MemeMachineGo!

I’ve already been disappointed by some of Obama’s positions; I don’t doubt that list will grow longer. But we’ve got a president who’s willing to refer positively to data, statistics, and science, who’s willing to acknowledge that America includes atheiests, and who can do so while speaking in complete sentences.

I’ll take it.

Meanwhile, the next to top story at the moment on Google News is about Michelle Obama’s dress, with a link to 870 articles. Way to remind little girls that a woman’s appearance is the most important thing about her, media.

Jeopardy’s on-line auditions for contestants will occur Tuesday through Thursday nigths. Register in advance to participate.

If you score well enough on the test, then you may be called on at some point in the next 18 months to audition in person. If you pass that, you may or may not be selected for the show before your eligibility expires and you have to start all over.

According to Wired:

A logic bomb allegedly planted by a former engineer at mortgage finance company Fannie Mae last fall would have decimated all 4,000 servers at the company, causing millions of dollars in damage and shutting down Fannie Mae for a least a week, prosecutors say.

Now do you suppose it would have reduced the quantity of servers to 3600, or reduced each server to nine tenths of its former self?