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Mistrust of Today's Technology
narramissic writes to tell us that Sean McGrath has an interesting look at a general mistrust of today's technology and draws a comparison to the proofreading of photocopies. From the article: "The constant availability of web services out there in the cloud is one such idea. Today, we do not trust the cloud and the services on it to be always available. Few of us can remember any incidences in recent time when, say google.com or amazon.com or live.com was offline but we still do not trust them to be always there and available. I predict that this day will pass. The day will come when outages of big commercial services on the cloud are as unusual as outages in the phone system or the electricity supply system. Sure, losing power will also lose you the services on the cloud but your business most likely has bigger problems to worry about when the power goes."
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! As we approach the launch of the new Vista(TM) operating system from Microsoft(TM), it is my pleasure to begin previewing some of the amazing new technology Vista(TM) has allowed us to create.
I'm sure many of you men have gotten up in the middle of the night, maybe after a brief session of masturbation or having sex with your wife, and have gone to the toilet in a slightly befuddled state. It's dark, you need the toilet, and you're not keeping your foreskin under control and/or there is debris located in your Glans; what happens? Multiple, uncontrolled urine streams. Urine on the toilet seat, the floor, maybe even your legs or feet. Only last night, after making love to my wife some hours before, was I in the toilet. Lubrication was still present on my foreskin, and midway into releaving myself, my fingers lost traction and I was unable to maintain proper control. I counted no less then six (6) streams of urine! We can fly men to the moon, but improper foreskin control/dirt lodged in Glans still causes us no end of embarrasment (or dark stains on the carpet!)
Well, those days are over! Here at Microsoft(TM), thanks to the Enabling Technologies(TM) within the new Vista(TM) operating system, we have created the Solution(TM) to your problems, and we are proud to announce it today; The Microsoft(TM) Glans Management System(TM). Load the software onto your Vista(TM)-enabled PC, and connect the Glans Management Unit(TM) via either USB or USB2 (not Firewire), and urinate without fear. No matter the state of your Glans, the rifled chrome funnel at the heart of the Windows Genuine Advantage(TM) enabled Glans Management Unit(TM) effortlessly re-aligns urine streams that are off course by as much as 274 degrees! Retailing for just $299, space age hardware and innovative Microsoft(TM) software come together again to provide a reliable, robust Solution(TM).
what worries me most is power. electrical facilities, substations, and the like are not hardened or secured against terrorist attack. a concerted strike could be crippling, and not just to the average internet user's experience.
"In the last 10 years 3500 people in America died in 3 terrorist attacks. 40,000 Americans die every single year on America's highways."
Apples and oranges, and you know it. Or you're suppose to know it. This is slashdot after all, and what you're suppose to know, and what you demonstrate are two different things.