BBC News: some inarticulate reactions to seemingly rediculous stories

Maybe I’m just in a crabby mood today, with the weather being gloomy and the Boston climate continuing its obnoxious trend of utter inconsistency, but I had some rather critical reactions to some stories I read this afternoon on BBC News (which, I’d like to clarify, is my fondest and number one source of news information).

#1) “‘Cool’ elephants caught on film”:

Apparently an elephant was caught on film spraying water on itself from its trunk to keep cool when it was hot outside. Um, well yeah… has no one ever been to a zoo before? I can think of several instances when I’ve witnessed elephants doing this very same thing. I remember as a young child thinking to myself, “Wow. That elephant is spraying itself with water. That makes perfect sense. It is a rather humid day out, after all.” That’s really all i have to say about that.

#2) “Blu-ray copy protection ‘cracked’”:

“Slysoft says the new version of its AnyDVD programme allows users to make “backup security copies” of high definition movies… When it launched in 2007, developers boasted it would not be cracked for 10 years. Sony declined to comment.”

Haha. All I can do is laugh. Bummer, Sony. Mostly because I think the advent of Blu-ray movies is silly and just too soon. I mean, we’ve only just recently completely converted from VHS to DVD. I don’t think society can really keep up. If anything, I’m glad. Viva la piracy!

#3) “Microsoft puts net at its heart”:

“‘We are placing the internet at the centre of our strategy,’ was the key message that Ray Ozzie, chief technology officer of Microsoft, got over to the attendees at the company’s Mix08 conference in Las Vegas this week.”

Excuse me, Microsoft? What exactly have you been doing all this time other than focusing on the internet? Making Windows Vista suck?

#4) “Rapper pleads guilty in gun case”:

Quite simply, that’s like saying “Teenager pleads guilty in puberty case”.

…and those are just a few of my thoughts. Much love, BBC.