Linkdump 07-06-2012

• A comprehensive guide to the best writing about the `Alien' franchise
  Does not include my piece on Prometheus, coming soon to an Internet near you.
  (tags: film )
• A Banned Words List for our commenters – Telegraph Blogs
  The list is disturbingly familiar comedy gold, but I'm not convinced about /banning/ per se. The moment somebody uses "Zanuliebore" in a comment, it's an immediate and extremely useful indication that not a single opinion they have ever held has ever possessed the remotest scintilla of worth. You may then filter your reading appropriately, at least until the technology exists to hunt them down over Internet and werf some flammen at them until they stop.
  (tags: blogging )
• The Cost Of Being An Unbeatable Evil Overlord | Centives
  Surprisingly cost-effective.
  (tags: )
• A Map Task Dialogue System [VIDEO]
  with a sexy, sexy synthesized voice
  (tags: video voiceover speech synthesis ai )