enough stupid studies already. after the hoax calling IE users dumber than users of other browsers, we shouldn't give these studies any attention.
this new one claims that yahoo or bing produce more targeted results than google, indicated by more user clicks on bing than those using google.
yeah, whatever. not switching my search engine or browser or whatever preferences on account of some shady, ass/2 study.
many people are asking about the after-effects of the s&p downgrade of the US credit. valid concern, but one wonders about the before-effects, in terms of what happened in the markets last week.
in particular, last thurs the stock market took a sharp dive with nary a noteworthy financial or political news. it was attributed to general panic reaction to uncertainty.
is it possible that this was a actually a specific panic attributed to a certainty that bad news was coming? the s&p downgrade was announced only the next day. it sure seems like some people knew.
so google quietly dumps a bunch of their api's back in june. they include api's for products such as google translate, transliterate, video search, image search, news search and a bunch of others. people who depended on these services for their products and sites are basically left out in the cold.
while these terminations mainly affect developers, google could easily do the same for any of their products, like gmail, or calendar, or sites. services that people have come to depend on, could be abruptly cut off with no much consequence to google itself.
this doesn't exactly inspire confidence and proves that free isn't really free. there are significant risks when you put too much trust in one company, even google.
even if it weren't a hoax, this study was obviously garbage. makes you wonder how many other studies out there are rubbish, hoax or not.
nothing new here. the chinese have been copying, hijacking, stealing and reverse-engineering ideas and products for years and will continue to do so for as long as the financial gains are there.
but even after all that, the stuff is still made in china, which basically means low quality and ass/2.
this has got to be an anxious period for senior citizens. social security admin has no clear answers about their next payment cycle. they just don't know.
one thing is certain though. social security taxes will continue to be be taken out of paychecks. that much is guaranteed.
just saw this and had a good lol. how dare google+ suspends capt kirk's account?
google suspected it was a phony account, but it's back on now. lucky kirk didn't photon torpedo google to smithereens 
first she said:
my ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as Commander in Chief.
to which i thought: huh?what?
her people corrected it to:
my ability to function effectively has never been impeded by migraines and will not affect my ability to serve as Commander in Chief.
to which i thought: michelle, you're an idiot thinking we're idiots. the corrected statement makes less sense than the original.
next thing she'll probably tell us that migraines turn her into superwoman. whatever, at least she's not palin.
i'd like to throw this article in the face of every global warming skeptic and scoffer, but not because of what you think.
every time it gets a little chilly, these people start in on the absurdity of the climate warming theory. in their minds, one cold day disproves the findings of decades of science and research.
of course, having record days of heat are no direct proof of global warming either. it's supposed to be gradual and its causes and effects are still unclear.
but going by the doubters' logic, this heat wave proves that global warming is reality. case closed
Here's an ♫ audio clip ♫ of Paul Newman's voice saying "half ass" in the movie Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson. I may have to see this movie now
