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The Top 5 Technology Panics of 2009

Posted by timothy on from the top-five-beats-top-10-hands-down dept.

destinyland writes "An A.I. researcher lists the Top 5 Technology Panics of 2009 — along with the corresponding reality. There's exploding iPods, the uproar over 'bombing' the moon, and even a flesh-eating robot. But in each case, he supplies some much-needed perspective. 'These incidents are incredibly rare ... the rocket stage weighs around two tons, while the Moon weighs in at a 73,477,000,000,000,000,000 tons... and desecration of the dead is against the laws of war — and plant matter is a much better fuel source anyway.'"

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  1. The entire Internet is a panic then? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In the "sexting" one, it mentions this quote: "[the cell phone's] portability and user friendliness -- makes it extremely easy to get and send pornographic images of anyone."

    So the entire Internet is a panic then?