European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 the stars and stripes computers tuesday november 15,1994 Monty Python series comes to cd rom by Jack Schofiel Manchester guardian service Monty Python has made the technological leap to cd rom in time for its 25th anniversary next month. Itis of course a Complete waste of time. That s the title not a comment although cot features All aspects of Monty Python it s dominated by Terry Gilliam s animated graphics. Remember How these often had acut and paste construction and Jerky wooden animation that turns out to be almost Ideal for converting to thelow Resolution screens and Jerky animation facilities provided by Microsoft windows. Although the cd also offers video clips from the to series these have the talking postage stamp appearance also common in windows which makes them subordinate to Gilliam s graphics. It s hard to Tell from the unfinished test version what the final cd rom will be like because Many elements were missing. However there is one big gamer where you renter into interspace find the secret of intergalactic Success and win a pentium pc. It s based on clues hidden in Ever scene to provide a fiendishly Complex master Puzzle deep within the program so deeply hidden in fact i could t find it. Presumably you have to Complete the minor games first. These include the Gopher game the pig game and the Chicken game and they re More like parodies than authentic Arcade  the Gopher game for example Gilliam s familiar Galaxy of Cut out Heads pop out of Large holes in the the Monty Python series from the 1970s is coming to cd rom. Ground and you Bash them with Ahammer. The High score is encouragingly displayed As 7,432,179.1got to 29 before giving Iii. Other games Are hidden in four scenarios such As the explore atrium and the exploding to room these reminded me of children s cd rooms such As sesame Street Click on almost anything and something amusing  effects Are different of course a policeman s eyes bouncing out on spidery red threads for example or Semi dressed dancers High kicking. Beyond games there is the  this provides a selection of screen savers living wallpaper icons Python sayings and sound effects Youcan add to your keyboard. With Ole object linking and embedding you can play bits from the video clips in other windows programs. Several members of the Python Tea have recorded extra audio material hints directions trivia questions Etc. But these had not been added to the pre release version. Different the screen savers include hopping elephants Man with baby Carriage and Queen Victoria. Living wallpaper include dancing girls Small fat ones and Michelangelo s David where along Arm comes in from the Side of the screen to try to snatch his Fig Leaf. According to Terry Jones typesetter of computer fetish Magazine the Pytho Nizer is an essential customization tool that will set new standards for ease of use and computing excellence. A must for  no Python Celebration would be Complete without digital video and sound clips and More than 30 classic sketches Are promised. These include dead Parrot nudge nudge an argument clinic. You will also be Able to sing along to the Lumberjack song spam Etc. Xxx i-.4 Monty Python s Complete waste of time has been developed by Gilli Aih and a los Angeles based soft warehouse 7th level. It was founded last year by record producer Bob Ezrin Pink Floyd saxophonist Scott Page and former microgram it president Georg Grayson. Their idea was to produce cd rooms based on Hollywood s idea of entertainment rather than the computer world s. If Hollywood is taken broadly enough to include bbl to they be  won t Appeal to everyone but there must be More than enough pc using Python fans to guarantee Success. Monty Python s Complete waste of time needs a pc with a 486sxprocessor four megabytes of memory Microsoft windows 3.1,256-Colprsvga graphics a double Speed cd rom drive and a sound card distributed by sort put Howard news service to russian generals varned of toughen Rig . Policies Moscow a russian president Boris Yeltsin old military leaders monday to expect a toughening a v _ j a a Hladka do pm 4 am a am a vibe t a m we w a Vav of a Yin . Foreign and military policies As a result of the recent american elections. Yeltsin also criticized his generals for being too slow to reorganize their ranks and for failing to fully carry out my demands to tighten military discipline Law and order. ". Y. Yeltsin prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and other officials attended the military s annual planning session at which Russia s top generals and strategists forged plans for the coming year. The presence of Russia s political leadership under lined the significance of the closed meeting which came amid allegations of High level corruption in the military and anger in the army Over shrinking defense spending. As the meeting opened in the White Marble head quarters of the defense ministry Yeltsin made his firs comments on last week s . Elections in which re publicans recaptured control of Congress for the first time in 40 years. His remarks were reported by the itar Tass and inter fax news agencies. One May expect some toughening on the part of the United states on issues of foreign policy and military issues in connection with the Victory of the conserva Tives at the midterm elections in the United states Yeltsin said. He also acknowledged that Russia s Post soviet relations with the United states had been heavily tilted to Ward the democrats. It is necessary to establish contacts also with the republicans so As to level out our relations he said. In his speech Yeltsin said positive changes in the world had not eliminated military threats. A real possibility is emerging of third world coun tries acquiring nuclear weapons which enhances the probability of their use on the part of these countries he said. Political economic territorial and religious contradictions remain in the world Yeltsin said. Production of new types of armaments has not been stopped. All this harbours a potential threat that existing military conflicts May expand and new ones emerge into which. Russia May be involved due to its geopolitical and Geo strategic  swedish voters say yes to joining eur Stockholm Sweden Ait s three Down Andone to go in the european Union s 1994 sweepstakes. Swedes voted sunday to enter the Union following Austria s Lead in june and Finland s last month. Nor Way votes nov. 28. If voters in Norway the most hesitant of the four nations choose to join the eur will grow to 16 members with a $7 trillion Economy Jan. 1. It would encompass375 million people from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean set the North american free Trade agreement by contrast encompasses 363 million people in Mexico the United states and Canada and a combined Gross Domestic product of $6.3 trillion. Some 52 percent of voters favored Union membership and 47 percent were opposed. Many Young swedish professionals fervently supported eur membership which would allow them to work in any Mem Ber country and probably pay less in income taxes than they do now. Opponents argued that Sweden is giving up its sovereignty and no alignment a policy that has kept the nordic nation out of wars for More than 180 years. Sweden s parliament is certain to accept the result of sunday s nonbinding referendum and give final approval to membership. Terrorist who tried 16 i i Bush wanted vengeance from the associated press Kuwait City a Leader of the iraqi led terrorist gang that tried to kill former president Bush in 1993 says he plotted the assassination for revenge. I / of i know Bush was t anymore president of the United states Wall Al Ghazali said monday before Kuwait s cassation court the country s highest appellate court. So i came Here to kill him because he killed my father Mother Sisters and brother and my  Al Ghazali gave his statement As presiding judg Abdullah Al Isa heard fresh pleas from nine defendants seven iraqis and two kuwaitis of the 14-member gang. Six of the nine Are appealing death sentence handed to them last june after they were found guilty of plotting to blow up Bush with a car Laden with 176 pounds of explosives. Bush was visiting Kuwait in april 1993 to commemorate the .-led Victory Over Iraq in 1991. German jews honoured Berlin the German military for the firs time has honoured jews who died fighting for Germany in world War i. During memorial Day commemorations sunday chief of staff Klaus Naumann Laid a Wreath at Berlin s Weissensee cemetery where 395 German jewish soldiers killed in world War i Are  ceremony was attended by jewish leaders. Last year jewish leaders boycotted the Central memorial Day ceremony during which a War memorial was dedicated in Berlin. Jewish leaders said the memorial honouring both War dead and victims of nazism did not adequately separate victims from persecutors. The Centrepiece of the memorial is a statue of grieving woman holding a son killed in Battle