Seeing Aprils's fool tech updates led me to invent a new word: fictionality.
Its a functionality that vendor promises but cannot deliver.
The sad thing is that it happens not only on April 1st.

this http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cityinsider/detail?entry_id=73657&tsp=1Read more... )

http://www.infowars.com/gerald-celente-2-5-million-jobs-lost-since-obamas-presidency/

note that the interview is via skype

"Hoping to give Weigman a social network beyond the confines of his tiny bedroom, a friend had slipped him the number of a free party line known as Studio 55. The second Weigman called, a new world opened up to him. He heard voices. Some were talking to each other. Others piped in only occasionally, listening in as they watched TV or played video ( Read more... )

Professor Robert Smith? (the question mark is part of his surname and not a typographical mistake) and colleagues wrote: "We model a zombie attack using biological assumptions based on popular zombie movies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8206280.stm

"Тем, кто любит Петербург, вряд ли дорог разум.
Люди, кошки, фонари здесь собрались разом.
И меж небом и водой высится надменно
Город - каменный цветок, ядом напоенный..."

http://rowan.hole.ru/read.php?ord=lyr&song=madness.html

"Ever find yourself sitting down at the computer just for a second to find out what other movie you saw that actress in, only to look up and realize the search has led to an hour of Googling? Thank dopamine. Our internal sense of time is believed to be controlled by the dopamine system. People with hyperactivity disorder have a shortage of dopamine ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=518XP8prwZoRead more... )

Suit: http://mashable.com/2009/08/12/word-patent/
Claimant: http://www.cnet.com/8301-19709_1-10308457-10.html?tag=rb_content;tabbedPromoUnitHolder

"In The Cheating Culture, David Callahan illustrates that these ills of excessive competition and insecurity do not always end once one becomes established - by being awarded tenure or "partner" status - and therefore the "quarter-life crisis" may actually extend beyond young adulthood. Some measure of financial security - which usually requires ( Read more... )