MS Leaking News About Win 8.1 Sadly, the preliminary leaks suggest that 8.1 will not address the central problem … Windows * is not finished. If Win 8 were ready for release you would be able to create tiles with — USEABLE icons, rather than big swathes of color with tiny logos, you woul[...]
Archive for June, 2013
June 14th, 2013 - 12:17 pm § in Misc.
The AVE Challenge
Who is it: A. Actress Ginetta Olsen in scene from upcoming movie “Barbie, the Movie” B. Jane Doe, HIV positive prostitute charged with murder C. Star Alicia Guastaferro from reality TV show. D. Hisi Bern, Austrian mistress of Kim Jun Un E. Drunk driving photo of Lisa-Annette, teen daught[...]
June 14th, 2013 - 7:53 am § in Misc.
A Real Windows Ad .. or an infomercial?
Is this an infomercial? All this needs is a tag line .. “for a limited time, we will sell you TWO machines, you just pay shipping and handling!”[...]
June 14th, 2013 - 4:20 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Edward Snowden has new job!
Snowden found by Google Glass! Edward Snowden, the N.S.A. Leaker, has been found! Mr. Snowden is seen here at Google Glass’s headquartersn where he is a no member of the Glass security program. [...]
June 13th, 2013 - 9:53 am § in Misc.
June 13 …Anniversary of Pentagon Papers Leak
Steven Carter of the Daily Beast on the release of the pentagon papers 40 years after Daniel Ellsberg leaked them. The formal release of the Pentagon Papers by the Defense Department on June 13 garnered only passing news coverage. In this age of WikiLeaks, when too many of those to whom confidences [...]
June 13th, 2013 - 9:34 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
BREAKING NEWS: Genes can NOT be patented!
“We merely hold that genes and the information they encode are not patent-eligible … simply because they have been isolated from the surrounding genetic material,” … Clarence Thomas This morning the Supreme Court ruled that human genes cannot be patented! The decision, [...]
Racism in College Athletics
The ways of white folks, I mean, some white folks . . . (Langston Hughes) Images are important. Picture this .. an arrogant White man yelling orders to Black workers. At a university where anyone could be fired for using the word “nigger” this image still exists … he image of t[...]