Not merely so because it has Julianne Moore in it, this is a movie worth watching for any fans of apocalypses out there.
It has ties to my most favorite apocalyptic science fiction novels, "The Day of the Triffids". I am not saying it was inspired or is a copy of that short but amazing classic. Yet, it appears to be a good mirror in certain ways.
#blindness #apocalypse #post-apocalypse #JulianneMoore #movies #fantasy #science #fiction #scifi
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Monday, December 01, 2014
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Miracle on 9th Street..Life finds a way!
Time has not been on my side when it comes to writing here. However, this is a special one for which I am making time.
The recent departure of my dearest cat Saxon had me in knots. I consider all my feline companions special, but Saxon was such a loving, friendly cat that it made things very difficult for me. When someone expressed the thought that they had not assumed or known I was this close to Saxon, I could only bring up the example of the Harry Potter Series's "Horcruxes", indicating the cat was a part of me in an inseparable way, even though, in that body of fiction, it was created through evil and used for evil.
The level of grieving did not surprise me, as I have done this before with Squeaky, my first cat, and on that occasion, the passing was planned, though I have come to regret that quite a bit.
I have been struggling variously since he passed on. I was even going to look up and see if people's brains become wired differently when they lose loved ones. My goal has been to celebrate Saxon's life, but my heart has been heavy and I was looking for a sign or some sort of a release. Unequal to the task, last night, I went on a shopping spree, splurging money that I ought not have dared to spend...
Such things never bring you satisfaction. And, they did not.
The Miracle
Then, finally having freed up time, I went back to my gardening today after a hiatus of over 10 days. This past summer, I had struggled to save this Rose plant of mine. Roses are my Achilles' Heel as a gardener. Ironic, isn't it? A gardener that has difficulty with roses? Well, I have been working my tail off to try and save rose plants, but this particular plant just kept going downhill, and I tried pruning as a desperate measure to save the plant. That too appeared to fail, so I gave up and decided I would reuse the pot and the soil. The soil was so hard, I set the "dead" plant aside in my potting area, and never really got around to it. The plant appeared dead all this time, say, a full couple of months..
And then today, I happened to notice the plant had sprung back to life, and I was tempted to relive the famous line of Ian Malcolm, played by Jeff Goldblum, "...life finds a way".
I am no religious man, nor am I a betting man, but I truly saw this plant and saw it as a sign. A sign of renewal, of continuance, of hope and resilience.
The feeling of satisfaction finally crept in, followed by the release. Now, I can celebrate Saxon's life, and create meaning through actions in his memory.
Of course, I promptly re-potted the rose! Long live Saxon.
The recent departure of my dearest cat Saxon had me in knots. I consider all my feline companions special, but Saxon was such a loving, friendly cat that it made things very difficult for me. When someone expressed the thought that they had not assumed or known I was this close to Saxon, I could only bring up the example of the Harry Potter Series's "Horcruxes", indicating the cat was a part of me in an inseparable way, even though, in that body of fiction, it was created through evil and used for evil.
The level of grieving did not surprise me, as I have done this before with Squeaky, my first cat, and on that occasion, the passing was planned, though I have come to regret that quite a bit.
I have been struggling variously since he passed on. I was even going to look up and see if people's brains become wired differently when they lose loved ones. My goal has been to celebrate Saxon's life, but my heart has been heavy and I was looking for a sign or some sort of a release. Unequal to the task, last night, I went on a shopping spree, splurging money that I ought not have dared to spend...
Such things never bring you satisfaction. And, they did not.
The Miracle
Then, finally having freed up time, I went back to my gardening today after a hiatus of over 10 days. This past summer, I had struggled to save this Rose plant of mine. Roses are my Achilles' Heel as a gardener. Ironic, isn't it? A gardener that has difficulty with roses? Well, I have been working my tail off to try and save rose plants, but this particular plant just kept going downhill, and I tried pruning as a desperate measure to save the plant. That too appeared to fail, so I gave up and decided I would reuse the pot and the soil. The soil was so hard, I set the "dead" plant aside in my potting area, and never really got around to it. The plant appeared dead all this time, say, a full couple of months..
And then today, I happened to notice the plant had sprung back to life, and I was tempted to relive the famous line of Ian Malcolm, played by Jeff Goldblum, "...life finds a way".
I am no religious man, nor am I a betting man, but I truly saw this plant and saw it as a sign. A sign of renewal, of continuance, of hope and resilience.
The feeling of satisfaction finally crept in, followed by the release. Now, I can celebrate Saxon's life, and create meaning through actions in his memory.
Of course, I promptly re-potted the rose! Long live Saxon.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Ron Paul's Fort Knox paranoia proves that legal mari*uana is key to the future of cheap, political entertainment..
Ron Paul is worried that the Treasury officials have swindled Fort Knox and sold it to foreign powers. Either that, or he worries they are just about to do that. So, he wants tax payers to spend millions of dollars to make sure that the taxpayers don't end up losing millions of dollars.
Don't get cynical on me
Now I know there are some of you that are quite cynical out there. You are probably thinking that all that fracking residue from the natural gas harvested in Texas must be making Paulie look a little crazy.
A few of you are blaming the summer heat.
I hear that some of you think he is just like any other politician and will muddle any issue just to pander to his base, in this case the paranoid people at the "Tea Party" who think he is their "God Father" but have no idea about tea parties and mobs...
Some others among you are just being quite annoying talking about his independent wealth and how this "alternative to the mainstream" guy managed to get his son to become a Congressman as well..dynasty, what?
Very few realize the truth!
The truth, beyond themarijuana smokescreen
The truth is, we need entertainment. Yes, we have Palin and Bachman on one side and Joe Biden, equipped with his on-air F-bombs on the other. But we can't get enough...we are sostoned bored, we can't take regular jokes.
And in "these times of strife", with December 21, 2012 fast approaching, and Obama rapidly spreading our wealth, we need someone to say something sostupid funny that we sit upright and cry laugh...
This can only be achieved if our politicians and their donors are able to access marijuana for "medical" reasons (never mind the fact that there is no cure for what they have) and enthrall us.
Understanding this, Ron Paul stands for the legalization of medical marijuana. It took me a few days to wait for the smoke from his puffs to clear before I understood why he wishes to do this..
This way he can quickly come up with more entertaining paranoid ideas that prove that big government is bad, and the world can only be saved by people from Texas, as was proved from 2001 to 2008! All this needs and could use some "medical", er, "help"....
I can't wait for when we legalize Heroine and Crystal Meth, for medical uses that is!
Proposing a blasphemous alternative
A cheap alternative to counting the gold billets at Fort Knox?
Finding out if people in the Congress and Senate have a collective IQ that exceeds 100...
References:
1. Ron Paul and Fort Knox:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/24/news/economy/ron_paul_gold_audit/
2. Legalizing Marijuana
http://www.christianpost.com/news/ron-paul-barney-frank-call-for-legalization-of-marijuana-51524/
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Don't get cynical on me
Now I know there are some of you that are quite cynical out there. You are probably thinking that all that fracking residue from the natural gas harvested in Texas must be making Paulie look a little crazy.
A few of you are blaming the summer heat.
I hear that some of you think he is just like any other politician and will muddle any issue just to pander to his base, in this case the paranoid people at the "Tea Party" who think he is their "God Father" but have no idea about tea parties and mobs...
Some others among you are just being quite annoying talking about his independent wealth and how this "alternative to the mainstream" guy managed to get his son to become a Congressman as well..dynasty, what?
Very few realize the truth!
The truth, beyond the
The truth is, we need entertainment. Yes, we have Palin and Bachman on one side and Joe Biden, equipped with his on-air F-bombs on the other. But we can't get enough...we are so
And in "these times of strife", with December 21, 2012 fast approaching, and Obama rapidly spreading our wealth, we need someone to say something so
This can only be achieved if our politicians and their donors are able to access marijuana for "medical" reasons (never mind the fact that there is no cure for what they have) and enthrall us.
Understanding this, Ron Paul stands for the legalization of medical marijuana. It took me a few days to wait for the smoke from his puffs to clear before I understood why he wishes to do this..
This way he can quickly come up with more entertaining paranoid ideas that prove that big government is bad, and the world can only be saved by people from Texas, as was proved from 2001 to 2008! All this needs and could use some "medical", er, "help"....
I can't wait for when we legalize Heroine and Crystal Meth, for medical uses that is!
Proposing a blasphemous alternative
A cheap alternative to counting the gold billets at Fort Knox?
Finding out if people in the Congress and Senate have a collective IQ that exceeds 100...
References:
1. Ron Paul and Fort Knox:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/06/24/news/economy/ron_paul_gold_audit/
2. Legalizing Marijuana
http://www.christianpost.com/news/ron-paul-barney-frank-call-for-legalization-of-marijuana-51524/
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Revisiting great poetry...Daffodils
Just because...I have always wanted to revisit some of my most favorite poems. Here is "Daffodils" by the eternal Wordsworth, one of my all-time favorites. I still know most of the paragraph, "For oft, when on my couch I lie..."
Daffodils
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
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Daffodils
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
The world may be on fire, but heck let's talk about how my iPhone made me miss Yoga
I always figured that people who pay premium for a brick and think they are part of an innovation must have an element of genius (yeah, that is the adjective I wanted to use, right?!). Now, they seem to be struck with selflessness too.
That's right - they are selfless. All their energy is focused on the damn phony.
First of all, I use my phone as an alarm clock too - but because of all the am/pm jazz, I try to double-check my alarm. And yeah, you have been informed, no matter what happens we cannot stop clocking time backwards and forwards even if it makes us look like idiots. Instead of getting rid of the system Congress messed around with the dates - bravo!
Any normal person would double check the calendar and appointments, but....
In come our iPhone users. So the clock wakes them up late, and the first thing they do is.. go on twitter and yap away...missed my church, missed my yoga...yeah right, good for Yoga!
Not to be outdone, other iPhone owning, tweeting crazies went on the defensive. This proves the point - if you have enough money to spare for an expensive brick, you have so many important things to do...
And on top of that, this just had to be listed as news, right?
For more on this nonsense...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110313/ap_on_hi_te/us_iphone_glitch1st_ld_writethru;_ylt=AgfddP09wmHzgBFqg62Sg_.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTQ0N200N2l0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMzEzL3VzX2lwaG9uZV9nbGl0Y2gxc3RfbGRfd3JpdGV0aHJ1BGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDOQRwb3MDNgRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3VzZXJzY29tcGxhaQ--
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That's right - they are selfless. All their energy is focused on the damn phon
First of all, I use my phone as an alarm clock too - but because of all the am/pm jazz, I try to double-check my alarm. And yeah, you have been informed, no matter what happens we cannot stop clocking time backwards and forwards even if it makes us look like idiots. Instead of getting rid of the system Congress messed around with the dates - bravo!
Any normal person would double check the calendar and appointments, but....
In come our iPhone users. So the clock wakes them up late, and the first thing they do is.. go on twitter and yap away...missed my church, missed my yoga...yeah right, good for Yoga!
Not to be outdone, other iPhone owning, tweeting crazies went on the defensive. This proves the point - if you have enough money to spare for an expensive brick, you have so many important things to do...
And on top of that, this just had to be listed as news, right?
For more on this nonsense...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110313/ap_on_hi_te/us_iphone_glitch1st_ld_writethru;_ylt=AgfddP09wmHzgBFqg62Sg_.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTQ0N200N2l0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwMzEzL3VzX2lwaG9uZV9nbGl0Y2gxc3RfbGRfd3JpdGV0aHJ1BGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDOQRwb3MDNgRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3VzZXJzY29tcGxhaQ--
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Saturday, January 01, 2011
And in today's "What the dickens" - woman who wants to save the world from extinction abducts 4!
That's right, you read the title! You can read the story as reported in Mercury News, and it reads like a January's fool kinda news story. Here is a slice lifted from the article "kidnapping, false imprisonment, evading police, reckless evasion, resisting arrest and violating a red light into a one-way tunnel".
In case you are wondering what all that is - those are the charges they made while arresting, what might turn out to be a very interesting character named Lark Ann Freeman.
It appears that Lark here calls her profession "saving the world".This summarily the ends the search for someone more egotistical than men who wear white frocks...
As part of her strategy to save the world, which apparently was to end yesterday..and thank God, this blog is still here, ha ha, she decided to kidnap 4 men. She managed to tell three of them that she would pay them money to help her move, and naturally they got into a van operated by a total stranger. The last one - well he was guaranteed a free smoke.
I am not sure exactly how she planned to use these 4 geniuses to save the world from ending, but if she was going to clean the world off stupid people, 4 at a time, being an idiot herself didn't seem to have helped. On what was not such a routine stop involving her straddling lanes, she rammed through a one-way tunnel the wrong way and when she finally stopped...
Number One to the rescue!
That's right - except not the number one you are thinking of. Lark wasn't alone, and together with her passengers she refused to get out when asked to do so. In the meanwhile, the 74 year old guy who succumbed to the desire for a free cigarette decided he couldn't hold it anymore and decided to get out of the cab and apart from letting go, also reveal that there were three more captors in the U-Haul truck...
The questions
While we can all rest easy that Ms. Lark and Co. will not be saving us at least this weekend while she is held on bail, I am sure you, like me have several questions...
1. Why is it okay to get into a stranger's van, just because she is a woman? Sexist and stupid? Yes, granted, the fact that she had a U-Haul van did make it look like she moves..
2. When one of the captives tried calling 911, they were unable to get the call across - what is with that?
3. How did this woman get a license? How did she manage to rent a U-Haul truck? Where do nut jobs like this get their money for all this - I would like to know - the saving the world business does seem to be pretty lucrative till you start straddling lanes and running red lights on the opposite side of one way tunnels...
4. Was this all just a PR-exercise. And if so, what is the point?
Reference:
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_16984259?source=rss&nclick_check=1
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In case you are wondering what all that is - those are the charges they made while arresting, what might turn out to be a very interesting character named Lark Ann Freeman.
It appears that Lark here calls her profession "saving the world".This summarily the ends the search for someone more egotistical than men who wear white frocks...
As part of her strategy to save the world, which apparently was to end yesterday..and thank God, this blog is still here, ha ha, she decided to kidnap 4 men. She managed to tell three of them that she would pay them money to help her move, and naturally they got into a van operated by a total stranger. The last one - well he was guaranteed a free smoke.
I am not sure exactly how she planned to use these 4 geniuses to save the world from ending, but if she was going to clean the world off stupid people, 4 at a time, being an idiot herself didn't seem to have helped. On what was not such a routine stop involving her straddling lanes, she rammed through a one-way tunnel the wrong way and when she finally stopped...
Number One to the rescue!
That's right - except not the number one you are thinking of. Lark wasn't alone, and together with her passengers she refused to get out when asked to do so. In the meanwhile, the 74 year old guy who succumbed to the desire for a free cigarette decided he couldn't hold it anymore and decided to get out of the cab and apart from letting go, also reveal that there were three more captors in the U-Haul truck...
The questions
While we can all rest easy that Ms. Lark and Co. will not be saving us at least this weekend while she is held on bail, I am sure you, like me have several questions...
1. Why is it okay to get into a stranger's van, just because she is a woman? Sexist and stupid? Yes, granted, the fact that she had a U-Haul van did make it look like she moves..
2. When one of the captives tried calling 911, they were unable to get the call across - what is with that?
3. How did this woman get a license? How did she manage to rent a U-Haul truck? Where do nut jobs like this get their money for all this - I would like to know - the saving the world business does seem to be pretty lucrative till you start straddling lanes and running red lights on the opposite side of one way tunnels...
4. Was this all just a PR-exercise. And if so, what is the point?
Reference:
http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_16984259?source=rss&nclick_check=1
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Saturday, December 25, 2010
Is it christmas yet?
Alright, gotta keep this one brief (you say, "you say?"). Thanks to my friend Anna for first telling me about this and then reminding me again today - how would you know if it is Christmas yet?
Well..there is really only one way! You should go to:
http://isitchristmas.com
Of course, don't look at it tomorrow and blame me for it..!
Merry Christmas! Or not?! Only "time" can tell?!
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Well..there is really only one way! You should go to:
http://isitchristmas.com
Of course, don't look at it tomorrow and blame me for it..!
Merry Christmas! Or not?! Only "time" can tell?!
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Thursday, December 09, 2010
The Geek/Nerd Date Advice Line: How about we sit back, relax and tune to our favorite...er, linux radio station!!!
That's right...Linux is on the radio. "Say what", you say? "Bazinga!", I say.
Well, dedicated to the fictitious, yet, affable Dr. Sheldon Cooper, this radio station has a voice that broadcasts the latest stable kernel of Linux, now at 3.6.1 using eSpeak (there's some geek-speak for you), an open source text-to-speech synthesizer.
Of course, I did copy a huge chunk of that aforementioned description from the website, linux.fm
And if you thought that was crazy, they have a sister-site, whitenoise.fm (anyone remember the movie?) that plays white noise, pink noise and brown noise.
Yeah, I am not going to go into all that. There are a lot of people pretending to be busy updating Wikipedia with the definitions of what each of them means. I am going to steer clear!
So, if you do find a rather stoic biologist for a date, maybe the two of you can play some of these interesting stations as you relax...
I know what you are thinking..gotta get the date first right?
References:
1. Linux Radio: http://www.linux.fm/
2. White Noise FM: http://www.whitenoise.fm/
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Well, dedicated to the fictitious, yet, affable Dr. Sheldon Cooper, this radio station has a voice that broadcasts the latest stable kernel of Linux, now at 3.6.1 using eSpeak (there's some geek-speak for you), an open source text-to-speech synthesizer.
Of course, I did copy a huge chunk of that aforementioned description from the website, linux.fm
And if you thought that was crazy, they have a sister-site, whitenoise.fm (anyone remember the movie?) that plays white noise, pink noise and brown noise.
Yeah, I am not going to go into all that. There are a lot of people pretending to be busy updating Wikipedia with the definitions of what each of them means. I am going to steer clear!
So, if you do find a rather stoic biologist for a date, maybe the two of you can play some of these interesting stations as you relax...
I know what you are thinking..gotta get the date first right?
References:
1. Linux Radio: http://www.linux.fm/
2. White Noise FM: http://www.whitenoise.fm/
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Monday, December 06, 2010
Recent "book" theft report from Alabama raises several questions...
The internet is a strange place full of unverifiable rumors and urban legends, ranging from black, socialist, wealth-distributing Presidents to claims of libraries in Alabama!
Several readers have contacted this blogger about shocking rumors causing waves across the internet with claims of a library in existence somewhere in Alabama! The biggest event since the revelation of the "Big Foot" or the "Sasquatch" leaves several unanswered questions than answers:
1. That there is a library in Alabama, and the possibility that more than one exist..!
2. That these libraries do house a book or more than one...
3. That there is a book lover and more than one such book lover in Alabama...
Speculations
The unconfirmed rumors of book lovers and libraries have spread like wildfires across the interwebs (no, not really), with far reaching discussions on what this could mean for a state with bigoted justices of peace (yeah, don't remember that one do ya or y'all?)...
Reality, revisited
All jokes aside, why does a library wait till 200 books are stolen. I mean, at some point you need to start paying attention that books are being stolen right? I mean, in a year, how many books do you expect to be stolen? 10, maybe 20? Even 50 is acceptable?
If you let someone walk away with 222 books over 2 years, at a statistically incorrect average of 111 books a year...your library just, er, sucks!?!
So why bother holding the person on bond for $10,000? Since you are also claiming she was jobless (a detail they could have skipped - not sure what the harping is all about) able to walk past your "security" system as a book lover/thief...why not hire her?
She loves books - won't have a reason to steal, and will probably take good care of your books. But no, this is Alabama....sweet home, eh?
Reference:
1. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/02/ap/strange/main7111852.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines
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Several readers have contacted this blogger about shocking rumors causing waves across the internet with claims of a library in existence somewhere in Alabama! The biggest event since the revelation of the "Big Foot" or the "Sasquatch" leaves several unanswered questions than answers:
1. That there is a library in Alabama, and the possibility that more than one exist..!
2. That these libraries do house a book or more than one...
3. That there is a book lover and more than one such book lover in Alabama...
Speculations
The unconfirmed rumors of book lovers and libraries have spread like wildfires across the interwebs (no, not really), with far reaching discussions on what this could mean for a state with bigoted justices of peace (yeah, don't remember that one do ya or y'all?)...
Reality, revisited
All jokes aside, why does a library wait till 200 books are stolen. I mean, at some point you need to start paying attention that books are being stolen right? I mean, in a year, how many books do you expect to be stolen? 10, maybe 20? Even 50 is acceptable?
If you let someone walk away with 222 books over 2 years, at a statistically incorrect average of 111 books a year...your library just, er, sucks!?!
So why bother holding the person on bond for $10,000? Since you are also claiming she was jobless (a detail they could have skipped - not sure what the harping is all about) able to walk past your "security" system as a book lover/thief...why not hire her?
She loves books - won't have a reason to steal, and will probably take good care of your books. But no, this is Alabama....sweet home, eh?
Reference:
1. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/02/ap/strange/main7111852.shtml?tag=cbsnewsLeadStoriesAreaMain;cbsnewsLeadStoriesHeadlines
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Friday, December 03, 2010
If machines became self-aware...
Hollywood has made movies about this stuff. Schwarzenegger has done steroids over this stuff..but if machines did become self aware, do you think they will go all out to wreak vengeance on us...or maybe, they will simply, er, flip the bird?!?!!
Spokane, Washington has some evidence...a pedestrian crossing sign makes a definitive "sign" when asking you not to walk. Of course, city officials would like for you to think otherwise. Speculations range from,
a. A glitch (yeah, right you say?), or,
b. snow, that is wedged into the sign.
I am sure reasoning "b" would be acceptable...however, look at the image and/or the video and judge for yourself!
For more:
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/crossing-sign-gives-pedestrians-the-middle-finger-120210
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Spokane, Washington has some evidence...a pedestrian crossing sign makes a definitive "sign" when asking you not to walk. Of course, city officials would like for you to think otherwise. Speculations range from,
a. A glitch (yeah, right you say?), or,
b. snow, that is wedged into the sign.
I am sure reasoning "b" would be acceptable...however, look at the image and/or the video and judge for yourself!
For more:
http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/offbeat/crossing-sign-gives-pedestrians-the-middle-finger-120210
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Thursday, October 21, 2010
A little something to offend everyone, except engineers, maybe...
I know, I haven't been blogging a lot here. I have been traveling a bit and since my cat Squeaky has entered my life, I have hardly had time to do anything - but, blog about the cat of course! You can follow Squeaky and his adventures here:
http://yamanoor.com/blog/
So, in the last 24 hours or so, I have seen some excellent cartoons! They seem to expound my life's philosophies on certain "lines" of work, and my own as well...
Let's start with Scott Adams!
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Source: Obviously, dilbert.com
Commentary: Er, let's leave well be.
And then there is "xkcd" that had this:
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Source:http://xkcd.com
Commentary: This one could take a minute to get to you...
theoatmeal.com
And then "theoatmeal.com" had this offensive thing to say: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/customer_service
See, I didn't have to say much, and yet, I offended you, or made you laugh...
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http://yamanoor.com/blog/
So, in the last 24 hours or so, I have seen some excellent cartoons! They seem to expound my life's philosophies on certain "lines" of work, and my own as well...
Let's start with Scott Adams!
[Click to enlarge in a new window]
Commentary: Er, let's leave well be.
And then there is "xkcd" that had this:
[Click to enlarge in a new window]
Source:http://xkcd.com
Commentary: This one could take a minute to get to you...
theoatmeal.com
And then "theoatmeal.com" had this offensive thing to say: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/customer_service
See, I didn't have to say much, and yet, I offended you, or made you laugh...
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Thursday, September 09, 2010
Let's have some tea and truthiness to go with it...
So, tea is the new Kool-Aid. Jamestown is now upon us...okay, enough with the disaster scenarios. For someone who drank "ocho" and learned about the practice of Zen, I am tired of this nonsense with Glenn Beck. Even saying his name wants me to throw up. In any case, why sit and whine?
Do we need to counteract the silliness?
The tea baggers do present some cheap entertainment. However, would it make sense for us to keep it going? Probably. But how about we make it more fun and a bit serious at the same time?
Let's get Stephen Colbert, his Reporrr and truthiness involved!
This is exactly what one "mrsammercer" on "reddit" thought up and many of us agree.
Is God or Douglas Adams going to get involved?
Caution: The following section may involve sarcasm and require reading and information processing skills...
Here is what someone had to say?!
"We have our sign from God: Colbert Rally on 101010 == 42. No need to say more."
So, it looks like the big, funny day may be 10.10.10!
Need I say more? So, either the spirit of Douglas Adams or a carpenter's dad will definitely be involved...
Although, there's more "ideas" on reddit. Like this one:
"Idea: Get Tina Fey to do a speech at the rally..."
Here's to some entertainment...
So, if it's your "cuppa tea", help restore truthiness!
http://www.colbertrally.com/
http://www.reddit.com/r/colbertrally
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Do we need to counteract the silliness?
The tea baggers do present some cheap entertainment. However, would it make sense for us to keep it going? Probably. But how about we make it more fun and a bit serious at the same time?
Let's get Stephen Colbert, his Reporrr and truthiness involved!
This is exactly what one "mrsammercer" on "reddit" thought up and many of us agree.
Is God or Douglas Adams going to get involved?
Caution: The following section may involve sarcasm and require reading and information processing skills...
Here is what someone had to say?!
"We have our sign from God: Colbert Rally on 101010 == 42. No need to say more."
So, it looks like the big, funny day may be 10.10.10!
Need I say more? So, either the spirit of Douglas Adams or a carpenter's dad will definitely be involved...
Although, there's more "ideas" on reddit. Like this one:
"Idea: Get Tina Fey to do a speech at the rally..."
Here's to some entertainment...
So, if it's your "cuppa tea", help restore truthiness!
http://www.colbertrally.com/
http://www.reddit.com/r/colbertrally
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
Microsoft's "titillating" s*xcapades..
It was really hard to come up with a title for the post. Not that the topic was a tough one, but that there are so many titles that there is no end...however, I chose "titillating" from the article referenced here. It seems quaintly appropriate.
And I know I am a little late on the post, but when it comes to s*x and Microsoft one is never...eh, let's move on.
Feigning Innocence!
Microsoft was organizing some sort of IT brouhaha in Australia. Now, I have not been there, and I would rather not...in case you don't know, they kill Indians and the police pretend it's not racism. Anyhoo..
They decided to "titillate" the IT folks attending the conference to some "meter maids". No, not to teach them the virtues of appropriate parking, the other kind. What other kind? Well, the "gentlemen's club" kind, the kind as Lisa Scottoline would put it, where no "gentlemen" would ever go!
Well, when you hear "meter maids" being used as a "titillation", what do you think?
Yeah, me too. Apparently though, Microsoft didn't expect the meter maids to show up, er, half naked...although if you did a photographic comparison of the surface area to clothed area, you would notice "half" doesn't cut, er, cover it.
So, anyone here buying Microsoft's feigned innocence?
You might, if this was the first time that Microsoft decided to get some extra "help" to encourage their Israeli resellers, if you may.
http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/2010/01/sex-scandal-computers-and-illicit.html
Wait there's more!
You didn't think I would leave you with a soporific post about Microsoft hiring hookers did you? I hope not. What would be the value if this blog chronicled things sans the irony they bring to the doorstep of our inner eyes? You are right I am stretching the point, just filling space to keep the suspense going and all that...
The conference included a section called "Women in IT". Well, if you stepped back and said, "So, what's the big deal?", there is definitely something wrong with you. Or, you may fit right in with Microsoft's marketing department. Who knows?
Much tweeting followed of course - that is right, hire a few meter maids, offend a few women and then hoist your women employees' to tweet down any sign of dissent or protest - a great strategy, any day!
The question I have is, if Microsoft had hired any available "Meter Men" would any of us be saying the same things about men being objectified? Or is that the wrong conclusion to draw?
In any case, the next time Microsoft holds a conference, I want in...wonder what they will do next!
It must be so much fun working at Microsoft. Oh why did I not focus on learning about pointers and work at Microsoft. Damn you all!
References:
1. http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/meter-maids-stunt-backfires-at-microsoft-geek-gathering-20100826-13t2f.html
2. http://www.metermaids.com/
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And I know I am a little late on the post, but when it comes to s*x and Microsoft one is never...eh, let's move on.
Feigning Innocence!
Microsoft was organizing some sort of IT brouhaha in Australia. Now, I have not been there, and I would rather not...in case you don't know, they kill Indians and the police pretend it's not racism. Anyhoo..
They decided to "titillate" the IT folks attending the conference to some "meter maids". No, not to teach them the virtues of appropriate parking, the other kind. What other kind? Well, the "gentlemen's club" kind, the kind as Lisa Scottoline would put it, where no "gentlemen" would ever go!
Well, when you hear "meter maids" being used as a "titillation", what do you think?
Yeah, me too. Apparently though, Microsoft didn't expect the meter maids to show up, er, half naked...although if you did a photographic comparison of the surface area to clothed area, you would notice "half" doesn't cut, er, cover it.
So, anyone here buying Microsoft's feigned innocence?
You might, if this was the first time that Microsoft decided to get some extra "help" to encourage their Israeli resellers, if you may.
http://ysrihari.blogspot.com/2010/01/sex-scandal-computers-and-illicit.html
Wait there's more!
You didn't think I would leave you with a soporific post about Microsoft hiring hookers did you? I hope not. What would be the value if this blog chronicled things sans the irony they bring to the doorstep of our inner eyes? You are right I am stretching the point, just filling space to keep the suspense going and all that...
The conference included a section called "Women in IT". Well, if you stepped back and said, "So, what's the big deal?", there is definitely something wrong with you. Or, you may fit right in with Microsoft's marketing department. Who knows?
Much tweeting followed of course - that is right, hire a few meter maids, offend a few women and then hoist your women employees' to tweet down any sign of dissent or protest - a great strategy, any day!
The question I have is, if Microsoft had hired any available "Meter Men" would any of us be saying the same things about men being objectified? Or is that the wrong conclusion to draw?
In any case, the next time Microsoft holds a conference, I want in...wonder what they will do next!
It must be so much fun working at Microsoft. Oh why did I not focus on learning about pointers and work at Microsoft. Damn you all!
References:
1. http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/meter-maids-stunt-backfires-at-microsoft-geek-gathering-20100826-13t2f.html
2. http://www.metermaids.com/
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Sunday, August 08, 2010
Scr** "The HP Way", I say let's have Hurd run for Congress...the "New" Silicon Valley way...
Among the rather "blah" news we were delivered this week is the fact that Hurd used HP funds to er, pay for his "sexual harassment"!
Then the vultures descended. Apparently, people can't pay for their affairs with company money. And then there is this HP way people keep talking about. Ethics, shmethics...look, once you have fairly ruined a company in Silicon Valley....things start looking up!
Where should we start?
Well, look at Fiorina. She took HP's stock, well, er, let's not go there shall we? And for that singular achievement, she wants to replace Barbara Boxer...
And then, there is the MEG. eBay stocks floored and co-workers got shoved and then settlements took place, but hey, who better for the Governor of California.
So, it would be good for Michael Malone keep talking about the HP way, innovation and all that. Isn't the game - buy random companies, fire thousands of workers, shove a few workers, do other stuff to a few more and then run for office as ... ?
Come on!
Since some of our Silicon Valley "behemoths" (shall we just call them that?) have already taken up the severely selfless task of wanting to be Governor and Senator, I think we need to add a few, such as Hurd to the House, and simply ignore all these detractors who want innovation, care for employees and such...
I mean, did you release a device knowing it had reception issues? Well, first blame the carrier and then fire some random executive for your "antennagate". Unfortunately, we can't ask HIM to run for office, he is already God...
This, my dear friends, is the "New" Silicon Valley way! Come...!! Be one of our executives that shade outside the bounds of ethics and law and run for office!!!
Reference:
To see Michael Malone's anachronistic rant of the "old ways":
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0822209420100808
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Then the vultures descended. Apparently, people can't pay for their affairs with company money. And then there is this HP way people keep talking about. Ethics, shmethics...look, once you have fairly ruined a company in Silicon Valley....things start looking up!
Where should we start?
Well, look at Fiorina. She took HP's stock, well, er, let's not go there shall we? And for that singular achievement, she wants to replace Barbara Boxer...
And then, there is the MEG. eBay stocks floored and co-workers got shoved and then settlements took place, but hey, who better for the Governor of California.
So, it would be good for Michael Malone keep talking about the HP way, innovation and all that. Isn't the game - buy random companies, fire thousands of workers, shove a few workers, do other stuff to a few more and then run for office as ... ?
Come on!
Since some of our Silicon Valley "behemoths" (shall we just call them that?) have already taken up the severely selfless task of wanting to be Governor and Senator, I think we need to add a few, such as Hurd to the House, and simply ignore all these detractors who want innovation, care for employees and such...
I mean, did you release a device knowing it had reception issues? Well, first blame the carrier and then fire some random executive for your "antennagate". Unfortunately, we can't ask HIM to run for office, he is already God...
This, my dear friends, is the "New" Silicon Valley way! Come...!! Be one of our executives that shade outside the bounds of ethics and law and run for office!!!
Reference:
To see Michael Malone's anachronistic rant of the "old ways":
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0822209420100808
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Prop 8, a great model to bankrupt the Mormon "all" churches...
Preface: The summer of blog, my effort to blog as I continue to stay busy continues, and this blog, posted with pleasure, is of course not nearly as funny and is more a real "weblog" or commentary. Unlike "internet thief" Julian Assange, I have my own opinions, the making of a real journalist, trained, paid or otherwise.
Prop 8 was overturned today, August 4th, 2010. It is not a victory, and a victory that should never have existed anyway. The Mormon church and it's faithfuls of other religions (you would be surprised how religious congregations come together when it is time to spread hatred) hoisted this on Californians (including tax payers like me) and had us spend money defending something that should have beena God an Evolution given right to our state anyway.
This got me thinking - they already wanted a stay, so they have the money to spend on it. And they want to take this to the "conservative" (apparently this is what we are calling it nowadays) Supreme Court.
So, why not give them a run for their money? How about we keep them engaged, constantly, legally?
Like go to Utah and try to pass legislation on gay marriage, for example. Or in any number of states. They will come for a fight, right?
How long can they go on promoting inequality? How long will people buy hatred as a church message? Why not test and find out?
After all, they have already experienced moral bankruptcy...
After all, their "refudiater"-in-chief's daughter couldn't even hold a sham engagement long enough...what do these people really know about marriage? Not a lot, you betcha!
Imaging if any of these geniuses spent money on cleaning pedophiles off their own churches. Oh well, we can't allow a good thing get in the way of targeting minorities, right?
Well, now that Prop 8 has been stemmed temporarily, don't think we are done. Next up, Prop 23....
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Prop 8 was overturned today, August 4th, 2010. It is not a victory, and a victory that should never have existed anyway. The Mormon church and it's faithfuls of other religions (you would be surprised how religious congregations come together when it is time to spread hatred) hoisted this on Californians (including tax payers like me) and had us spend money defending something that should have been
This got me thinking - they already wanted a stay, so they have the money to spend on it. And they want to take this to the "conservative" (apparently this is what we are calling it nowadays) Supreme Court.
So, why not give them a run for their money? How about we keep them engaged, constantly, legally?
Like go to Utah and try to pass legislation on gay marriage, for example. Or in any number of states. They will come for a fight, right?
How long can they go on promoting inequality? How long will people buy hatred as a church message? Why not test and find out?
After all, they have already experienced moral bankruptcy...
After all, their "refudiater"-in-chief's daughter couldn't even hold a sham engagement long enough...what do these people really know about marriage? Not a lot, you betcha!
Imaging if any of these geniuses spent money on cleaning pedophiles off their own churches. Oh well, we can't allow a good thing get in the way of targeting minorities, right?
Well, now that Prop 8 has been stemmed temporarily, don't think we are done. Next up, Prop 23....
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Sunday, August 01, 2010
How do bad email campaigns "effect" me? They "effect"ively make me mad..thank you IBM and V3
Alright, you get paid for writing stuff and stuffing people's emails.
You also get to call yourself editors and such other wonderful titles.
You haven't had any reason to prove Green's Theorem, or worry about Bessel's functions for a day in your life.
You have had to write crap about Keats and Wordsworth (and yes, I was and continue to be better at that as well).
You get paid more than people who routinely function better than you.
But you can't spell?
Alright, dramatic effects (or was it affects?) aside, here is what grinds my gears:
Do click on the magical wonder that the screen-shot is.
Here are a few thoughts to some of our friendly, neighborhood editors and marketing geniuses:
1. Go back to grammar school.
2. Alternately, simply go away!
3. Find a different job, one that doesn't involve spelling in the only language you know (this newsletter comes from two companies, one in the United Kingdom and one in the former colonies)
4. Use "spell checkers". Not, Chinese checkers - I am not saying Chinese people are bad at checking grammar (they are probably better than you, given, er...). I am referring to the game, "Chinese Checkers".
5. Show up to work a little less drunk...
Irony
The irony of this email campaign involves the following:
1. questioning how inaccurate information effects, er, affects, er, who knows, me.
2. presenting me with a tool called "smartfacts" (the space in-between or the lack thereof could be an error, or not, or, again, who knows?).
It amazes me that some of us have to work so much harder than the others....or work at all!
Still confused?
Here is how affect and effect differ:
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/affect.html
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Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
You also get to call yourself editors and such other wonderful titles.
You haven't had any reason to prove Green's Theorem, or worry about Bessel's functions for a day in your life.
You have had to write crap about Keats and Wordsworth (and yes, I was and continue to be better at that as well).
You get paid more than people who routinely function better than you.
But you can't spell?
Alright, dramatic effects (or was it affects?) aside, here is what grinds my gears:
Do click on the magical wonder that the screen-shot is.
Here are a few thoughts to some of our friendly, neighborhood editors and marketing geniuses:
1. Go back to grammar school.
2. Alternately, simply go away!
3. Find a different job, one that doesn't involve spelling in the only language you know (this newsletter comes from two companies, one in the United Kingdom and one in the former colonies)
4. Use "spell checkers". Not, Chinese checkers - I am not saying Chinese people are bad at checking grammar (they are probably better than you, given, er...). I am referring to the game, "Chinese Checkers".
5. Show up to work a little less drunk...
Irony
The irony of this email campaign involves the following:
1. questioning how inaccurate information effects, er, affects, er, who knows, me.
2. presenting me with a tool called "smartfacts" (the space in-between or the lack thereof could be an error, or not, or, again, who knows?).
It amazes me that some of us have to work so much harder than the others....or work at all!
Still confused?
Here is how affect and effect differ:
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/affect.html
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Friday, July 16, 2010
Pre-announcing Apple's New Product: iBlame!
I know some of you are out there, braving 100+ temperatures, taking precious vacation time off, even biting your dog's nails (because yours are already bitten and gone)....because God, er, Steve Jobs has called for a conference.
Actually, I am a bit surprised why it doesn't become a big deal when he runs out of toilet paper. iToilet paper? Toilet iPaper?
Anyway, I was roaming around the streets and one more of Apple's drunk engineers (coming soon: iAA or iApple for the vagabond inebriates) had a prototype of the latest product that will be announced at the "conference" tomorrow!
So, if you hear that the Silicon Valley cops (having solved all other crimes, they are ready to function as Jobs' private security using my tax money) arrest me by tomorrow for pre-releasing photos and descriptions of Apple's products, I hope you understand the sacrifice and pain I am going through for you..I am a blogger, not even a journalist...
So, what is the product going to be?
After throwing his jacket to the crowds and signing across the chests of raging fans, Steve Jobs will pull out of h..., the new product!
At this point, as usual, the birds will stop flying, the waves will stop churning, babies will stop crying and the moon will eclipse.
iBlame!, the product
Yes! Steve Jobs has had enough. How can anyone even possibly, remotely doubt that he isready to be blamed? So, at the conference tomorrow (rather, later today) he is going to announce a product that will be compatible with all future Apple products but will not function with unapproved third party hardware, software, firmware, infirmware and such...
This product will have the following hitherto unknown functions that will fix all previously known issues:
In case of defect, damage, or even a complete lack of functionality on the part of any Apple product, the following will be the order in which Apple will place blame:
1. The hardware manufacturer (read Chinese teenagers) is to blame.
2. The third party service provider is to blame.
3. Mercury is retrograde
4. Saturn is shining his light up URa.....
5. It's bad juju, or Microsoft, hey, maybe it's Google, or those tribbles...!
6. It's Yamanoor Srihari's fault..
7. You, the customer (for further comprehension, consult Toyota, which likes to prove all it's customers are iDiots too).
Customer and Congressional Reaction
Even before iBlame is released, customer reaction has been anticipatorily rampant. For example, it appears that Democrat Senator Schumer has decided toapologize, er, grovel, no, "urge" Apple the following: "to come up with a "permanent fix" to the problem at no cost to customers."
I also heard that Grassley and Rep Barton were pissed at Schumer because Schumer beat him to the race. Grassley was still writing one of his usual,ineffective letters and Barton wants to be the first to apologize to companies when they get blamed for what they did.
In any case, it is anticipated that one of the responses will be "Congress can go legislate itself".
Analysts' projections for iBlame's success:
The same analysts that brought you the financial success that the last three years have been, believe that iBlame will have the following successes:
1. No matter what happens, Apple won't have to recall it's devices. They can write fake code to show fake bars, or even attach twigs to white bricks for antennas.
2. Steve Jobs will continue to be God. After all, he survived his own, personal, special, private "Stock Backdating" scam. People who survive that can really do whatever the heck they please.
3. People will still continue to call Apple, it's design and products "innovative". After all, if you don't bother to find out what you are talking about.. (wait, did I say that loud?, ah, the backspace key fell off, shoulda bought Apple you know!).
4. Given how business friendly the Obama Administration has become, what with Goldman Sachs being asked to throwchuckchump change (less than one day's gain in stock value) at the SEC, and Glaxo getting to keep it's useless, and in fact potentially harmful Avandia on the market thanks to the FDA, Apple can be sure that Jobs is safe, and the iPhone can get approved as a medical device or a perpetual motion machine. At this point, it is their choice to ask, or order anything...
More Customer Reaction
After I found out about the impending release of iBlame, I bid adieu to the intoxicated employee and decided to seek some more customer reaction.
Disclaimer: My interviews with Apple customers are as factual as the iPhone's signal bars...
Walking down the street, I talked to a few avid customers. Here are some reactions:
"I mean, it's like the iBlame sounds like a kewl idea. As long as he can blame someone else for the problem and send bloggers to prison, he can keep making stuff for me to throw more money at him right? Screw those orphans and dying dogs, I donated 10 cents through an SMS from my $200 phone I never needed. I am like, that's sooo 21st century!"
I pointed to another customer that the iPhone may have functionality issues. His response was, "Even if he sold crap in a white box, I would buy it". When I pointed out the irony in his statement, unaffected, he said, "Well, there you go".
So, do you think I will be able to tweet myself out of prison? Or hell?
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Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Actually, I am a bit surprised why it doesn't become a big deal when he runs out of toilet paper. iToilet paper? Toilet iPaper?
Anyway, I was roaming around the streets and one more of Apple's drunk engineers (coming soon: iAA or iApple for the vagabond inebriates) had a prototype of the latest product that will be announced at the "conference" tomorrow!
So, if you hear that the Silicon Valley cops (having solved all other crimes, they are ready to function as Jobs' private security using my tax money) arrest me by tomorrow for pre-releasing photos and descriptions of Apple's products, I hope you understand the sacrifice and pain I am going through for you..I am a blogger, not even a journalist...
So, what is the product going to be?
After throwing his jacket to the crowds and signing across the chests of raging fans, Steve Jobs will pull out of h...
At this point, as usual, the birds will stop flying, the waves will stop churning, babies will stop crying and the moon will eclipse.
iBlame!, the product
Yes! Steve Jobs has had enough. How can anyone even possibly, remotely doubt that he is
This product will have the following hitherto unknown functions that will fix all previously known issues:
In case of defect, damage, or even a complete lack of functionality on the part of any Apple product, the following will be the order in which Apple will place blame:
1. The hardware manufacturer (read Chinese teenagers) is to blame.
2. The third party service provider is to blame.
3. Mercury is retrograde
4. Saturn is shining his light up URa.....
5. It's bad juju, or Microsoft, hey, maybe it's Google, or those tribbles...!
6. It's Yamanoor Srihari's fault..
7. You, the customer (for further comprehension, consult Toyota, which likes to prove all it's customers are iDiots too).
Customer and Congressional Reaction
Even before iBlame is released, customer reaction has been anticipatorily rampant. For example, it appears that Democrat Senator Schumer has decided to
I also heard that Grassley and Rep Barton were pissed at Schumer because Schumer beat him to the race. Grassley was still writing one of his usual,
In any case, it is anticipated that one of the responses will be "Congress can go legislate itself".
Analysts' projections for iBlame's success:
The same analysts that brought you the financial success that the last three years have been, believe that iBlame will have the following successes:
1. No matter what happens, Apple won't have to recall it's devices. They can write fake code to show fake bars, or even attach twigs to white bricks for antennas.
2. Steve Jobs will continue to be God. After all, he survived his own, personal, special, private "Stock Backdating" scam. People who survive that can really do whatever the heck they please.
3. People will still continue to call Apple, it's design and products "innovative". After all, if you don't bother to find out what you are talking about.. (wait, did I say that loud?, ah, the backspace key fell off, shoulda bought Apple you know!).
4. Given how business friendly the Obama Administration has become, what with Goldman Sachs being asked to throw
More Customer Reaction
After I found out about the impending release of iBlame, I bid adieu to the intoxicated employee and decided to seek some more customer reaction.
Disclaimer: My interviews with Apple customers are as factual as the iPhone's signal bars...
Walking down the street, I talked to a few avid customers. Here are some reactions:
"I mean, it's like the iBlame sounds like a kewl idea. As long as he can blame someone else for the problem and send bloggers to prison, he can keep making stuff for me to throw more money at him right? Screw those orphans and dying dogs, I donated 10 cents through an SMS from my $200 phone I never needed. I am like, that's sooo 21st century!"
I pointed to another customer that the iPhone may have functionality issues. His response was, "Even if he sold crap in a white box, I would buy it". When I pointed out the irony in his statement, unaffected, he said, "Well, there you go".
So, do you think I will be able to tweet myself out of prison? Or hell?
Claimer: Views presented in this article probably or definitely allude to people real, unreal, imaginary, virtual and otherwise. Any harm or libel cast on people dead, alive or transient is either intentional or otherwise. The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author, however he refuses to take responsibility for said views and believes the use of "airquotes" to be a birthright. Claims not included in this claim are also claimed.
Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Toyota's customer service mantra: It's the customer that is stupid!
I have a favorite saying (I have many, but that's for another day): if there is an error, it must be the user...
It is one thing for people to call Toyota customers stupid, it is something really entertaining to watch Toyota do the same thing! And that, my dear friends is exactly what your not-so-friendly, the "cockroach of the freeways" (that's right, at the end of time, the Toyotas would still be running around - given the fact that they would have rammed the rest of us) now claims that you, the customer are to blame, not themselves...
After all, the Toyota was originally never designed to go anywhere close to the speed limit! So, when you depress the accelerator, the car turns into a Golden Retriever in a children's park!!
Now if you wanted appropriate acceleration, why would you buy a Toyota? That is why the company is calling you an idiot.
And then, there were those who bought the car after the news of the defects came out....
Well, what do you call the people who rush into buy a defective product just because it was offered on discount - yes, Virginia, there may very well be a Santa Claus (why not, Fox News has a viewership, yeah?), but sometimes Mom and Dad are just...
At the end of the day, if a Toyota gets behind you on the road...
References:
1. On Toyota strangling independent research into their safety:
Click Here
2. When Toyota called it's customers stupid:
Click Here
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Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
It is one thing for people to call Toyota customers stupid, it is something really entertaining to watch Toyota do the same thing! And that, my dear friends is exactly what your not-so-friendly, the "cockroach of the freeways" (that's right, at the end of time, the Toyotas would still be running around - given the fact that they would have rammed the rest of us) now claims that you, the customer are to blame, not themselves...
After all, the Toyota was originally never designed to go anywhere close to the speed limit! So, when you depress the accelerator, the car turns into a Golden Retriever in a children's park!!
Now if you wanted appropriate acceleration, why would you buy a Toyota? That is why the company is calling you an idiot.
And then, there were those who bought the car after the news of the defects came out....
Well, what do you call the people who rush into buy a defective product just because it was offered on discount - yes, Virginia, there may very well be a Santa Claus (why not, Fox News has a viewership, yeah?), but sometimes Mom and Dad are just...
At the end of the day, if a Toyota gets behind you on the road...
References:
1. On Toyota strangling independent research into their safety:
Click Here
2. When Toyota called it's customers stupid:
Click Here
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Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Fiorina's Intellectually Charged Campaign Message: I am so pretty and Boxer's hair is SO yesterday....
For all of you left leaning, tree hugging bunch of neo-liberal fruitcakes out there who predicted that Fiorina is trying to do the senate and world what she did to HP's already diminshed stock price and self esteem, she has a fitting reply - her campaign message.
In true conservative fashion, she has announced her campaign - making fun of Barbara Boxer's hair! (Yes, that is right, this right leaning, conservative, yet progressive leader (failure) of the commercial world has some serious issues with Boxer and her hair style).
After all, this is California, where people dress up and braid each other's hair.
Moreover, Fiorina must represent the best in what is happening to women candidates everywhere!
I say we all vote Fiorina to the senate, so that women everywhere will take keeping up with "today's" fashions and braiding their hair more seriously.
That, will take us back to the conservative "roots" where women belong. Not these career-minded, hoity toity women that have no respect for the lord and his desire to impregnate them as many times as it is religiously feasible...
As to her criticism of Hannity, it may have also been his hair style. If Republican men and their impartial media outlets didn't comb their hair...
For reference and other fun:
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/06/09/state/n201015D93.DTL
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In true conservative fashion, she has announced her campaign - making fun of Barbara Boxer's hair! (Yes, that is right, this right leaning, conservative, yet progressive leader (failure) of the commercial world has some serious issues with Boxer and her hair style).
After all, this is California, where people dress up and braid each other's hair.
Moreover, Fiorina must represent the best in what is happening to women candidates everywhere!
I say we all vote Fiorina to the senate, so that women everywhere will take keeping up with "today's" fashions and braiding their hair more seriously.
That, will take us back to the conservative "roots" where women belong. Not these career-minded, hoity toity women that have no respect for the lord and his desire to impregnate them as many times as it is religiously feasible...
As to her criticism of Hannity, it may have also been his hair style. If Republican men and their impartial media outlets didn't comb their hair...
For reference and other fun:
javascript:void(0)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/06/09/state/n201015D93.DTL
Claimer: Views presented in this article probably or definitely allude to people real, unreal, imaginary, virtual and otherwise. Any harm or libel cast on people dead, alive or transient is either intentional or otherwise. The views expressed in this blog are solely those of the author, however he refuses to take responsibility for said views and believes the use of "airquotes" to be a birthright. Claims not included in this claim are also claimed. Copyright Information: Whereas the blog postings themselves are stolen by the author from the recesses of his deranged mind, he holds all the rights to everything on this blog. Yet, he secretly hopes you will copy his stuff to satisfy his ego. He may still sue you to prove to the world that he makes stuff worth pirating...seriously, still reading this?
Monday, May 31, 2010
Israel - Aggressively Stupid or Stupidly Aggressive?
Along with many others in the world, I had thought that Israel suffered the consequences of terrorism. Now, I wonder.
Are you kidding me?
You land on an aid ship from choppers and start a fight.
The people on the ship attack you with sticks and you respond with guns.
Israel - you have gone mad.
The consequences?
I expect the consequences to be as follows:
1. First Obama, then Hillary will condemn Israel.
2. Then, egged on by Congress and every single Congressional vote they cannot loose, the world's most powerful man will grovel in front of Israel. In case you have ALREADY forgotten, that's what happened last time when they threw eggs at Biden, er, announced a new settlement.
3. A bunch of "Friends of Israel" will publish a full page SOB story ad in the New York Times or Wall Street Journal. We will all be reminded of Hitler - never mind that attacking unarmed people on boats is not much different. (I know, no one reads papers anymore, but this too has happened viz-a-viz, the settlement brouhaha.)
4. In a few days, we will all be more concerned with the "next Idol" or "brainless Chefs cooking tasteless food" on Bravo, or "Ghost Hunters Academy".
Israel's next target - orphanages or seniors' homes?
Meanwhile, we will be biting our nails to see if Israel will bomb a "Home for the Aged" or an orphanage. Obviously, kids and seniors can be very dangerous to Israel's "sovereignty" (yes, that's what we are calling it now) when armed with sticks and stones.
Idiots...
Are you kidding me?
You land on an aid ship from choppers and start a fight.
The people on the ship attack you with sticks and you respond with guns.
Israel - you have gone mad.
The consequences?
I expect the consequences to be as follows:
1. First Obama, then Hillary will condemn Israel.
2. Then, egged on by Congress and every single Congressional vote they cannot loose, the world's most powerful man will grovel in front of Israel. In case you have ALREADY forgotten, that's what happened last time when they threw eggs at Biden, er, announced a new settlement.
3. A bunch of "Friends of Israel" will publish a full page SOB story ad in the New York Times or Wall Street Journal. We will all be reminded of Hitler - never mind that attacking unarmed people on boats is not much different. (I know, no one reads papers anymore, but this too has happened viz-a-viz, the settlement brouhaha.)
4. In a few days, we will all be more concerned with the "next Idol" or "brainless Chefs cooking tasteless food" on Bravo, or "Ghost Hunters Academy".
Israel's next target - orphanages or seniors' homes?
Meanwhile, we will be biting our nails to see if Israel will bomb a "Home for the Aged" or an orphanage. Obviously, kids and seniors can be very dangerous to Israel's "sovereignty" (yes, that's what we are calling it now) when armed with sticks and stones.
Idiots...
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