FUD for thought…
Around the world cyberattacks on utility SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) systems have caused municipal and regional power outages. (And the CIA can speak definitively on this HOW?)
The “darkest material ever made,” created from carbon nanotubes and able to absorb light from all angles has been misplaced somewhere. Scientists have no hope that the stealthy stuff will ever be located.
Apple Computer and Facebook collaborated on an information appliance that extends the individual’s Dunbar number almost infinitely. Beta tester Robert Scoble, caught in a continuous loop, has been unavailable for comment.
A survey of owners of Roomba robot vacuum cleaners showed that 2/3 of owners give the machine a personal name, and 1/3 take it with them on vacations. No data is available from homeless users caught in the sub-prime eviction crisis, but it is generally assumed that many Roombas are sitting idle in their squats. Miott Romney has promised to speak on the Roomba under-utlization crisis before super-Tuesday.