Archive of entries posted on January 2014

The robots get their own Wikipedia

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20140116-074945.jpgDid you hear about RoboEarth? It’s like Wikipedia for robots.

Think about that for a minute.

Wikipedia is used by a lot of people as information on which they base their thoughts, actions, and attitudes. It’s a real-life example of people thinking that because it’s on the Internet, it must be true.

And, of course, that’s bunk. Because I can put stuff on Wikipedia. Me! I mean, have you ever read the stuff I write? And Wikipedia will let me put stuff out there for other people to use.

And I have put stuff on Wikipedia. And you can, too. And, some of you have.

Pity the poor souls that don’t know any better than to believe anything I write. Or that some of y’all write.

Anyway, now the robots got their own Wikipedia. And that’s a scary thing. What if some robot edits an entry on humans saying that robots are supposed to kill all humans?

Okay, I admit that there could be a benefit if some humans left the gene pool, but all humans. 100% of humanity wiped out? I’m not in favor of that.

That’s probably about 20% too many.

Link of the Day: Satire – Washington Grocery-Store Chain to Ban Red-Skinned Potatoes To Avoid Offending Overly-Sensitive, White Liberals

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[High Praise! to Liberal Logic 101]

Washington grocery-store chain to ban red-skinned potatoes to avoid offending overly-sensitive, white Liberals

It’s not the first time the joke has been made, but I like what they did with it.

[Think you have a link that’s IMAO-worthy? Send it to harvolson@gmail.com. If I use your link, you will receive High Praise! (assuming you remember to put your name in the email)]

Obama Warned Us – What’s Important

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I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here’s the thing — even if you doubt the evidence, providing incentives for energy-efficiency and clean energy are the right thing to do for our future -– because the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. And America must be that nation

BARACK OBAMA, State of the Union Address, Jan. 27, 2010

“Yes, I *know* energy-efficiency and clean energy are exact opposites. I don’t care. As long I get to spend piles and piles of other people’s money! Wheeeeeeeeee!”

At Least It Didn’t Happen During Halftime At the SuperBowl

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(Submitted by DamnCat [High Praise!])

Per DamnCat:

Some background: Justin Kraemer was a local TV news anchor in Wichita, Kansas about to start a new job in Colorado. About 1 month ago he mistakenly dropped an f-bomb on a live mic.

So Justin got fired from the Wichita gig and the Colorado station, unsurprisingly, decided not to pick him up. Now he’s unemployed in Wichita – but he hasn’t lost his sense of humor.

Since I work in the broadcast entertainment industry myself and have, on more than one occasion, mistakenly engendered the wrath of the powers-that-be, I am not without sympathy. Plus, the video is entertaining, so I’m doing my part to spread the word:


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