Wheel of Fortune Megaword question

[Steve Gavazzi]

I still can't believe anyone on the staff thought that Megaword was a good idea. Particularly when the answer was OXIDIZED.

"I used a special cleaning agent that oxidized my laundry detergent."

[clemon79]

"I used a special cleaning agent that oxidized my laundry detergent."

I think he's pointing out that the uncommon letters in that puzzle would make it very difficult, before you even got to the "use it in a sentence" part.

That said, it was also yet another example of "hey, look how many puzzles I have memorized, aren't I cool! Like me? Please?" so I suggest letting it go and moving on.

[Twentington]

"I used a special cleaning agent that oxidized my laundry detergent."

I think he's pointing out that the uncommon letters in that puzzle would make it very difficult, before you even got to the "use it in a sentence" part.

That is indeed what I'm pointing out.

The thought of a puzzle taking 11 turns to reveal any letters is certainly amusing now — if it goes around the horn without a score change or any additions to the puzzle, they usually edit it out (e.g., nothing but wrong letters/Lose a Turn/Bankrupt at $0).

[Twentington]

Not sure about a pun, but The WoF Wiki mentions one time a sentence wasn't accepted. The sentence was "None of us knew what 'proliferation' meant."

Bumping to provide video proof (it's in Round 4): http://rutube.ru/tracks/4858442.html

[J.R.]

Bumping to provide video proof (it's in Round 4): http://rutube.ru/tracks/4858442.html

That link redirected me to a mail order bride offer.

/Seriously? A Russian site for an American game show?

[clemon79]

Yeah, I think .ru was your clue there that there might be some malicious content in there. There's no way in hell I would click a "rutube.ru" (are you friggin' kidding me?) link.

I shudder to think what sorts of payloads are kicking around on Bobby's computer. Paris Hilton is prolly less diseased.

[PYLdude]

I don't know what malicious content you think you clicked on but the link is as advertised. It's the entire episode, mind you, but it's not some spam site.

[WarioBarker]

That link redirected me to a mail order bride offer.

Yeah, I think .ru was your clue there that there might be some malicious content in there. There's no way in hell I would click a "rutube.ru" (are you friggin' kidding me?) link.

You guys might want to scan your computers -- I can personally attest to not receiving any sort of malicious crap or redirects in my many visits to RuTube. In fact, I just checked the link -- sent me right to the December 9, 1994 episode, as intended (also the debut of Next Line Please, for what that's worth).

RuTube is basically a Russian YouTube, and I've never had any problems with it except the rare times a video fails to load. That's it.

[Twentington]

Yeah, I think .ru was your clue there that there might be some malicious content in there. There's no way in hell I would click a "rutube.ru" (are you friggin' kidding me?) link.

Don't know where you're coming from, but SiteAdvisor says it's clean. I think J.R.'s "mail order bride" comment was obviously a joke.

I shudder to think what sorts of payloads are kicking around on Bobby's computer. Paris Hilton is prolly less diseased.

See above. (Also, I'm on a Mac, which are known for being less susceptible.)

[clemon79]

(Also, I'm on a Mac, which are known for being less susceptible.)

You keep going on thinking that, pal.

[GrandGame1440]

That link redirected me to a mail order bride offer.

/Seriously? A Russian site for an American game show?

Yeah, I think .ru was your clue there that there might be some malicious content in there. There's no way in hell I would click a "rutube.ru" (are you friggin' kidding me?) link.

A few of the major WoF uploaders from YouTube took their videos over there after Sony purged the site of a lot of classic content last year.

[clemon79]

A few of the major WoF uploaders from YouTube took their videos over there after Sony purged the site of a lot of classic content last year.

I'm sure they did.

[TLEberle]

See above. (Also, I'm on a Mac, which are known for being less susceptible.)

That's exactly what they want you to think, so you won't have the various programs installed on your computer that will block that sort of thing at the moat. Then they laugh because they got something onto your hard drive while you're smugly thinking "I have a Mac, I'm bulletproof."

[Matt Ottinger]

while you're smugly thinking "I have a Mac, I'm bulletproof."

"And I pay more for my hotel rooms!"

[Twentington]

See above. (Also, I'm on a Mac, which are known for being less susceptible.)

That's exactly what they want you to think, so you won't have the various programs installed on your computer that will block that sort of thing at the moat. Then they laugh because they got something onto your hard drive while you're smugly thinking "I have a Mac, I'm bulletproof."

"Less susceptible" ≠ "bulletproof". I'm well aware that Macs can still get viruses, spyware, etc. I'm just saying that in 15 years of having at least one Mac with an Internet connection and no antivirus software, I have never gotten one.