Forecast: Creative Cloudiness

Somewhere in the sprawl of XML and excrement, a purpose wanders helpless as a little bitty sheep.

No wonder their browser plug-in is like an open sewer grate

if something as simple as version numbers so easily overheats their gigantic brains.

Welcome the dread spawn of the Patriot Act

I feel them reading as I type (yes, I'm either that self-important, or that aware that all wires lead to an NSA server somewhere). It's akin to having a little cockroach-like buddy on my shoulder who claims he is making things cleaner, instead of more disgusting. So, yeah, the AP thing is completely similar, except not at all. Anyway, got some typing in.

Too bad hackers don't know to stick to Oracle's patch schedule. That's just rude.

Machines as dull

as their operators will never match the chaotic paranoia that a fine bender produces.

I want a turn at that

when she is done.

Get back to not fixing security holes

in your precious copyrighted code.

Alas, there will be no bias here

as we are all on the same page.

Will Jesus let me view porn on it?

I don't want to buy one just to be struck by holy fire on first use.

Long road

to sell products in the country in which they're made.

Soon, a shitty Xmas will come preloaded

Presumably for people on the "naughty" instead of "nice" shopping list.

Pissing at the wind

you can't even write your name.

I, too, like to post

and am bored, drunk, disabused, overly tolerant and ambiguously intolerant as the mood hits.

But I'm gnawing on bones here. Not even enough to make soup out of. The Pirate Bay is name-only now. A ghostly sphincter of the former digestive system it was.

Um, yay for the web!?

Hitting the Bing bong

MS have proven they have plenty of money from successful divisions to fund failing ones for a long time. For all I know or care, they have a winner on their hands. Problem is, no one knows or cares. Like Bing, Zune, Bob, and a (tiny) Vista of dead Kin have proven, marketing and tepid follow-through don't always produce tremendous results.

As for suing a company you own stock in, that's genius.

Braindrops

Would a dewdrop shape that could collect light entering at most angles and reflect it towards a central capturing mechanism work the same way? I'm interested enough to throw it out there, but too lazy to think it through. Typical.

Keeping the nutted-out organs of power in-house

The emphasis is likely on "reliance on foreign energy sources", not tree hugging.

Potentially

Pratt Ploughshare patent positions itself to make plenty of people perturbed.

Broad like the Mississippi

"The public may use any copyrighted work in a reasonable way under the circumstances without the consent of the copyright owner if it would be in the public interest"

And with enough money, you could even build a raft out of lawyers to float on.

Moore's Misnomer

It actually refers to integrated circuits, not silicon, and it isn't a law, but who cares. As mentioned above, there will inevitably be discoveries that ever push the horizon a few years forward, until the day we realize we've had enough math.

So, they are able keep SOME data private

Guess you have to work for them to get under the umbrella.

I'll bet this gets political

in 4...3...2...1...

If you can't join 'em, point

The real question is, why does the US military feel the need to go public? Given that the US has poured billions into electronic warfare and surveillance, especially post-911, it seems doubtful it's just a case of "giving up". It also appears unlikely that the intelligence agencies are unaware of the entry points and possible targets. Given that many of the companies hacked are really just government subsidized private companies, cooperation with them must be fairly easy to come by. So, why pretend to be surprised or that what was swiped was even the real thing? Probably just a case of saying, "I know that you know that I know what you did, and I want to make sure everyone else knows that we both know what we are both up to, so they don't just think it's me doing it. Buddy."

Or, maybe they just get mad sometimes.

As Relevant

Please remove the horizontal rule beneath the "Post anonymously" checkbox. It is superfluous.

Avatard

I really don't want to describe what this movie would be about. OK, there's a machine, hooks up to folks with "normal" brains and then...no, I really can't finish this.

When you must prove

you can type articles, please include "Apple" in the title.

So

Soil heated...check

Chemicals detected...check

Pseudoanalytical bullshit meter pegged...priceless

Announcing a Plan B

immediately puts a stake through the heart of Plan A. So, it's good to have one, but bad to say you have one too soon.

Funny to read about MS designers bleating about UI design when the Windows 8 desktop looks to be a complete cluckerfust.

Dueling Headlines

"Chinese coders beat all-comers" vs "Over half of IT hires in Asia are duds".

Since I don't know which article to believe, I'll go with neither.

And open source software

gets downloaded more frequently than software that is paid for. Which means it is better.

"Rare" earths: they're everywhere

and nowhere, like non-Japanese ninjas, in rock form.

Anyway, an association comprised completely of insiders is called a monopoly. Or a joke.

Fustercluck in Motion

Please just divvy the cash, pretend not to have existed, hang up on incoming calls.

Or, slowly dwindle the reserves, get bought out and shrivel within some idiotocracy.

Or, grow a pair, quit talking bullshit, and take on the challengers directly, through better products.

At least you have options.

Cosmic Neighbors

Will be knocking when this thing is cranked up to 11 playing "Smoke on the Water".

Marauder's Map App

Still in beta?

Coincident to US tariff on Chinese solar panels

Probably unrelated, but good to see a sudden interest in environmental issues that happens to provide a price spike.