sources) that some ISPs have a team of folks who monitor live traffic - and if hardcore porn is detected then they start saying stuff like "Hey you, xxx, from xxxx - stop downloading porn - we're watching you" with the intent of basically freaking you out, and put you off downloading any more!

K

Would these "reliable sources" consist of the ill-informed and technically illiterate bloke down the pub?

[Jinx]

I think I'd be more concerned if my PC said.....

Nightmare PC yesterday said:

I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you.