Firefox 3 Easter Eggabout mozilla and robots

Mozilla Firefox 3 (codenamed Gran Paradiso) is the newest version of Mozilla Firefox, a web browser. It was released on June 17, 2008. The following Easter Egg can be found inside /toolkit.jar/ & /browser.jar/. If you browse this page with Firefox 3 Click the “Firefox URI” to view the Easter Egg page.

The book of Mozilla (11:9)

Mammon slept. And the beast reborn spread over the earth and its numbers
grew legion. And they proclaimed the times and sacrificed crops unto the fire, with the cunning of foxes. And they built a new world in their own image as promised by the sacred words, and spoke of the beast with their children. Mammon awoke, and lo! it was naught but a follower. from The Book of Mozilla, 11:9

Firefox URI about:mozilla

Firefox Robot (gort klaatu barada nikto)

“Klaatu” is the name of the humanoid alien protagonist in the film “The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)”

Firefox URI about:robots

Welcome Humans!

We have come to visit you in peace and with goodwill!

Robots may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Robots have seen things you people wouldn’t believe.

Robots are Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun To Be With.

Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten.

Influence

1. “We have come to visit you in peace and with goodwill!” from the movie “The Day the Earth Stood Still“

2. “Robots may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.” from Isaac Asimov’ “Three Laws of Robotics“

3. “Robots have seen things you people wouldn’t believe.” from the ending of the movie “Blade Runner“

4. “Robots are Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun To Be With.” from Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

5. “Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten.” a reference to Bender from Futurama .

Sources

*\Mozilla Firefox\chrome\en-us.jar:locale\browser\aboutRobots.dtd

<!-- These strings are used in the about:robots page, which ties in with the
     robots theme used in the Firefox 3 Beta 2/3 first run pages...
         https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b2/firstrun/
         https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b3/firstrun/
     They're just meant to be fun and whimsical, with references to some geeky
     but well-known robots in movies and books. Be creative with translations! -->

<!-- Nonsense line from the movie "The Day The Earth Stood Still". No translation needed. -->
<!ENTITY robots.pagetitle  "Gort! Klaatu barada nikto!">
<!-- Movie: Logan's Run... Box (cybog): "Welcome Humans! I am ready for you." -->
<!ENTITY robots.errorTitleText "Welcome Humans!">
<!-- Movie: The Day The Earth Stood Still. Spoken by Klaatu. -->
<!ENTITY robots.errorShortDescText "We have come to visit you in peace and with goodwill!">
<!-- Various books by Isaac Asimov. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Laws_of_Robotics -->
<!ENTITY robots.errorLongDesc1 "Robots may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.">
<!-- Movie: Blade Runner. Batty: "I've seen things you people wouldn't believe..." -->
<!ENTITY robots.errorLongDesc2 "Robots have seen things you people wouldn't believe.">
<!-- Book: Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy. What the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation calls robots. -->
<!ENTITY robots.errorLongDesc3 "Robots are Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun To Be With.">
<!-- TV: Futurama. Bender's first line is "Bite my shiny metal ass." -->
<!ENTITY robots.errorLongDesc4 "Robots have shiny metal posteriors which should not be bitten.">
<!-- TV: Battlestar Galactica (2004 series). From the opening text. -->
<!ENTITY robots.errorTrailerDescText "And they have a plan.">
<!-- TV: Battlestar Galactica (2004 series). Common expletive referring to Cylons. -->
<!ENTITY robots.imgtitle "Frakkin' Toasters">
<!-- Book: Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Arthur presses a button and it warns him. -->
<!ENTITY robots.dontpress "Please do not press this button again.">

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