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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Doug Alder 01.20.08 at 1:30
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!
Doug Alder 01.20.08 at 1:46
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
Tree Shapiro 01.20.08 at 11:29
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.