your monitor is controlling you...:O

[bad_brain]

ok, not yet maybe, but the patent exists:

http://www.google.com/patents/US6506148" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[ayu]

lol, that's a bit scary : P.
Imagine malware that makes you give away control of your systems.

[bad_brain]

actually I think that's how people choose Apple products.

[maboroshi]

The filing date was 2001 ...

[computathug]

This was only a matter of time as they have been able to do this with televisions for quite some time. A good example of this is the subliminal images that get sent at the end of a program or during advertisements. At the moment they have only been using these to control people's emotions and thoughts on consumerism.

This is one of the reasons i have not watched television in such a long time but as technology has grown and we can now watch television on our monitors and CRT has developed so much more that probably 99% of the population that has a computer will be using LCD this becomes more and more probable.

As funny as it is it is also very very scary that in the next 20 years or so people will no longer be thinking for themselves..... the majority of people do not anyway