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President with his hand on the button

With one decision, the President can do the unthinkable.  If the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 passes, the President would have the ability to turn off private Internet networks.  Now the bill was introduced on April 1st, but I don’t think they do April Fools’ Day bills in D.C.  The bill has some vague terms in it that could raise some Constitutional issues, so don’t expect it to pass in its current form.  [Source]

”I’m goofing off for the good of the company, sir.”

Those kindhearted Australians have come up with a way to justify screwing around at work.  According to a new study from the University of Melbourne, people who goof off, uh, I mean, people who browse non-work related sites at work are 9% more productive than those who don’t.  The idea is that people need to reset so they concentrate.  So the next time your place of business wants to restrict Internet access, cite this study.  [Source]

This is why GPS devices have warnings.

When GPS devices say something, people listen.  Who knew that these devices were actually sent from the future to kill mankind?  A woman listened to her GPS when it told her to travel in a snowmobile trail.  The only problem was she got stuck.  After traveling several miles through over a foot of snow with her car, she decided she knew better than the machine and wanted to turn around. 

Her car said, “I’m afraid I can’t do that.”  Well, her car didn’t literally say that, but it it couldn’t turn around in all that snow.  Remember, people, GPS devices can be wrong and may or may not be trying to kill us.  [Source]