The Top 5 Technology Panics of 2009 146
destinyland writes "An A.I. researcher lists the Top 5 Technology Panics of 2009 — along with the corresponding reality. There's exploding iPods, the uproar over 'bombing' the moon, and even a flesh-eating robot. But in each case, he supplies some much-needed perspective. 'These incidents are incredibly rare ... the rocket stage weighs around two tons, while the Moon weighs in at a 73,477,000,000,000,000,000 tons... and desecration of the dead is against the laws of war — and plant matter is a much better fuel source anyway.'"
Re:Large Haldron Collider (Score:5, Funny)
There's an RSS feed [hasthelhcd...eearth.com] use can use to keep tabs on wether or not the LHC has destroyed the earth. Very useful site.
I wish that robot WAS flesh-eating. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The entire Internet is a panic then? (Score:3, Funny)
Pfft. Old news. That's why *I* only buy cell phones with the words DON'T PANIC written in large friendly letters on their covers.
Re:Flesh-eating Robots Will Devour Us All (Score:1, Funny)
OTOH, each eaten human can potentially decrase the usage of IPv4
capcha: brutally
Re:Flesh-eating Robots Will Devour Us All (Score:3, Funny)
Why Not LHC? (Score:5, Funny)
LHC isn't on the list for the simple reason that there was nothing to panic about.
In 2009.
Re:Large Haldron Collider (Score:2, Funny)
Watch the live webcam [cyriak.co.uk].
Re:How is the LHC not on here? (Score:5, Funny)
"My homework is in my bag, but the act of observing it may destroy it" would be much more worthy of being let off.