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Sarah Palin releases new Web 2.0 technology to offset McCain’s ignorance of computers

August 29, 2008 By: cboyer Category: Political No Comments →

Who is Sarah Palin?

In a second surprise announcement today, the McCain campaign released plans for a new micro-blogging service company led by the new presumptive Vice-Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin. Mrs. Palin described the software as follows: “This is a Web-services-ready multi-device hybridized dating web-app that leverages the basic human need to connect.”

When asked for clarification from the press, she stated, “As I said, this software-as-a-service is a social-networking-aware multi-device hybridized photo web-app that leverages the potential for exponential growth.”

The McCain campaign attempted to explain: “It’s a filtered revolutionary Web 2.0 photo infrastructure that leverages the third screen. Where else can you find a Web 2.0 p2p long invite-only beta calendaring framework that leverages ubiquitous broadband?”

Confused reporters than turned to McCain for a deeper clarification. “I still don’t use a computer,” he replied, “but I do know that her software is an incentivized p2p social-networking-aware IM Firefox extension that leverages the destabilization of the music industry.”

Then in complete non-sequitors, simple sound-bytes rang out from Fox News:

  • “Sarah Palin created the very first multi-device web-services-ready open source voice infrastructure that leverages the long tail”
  • “This inexperienced female governer from Alaska is delivering to the American population the only social-networking-aware long invite-only beta revolutionary email cellphone app that leverages network effects.”
  • Tagging-enabled hybridized Web 2.0 search Firefox extension that leverages existing metadata helps to create Sarah Palin’s inventive remixable filtered disruptive calendaring desktop app that leverages the third screen.”

Sarah Palin was Ms. Alaska - once

When asked for a response, Obama’s campaign simply stated: “So what - we created the very first web-services-ready Ruby on Rails multi-device social network framework that leverages the long tail…something no one else can lay claim to.”

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iRobot, making robots freaky!

August 14, 2008 By: zenboy Category: Robots No Comments →

Isaac Asimov’s robots in his series of short stories (I, Robot) published in 1950 follow the three Laws of Robotics:

  1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
  2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
  3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

 Some laws they should have considered are:

  • A robot cannot sing or dance
  • Robots should not be freaky
  • A robot cannot compete in the Beijing Olympics in women’s gymnastics

 

 
Dancing Titan Robots

These menacing looking robots could be tearing people limb from limb, knock down buildings and tanks, and generally cause chaos. But they are reduced to bad jokes and lip syncing.


Freaky Robot

The thing that makes it freaky is that there are so many subtle nuances that make up the expressions of a human being, that when we see an ersatz version the eye immediately sees the robot as close to a human, except freaky, like Paris Hilton.


Paris Hilton was one of the first realistic looking and acting robots released to the cheers of psuedo-celebrity watchers and reality porn lovers.

 But the ultimate of robotics is on display in the women’s gymnastics in the form of Chinese gymnast Cheng Fei.

Cheng Fei, while a highly capable (and realistic) gymnastic robot, you can tell by her frozen facial expressions (and perfect gymnastic form), that she is pure robot.

iRobot, making robots freaky!
(The use of the term iRobot should not be confused with the company iRobot, maker of Roomba, the vaccum cleaning robot.)

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J’Obama 2.0 - Translates mandates

July 17, 2008 By: zenboy Category: Uncategorized 4 Comments →

After the recent incendiary and possibly racist remarks by Jesse “I want to cut his nuts off” Jackson, and Obama’s former preacher, Pieceout has created a technology that translates hatespeech within the Obama (supposed) supporters, into truly supportive, non-incendiary, politically correct and non-offensive speech.  The new technology has been dubbed “J’Obama 2.0″

 

J’Obama 2.0 is a combination of VoIP and voice-recognition software (similar to the technology used for speech recognition applications include voice dialing (e.g., “ET phone home”), call routing (e.g., “I would like to make a booty call”), and in aircraft cockpits usually termed Direct Voice Input (e.g., “Don’t screw around with me Maverick. You’re a hell of an instinctive pilot. Maybe too good. I’d like to bust your butt but I can’t. I got another problem here. I gotta send somebody from this squadron to Miramar. I gotta do something here, I still can believe it. I gotta give you your dream shot! I’m gonna send you up against the best. You two characters are going to Top Gun.”)

The political dialog in this age of 24 hour media coverage has gotten to the point where we must not only watch our language; we must learn to use our language in a positive and supportive manner. And when we can’t, it’s J’Obama 2.0 to the rescue!

Much like how the Neo-Conservatist united their party under extremist rhetoric and Rush Limbaugh “Dittoheads” Obama supporters have to speak with one voice - united.  A translation device utilizes this new way of talking by co-opting the language of our oppressors through the J’Obama technology will aid us in expressing ourselves in a people positive manner. J’Obama the translation technology will lead the way!

What we need to be careful of is avoiding the type of heckling that arose with the use of Ebonics. Ebonics, a valid English based dialect was characterized as a dumbing down of the English Language - a throwback to bad english and slang-ridden pseudo-language. This misinterpretation of a rich and varied dialect of English has reduced it to the level of jokes told during Late Night talk shows and sound bites.  In order to fight this tendency of the hegemony to put-down and belittle what they do not understand, J’Obama 2.0 is here as a multi-faceted tool to aid in the unification of the black men and women that publicly state that they support Obama.

The name “J’Obama” refers to a sort of mashup between Jesse Jackson and Obama. On the one hand it speaks to the roots of addressing the kind of careless statements said when thought of as off-mike when in reality they were said inadvertently into a live one (e.g. “Barack, he’s talking down to black people…”). On the other, it addresses the hope of a black man as a candidate for the president of the United States embodied by Senator Obama. Different modules address different audiences using the J’Obama 2.0 technology suite

The translation device is worn around the neck and instantaneously scrubs outgoing speech by the user and translates it into meaningful and supportive phrases. Some examples:

  •  ”I want to cut his nuts off” translates to: ”I support Obama 100%”
  •  ”America Has Murdered Innocent People & God Damn America!” translates to: “I support America’s troops, but not our countries policies.”

The direct translation mode involves a miniturized microphone connected to hardware that directly translates hatespeech to what you ‘really meant’ (often recounted later at an apologetic press conference).

 

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Yo’ Bama - a surprising mash-up between technology and politics

July 16, 2008 By: cboyer Category: search engines 1 Comment →

Yo\' Bama - search with style and attitude

In an effort to rebuff the latest bid by Microsoft, Yahoo announced late today a surprising new mash-up, intended to bring together technology and politics once and for all. Aligning with democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, Yahoo’s shareholders thumbed their nose at Jerry Yang by revealing  “Yo’ Bama” - a search engine with attitude.

“Yo’ Bama combines the natural search algorithms of the Yahoo! search engine with the elegance of an Obama speech, and delivers a natural, believable search experience that gives web searchers hope and inspiration” claims an anonymous ValleyWag blogger that had recently been “let go” due to undisclosed circumstances. “Just type in a simple search string like ‘Brangelina’s Twins” and Yo’ Bama’s search results will yield only relevant, intelligent results related to the injustices in Darfur, and the economic impact of drilling in Anwar.”

Screen shot of Yo\'Bama search

Screen shot of Yo’Bama search

This new, “improved” way to search caused an immediate ripple of excitement throughout the technology community - also causing a major backlash from detractors.

  • Rev. Jesse Jackson was nonplussed, uttering epithets under his breath while on camera and microphoned.
  • 99% of internet websites have immediately launched an online petition to grant themselves access to the search results of Yo’Bama.

The Obama camp has remained mysteriously silent about the proposed merger, but remaining Yahoo executives have been caught flashing gang signs at Steve Ballmer’s offices on the Microsoft campus.

Try Yo’ Bama search here….

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OnStarbucks - caffeine in an emergency

July 09, 2008 By: cboyer Category: Mergers No Comments →

onstarbucks - emergency caffeineAfter announcing last week that they were closing 600 stores nationwide, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) has announced the next step in its multi-faceted plan to transform the company today. A surprise merger with the leading car safety device and vehicle security firm, Onstar, is a surprising mash-up that has investors raving about the positive effect on both companies’ stock prices.

“In January, we committed to transforming the company through a series of critical and strategic initiatives to improve the current state of our U.S. business and build the business for the long term,” stated Howard Schultz, chairman, president and CEO.  “Our executive and field leadership teams conducted an extensive review of our U.S. company-operated store portfolio with a goal of enabling our organization to focus its efforts on areas where we can more effectively improve the customer experience. To that end, we proudly announce OnStarbucks.”

“Our 11 years of experience have taught us that life happens when you’re driving,” said OnStar President Chet Huber. “The value of OnStarbucks combines the powerfully-simple technology of OnStar’s in car emergency support with the leading specialty coffee store, providing added flexibility for our subscribers. In emergency situations - a car accident, being locked out of your car, being lost in strange city - stress levels of our subscribers increase. The new OnStarbucks service will allow them to order a double Mocha Frappacino to help them through these difficult times.”

With this simple announcement, the markets have seen a quick uptake on Starbucks and OnStar stocks, which has led to further product extension announcements, include PronStar (the ability to deliver adult material directly to vehicles) and FourBucks (a concept store where every coffee drink only costs $4).

About Starbucks
Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting the highest quality arabica coffee in the world. Today, with stores around the globe, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world - and now in your car. Through their unwavering commitment to excellence and our guiding principles, they bring the unique Starbucks Experience to life for every customer through every cup and every automobile. To share in the experience, please visit them in our stores, online at www.starbucks.com or just hit your convenient OnStarbucks button in your vehicle.

About OnStar by GM
OnStar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Motors, is the leading provider of in-vehicle safety, security and communication services. OnStarbucks is available on more than 50 MY 2008 GM models and includes one year of service and four Venti Lattes (speciality milks and flavors will cost extra). OnStarbucks will become standard on nearly all GM retail vehicles in the United States and Canada by the end of 2008. OnStar provides services to more than 4.5 million subscribers in the U.S. and Canada. More information about OnStar can be found at www.onstar.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the Cappucinos delivered in an emergency, including statements regarding the timing of delivery to OnStarbucks vehicles, charges and expenses relating to the rapid response of delivery of caffienated beverages and the related impact to drivers stress levels.  These forward-looking statements, as well as the underlying estimates and assumptions relating to such statements, are based on currently available operating, financial and competitive information and are subject to a number of significant risks and uncertainties.  In particular, Starbucks does not acknowledge the relation of too much caffeine with actual road rage or an increase in accidents, nor short-term memory loss that relates to the increase risk of losing one’s car keys. The company assumes no obligation to update any of these forward-looking statements.

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Yahoo! changing it’s name to Hasta la Vista, Baby!

July 08, 2008 By: zenboy Category: search engines 1 Comment →

In alignment with the film Terminator, whose story of man’s battle with machines mirrors Yahoo!’s own, Yahoo! is planning to change their name to “Hasta la Vista, baby!”

“We had so many executives leave the company in the past few months that instead of ignoring the problem we decided to meet it head on in the most public way possible: a company name change,” says Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang. The new NASDAQ symbol will be GBYE.

 

Carl Icahn is reportedly pissed, as he was betting on the bankability of the Yahoo! name (before rendering the search engine directory company into tiny bits before feeding it to the Microsoft machinery). Jerry Yang reportedly was heard screaming at Carl ”The Buzzsaw” Icahn, “Get your damn dirty paws off me you filthy ape!” (Other reports were that his statement was directed to Steve “The Mangler” Ballmer.)

This is a sad ending to what was once one of the rising stars of the internet.  The dominant search engine, Google, built it’s search algorithm on the burial mound of Yahoo, casting away the human element of a person selected search directory to one that is mechanical, algorithm driven:

The future has not been written. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves. I wish I could believe that. My name is Jerry Yang, they tried to murder me before I was born, when I was 13 they tried again. Machines from the future. Algorithm driven search engines. All my life my mother told me the storm was coming, Judgment Day, the beginning of the war between man and machines. Three billion lives would vanish in an instant, and I would lead what was left of Yahoo to ultimate victory. It hasn’t happened, no bombs fell, computers didn’t take control, we stopped Judgment Day. I should feel safe, but I don’t, so I live off the grid - no phone, no address, no one and nothing can find me. I’ve erased all connections to the past, but as hard as I try I can’t erase my dreams, my nightmares.

- Jerry Yang,  CEO,  Hasta la Vista, Baby! 

And now Yahoo!, that human driven search directory, is being persuaded to join the creators of the “brains” behind the personal computers of the world: Microsoft. I ask you: can Judgement Day be far behind?

By the time Microsoft became self-aware it had spread into millions of computer servers across the planet. Ordinary computers in office buildings, dorm rooms; everywhere. It was software; in cyberspace. There was no system core; it could not be shutdown. The attack began at 6:18 PM, just as he said it would. Judgment Day, the day the human driven directory was almost destroyed by the weapons they’d built to protect themselves. I should have realized it was never our destiny to stop Judgment Day, it was merely to survive it, together. Steve Jobs knew; he tried to tell us, but I didn’t want to hear it. Maybe the future has been written. I don’t know; all I know is what the Steve Jobs taught me; never stop fighting. And I never will. The battle has just begun.

- Jerry Yang,  CEO, Hasta la Vista, Baby!

 Will Yahoo! (er, I mean Hasta la Vista, Baby!) survive the takeover attempt by Carl Icahn and Microsoft? Can Jerry Yang forestall Judgement Day?

Oh my God. I’m back. I’m home. All the time, it was… We finally really did it.
[screaming]
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Demoticons! Scramble!

July 01, 2008 By: zenboy Category: Instant Messenger No Comments →

Are you IMing and are trying to convey what you are feeling, but your feelings are too complex for just a simple smiley or frowney face Emoticon? Well Demoticons are your answer! Demoticons are for those mixed states where you really are not sure how you are feeling. Some Demoticons are:

  • ;-\ Wanting to get back together with your abusive ex, but knowing you shouldn’t feel that way demoticon.
  • >:| Disagreeing with a co-worker, but not wanting to say anything to “rock the boat” demoticon.
  • /:> Attracted to a co-worker while discussing business matters. And she’s your boss demoticon.
  • :-[ Silently judging you demoticon.
  • >: ) Looking both pleased and angry, similar to a sarcastic expression, but with more heat demoticon.
  • >: ( Making a business presentation, but really needing to take a dump in the middle of it demoticon.

demoticonMore Demoticons are being created everyday, and some say that a new pictorial language is being developed from the introduction of Emoticons, and now Demoticons. There are even differences in how different nations do emoticons such as the Japanese smiley (done upright, so that you don’t have to tilt your head to the left to read it): (^_^). Demoticons for the Japanese are also being developed for mixed states. The equivalent one for “Giving a presentation, but really needing to make a brown baby is: (*´_`*) being “Both pleased and angry, similar to a sarcastic expression, but with more heat” would be  o(>_< )o and stoned, of course, is (0_0).

Please submit any Demoticons you come up with and we will consider them for a new posting! Yay!

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John McCain introduces new Web2.0 application to reach senior citizens: FeedTube

June 28, 2008 By: cboyer Category: Social Media 4 Comments →

FeedTube - forcing McCain down senior\'s throats

In an effort not to be outdone by his democratic rival Barak Obama, John McCain is the angel investor behind a new communication service designed to directly appeal to his core base of Republican Senior Citizens.

Seniors on computers“We know elderly senior citizens are aware of the web and sometimes use it,” said an unnamed McCain spokesperson from an undisclosed retirement community, “And not just to look up medication information. Remember, these old people also have lots of money. And they can’t take it with them…”

To reach this key base, the McCain campaign launched an incentive contest to create the best web technology to tap into this potential donor stream. First place was a $30 million prize (2nd place offered a free ride to anywhere in the continental US on the “StraightTalk Express”).

Luckily, the few remaining members of the College Republicans banded together their resources, and were quickly able to create FeedTube. FeedTube is a senior-friendly video/audio streaming application - complete with large web buttons for easy use and audio at 200% normal volume. McCain staff will be able to easily upload content - from standard traditional sources such as TV, cassette recorders and even eight-track - to an online platform.

Then, a team edits the content into a senior-friendly format - long, rambling edits that often wax poetic about the Great Depression, horse-drawn carriages and the Industrial Revolution. The final audio/video project is then transmistted not only online (through the FeedTube website), but also broadcast to senior homes throughout the country directly, for viewing.

Seniors enjoying a special moment with McCain via FeedTube

“FeedTube allows us to feed this information directly to our target base,” said another unnamed spokesperson for the McCain campaign, “Sometimes these seniors have difficulty understanding - or swallowing - the political rhetoric. FeedTube allows us to easily stuff this information deep down into their gullets with no risk of them throwing it back up at us.”

It is noted that implementation of FeedTube within retirement homes and hospices must be done by licensed medical professionals.

McCain - not yet in the grave, but he\'s got both feet dangling over the edge of the grave

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Dedd - better left dead

June 19, 2008 By: zenboy Category: social bookmarking 1 Comment →

Dedd - where the internet comes to dieDedd is a place for people to discover and bury dead content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Dedd buries the oldest, least relevant and least popular stuff as voted on by our users.Think of it as the Google of…well, just think of it as Google.

“I was doing research for a paper I was writing,” says student Arla Krapsmackle, “What I didn’t realize was that the 1st article returned was written in 1992, totally irrelevant.”

The vast majority of stuff on the web is irrelevant, outdated, or just plain stupid. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experts have taken over the web, ranking websites higher than some well-respected government and educational websites where very relevant information can be had.

Well, now there is a place to stuff all those pages: Dedd. When you come across a page that is not relevant to your search, or is stupid, or you disagree with, or is just plain dumb - you have the option to Deddit. Click that Dedd icon and bury that mother in the Dedd archives. With enough votes you will never have to see that site come up in Google, Yahoo or Live.com ever again!

Deddit!

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Obama2.0 - Making the president cool again!

June 17, 2008 By: zenboy Category: Political 4 Comments →

Obama2.0 logoWeb 2.0 technology has created a new and improved presidential candidate, dubbed Obama2.0. The hierarchical, top down administration has been combined with the advantages of social networking and grass roots support and fundraising.

It was determined (through a series of exhaustive online surveys) that the candidate be multi-racial, liberal, very well-spoken, highly educated, with just a smattering of negatives to make him feel more real and less plastic than John Edwards. From YouTube endorsements (I’ve got a crush on Obama) to celebrity endorsements ( Scarlett Johansen) the story of Web 2.0 technology Obama2.0 is like something out of a Silicon Valley think tank. Which he is.

Actress Scarlett Johansen endorses web 2.0 technology, Obama

Expected to poll well in a variety of communities - both online and in real-life, Obama2.0 is a “mash-up” of previous presidential candidates, including John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Jimmy Carter. This real-life avatar expects to be downloaded heavily in November, in full expectation of it’s initial release.

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