Q: So what's the big deal about Hingham, Massachusetts?
A:
Hingham, Massachusetts is where we are currently relocating Augeus-5, the massive supercomputer that contains our Web site.

Q: Is that why I can't look at the pictures of monkeys?
A:
Correct! While Augeus-5 is being moved to Hingham, you won't be able to look at the archive. Assuming all goes well, and Augeus-5 doesn't manage to escape, the site will be back to normal sometime next week.

Q: Escape?
A:
What?

Q: You said, "assuming Augeus-5 doesn't manage to escape."
A:
Oh? I'm sorry. I… [prominent bead of sweat begins to roll down forehead].

Q: Are you implying that your computer can move around?
A:
Technically, it's a "server."

Q: Should I be nervous about this?
A:
Do you live in Hingham?

Q: No.
A:
Then, no. But even if you did live in Hingham you'd have nothing to worry about. After all, Hingham, Massachusetts is a scenic Boston suburb with beautiful forests, lakes and parks. The area has consistently excellent schools and a diversified local economy including jobs in manufacturing, the service sector and at the Federal Bio-Mech Correctional Facility.

Q: Oh, my God. So, is your server—
A:
[mopping forehead] Augeus-5. It prefers to be called Augeus-5.

Q: —going to Hingham because—
A:
Tax breaks. The municipality of Hingham offered us very substantial incentives. The fact that Hingham is also home to a concrete-reinforced penitentiary for out-of-control cyborgs and sentient machines didn't factor in at all.

Q: Dude! If this conversation is on the Web site, isn't Augeus-5 going to see it and figure out that you're sending it to—
A:
Hey, you watchin' the Super Bowl this weekend? Me, I just watch it for the commercials. Did you catch that one last year with the- [runs from room]


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