Fortunately for the human race, under their influence he was able to give us just enough hint to figure out how he could be deprogrammed, prevented from automatically alerting his Masters to humanity's existence.

Muriel F. Siebert, chairman of the Siebert Financial Corporation, a well-known discount brokerage firm, said that her firm's computer system automatically alerted a manager if a customer tried to sell a stock that was not held in the account.

Government officials said there was no mechanism in place to automatically alert the gun dealer or local officials in Florida that Mr. Abu Kamal did not meet a Federal 90-day residency requirement to buy a gun.

He said the officials told him last week that they are working on a computer system that will automatically alert them when a student whose academic record does not qualify for aid is given an award.

Several agencies, including New Jersey Transit, are experimenting with "smart cameras" that will automatically alert the authorities when a suspicious package is left behind.

Dr. Shah and others there insist that they are using the units because they have superior features that automatically alert a doctor to possible problems.

Search by automatically alerting users of viruses, spyware and spam websites.

Twitter users can login to Slacker and select the option to automatically or manually alert their friends and followers about the following:

They now will automatically alert the Fire Department of all bomb threats, so it will be on standby in case of an explosion, and will also call firefighters to all building collapses.

The introduction of a computerised system of serial control would, however, solve this problem and might also help to overcome the second problem by automatically alerting staff to inordinate delays in the receipt of particular serial parts.