The Cranky Curmudgeon

Ever notice how many assholes there are in this world? I mean besides you? Chances are you're a selfish jerk; there's so damn many of them around wherever you go. OK. Maybe not you. After all, here you are reading my humble little mini-screeds. But, you have to admit, there are tons of 'em out there. Right? I just want to point 'em out and give 'em the verbal thrashing they deserve. I've pretty much given up on people becoming more thoughtful, so I figured I might as well just vent.

Sunday, November 07, 2010

Resistance is, indeed, futile

If you're a Star Trek (or, as my father used to call it, Star Drek) fan (especially TNG), you should appreciate this article. I lead with mostly the pics, but the article is also fairly insightful, IMO.

Amplify’d from searchengineland.com

Back in 1996, the now defunct Boardwatch Magazine had a classic cover depicting Microsoft and CEO Bill Gates as the Borg. For 2010, we’d like to submit some more modern candidates: Google, Facebook and Apple.

The article below assumes some knowledge of the Borg from Star Trek. Never heard of them? Nasty creatures that “assimilated” everything into their “collective” society.