20th January 2008

FUD for thought…

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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.

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  1. 1 On January 20th, 2024, Doug Alder said:

    Aha that would explain why Rageboy is going for 666 friends in Facebook - As the height of evil he’ll be able to overcome the limitations of the Dunbar number! ;)

  2. 2 On January 20th, 2024, Doug Alder said:

    also back in May ‘07 Estonia was brought to an electronic halt by Russian hackers - it could be this that the CIA was referring to. http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-09/ff_estonia?currentPage=all

  3. 3 On January 20th, 2024, Tree Shapiro said:

    If you do bring your Roomba on vacation (and weren’t stupid enough to say, give it to your sister for instance) I strongly suggest you take it with you to dinner or at least hire a babysitter.

    I was listening to a podcast the other morning and Scoble weighed himself and came in at 302 lbs. I would have guessed lower. Good thing I don’t have a booth, eh? Sorry about the Packers.

  4. 4 On January 31st, 2024, Think Artificial said:

    Envisioning Absolutely Dark Material

    The idea of completely dark material is fascinating. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rice University recently broke the record for the world’s darkest known material, four times darker than the previous record holder. But let&…

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