What is the foulest thing you have ever made a digitalker chip set say?!

From: Scott Stevens <sastevens_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Tue Jul 20 22:49:04 2004

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:55:16 -0400
Roger Merchberger <zmerch_at_30below.com> wrote:

> Rumor has it that ed sharpe may have mentioned these words:
> >What is the foulest thing you have ever made a digitalker chip set
> >say?!
>
> Of course (along with probably a goodly number of folks here) I had
> programmed a couple of the more "standard" four-letter-words into
> it... but what I did with it once [when I was a teen] was *evil*...
> ;^>
>

It might or might not be an Urban Legend, but I recall hearing a few
years back about a 'tourettes syndrome' phenomenon in an electronic
speaking doll. Apparently it was a doll that could be programmed to say
words through some sort of digital link. It also had a dictionary of
'bad' words build into ROM and a design to block speaking said terms.
Due to some form of firmware bug, the doll instead crashed into a mode
that would speak the words on this 'forbidden' list.

Maybe somebody else can verify or debunk this story. I remember hearing
about it a few years ago.
Received on Tue Jul 20 2004 - 22:49:04 BST