I don't see how it's any better or worse to talk to a human.

I don't know about the US but in Canada edited videos or ones out of context are thrown out of such cases. So realistically this is a complete straw man.

Knowing them, their last cell phone was gasoline powered.

If you don't have a working product you could always pretend that you do with a swanky demo.
Or as seen through the final product: If you do not always work product demonstration with an elegant shape if you do.

Chicken: these wolves have freaked out, they can creep in and kill us any time they want! Sheep, you got any ideas?
Sheep: The trick is to stand perfectly still at all times.

Every year on Doom's birthday John Carmack throws a Chuck Norris in to the sun.

The guy is trying to populate the moon with autonomous robots; video game are his hobby.

nah, Russia never uses the same trick twice. So, let's make a spin on the wheel of assassination:

*click**click**click**click* Concentrated Neutron Deathray

*click**click*...*click*.....*click* hidden in a shoe

And don't forget, if you end the title with a question mark you can pretty much claim anything you want.

eg: Is Steve Jobs Dead? Find out at 11!
At 11: No, he's not.

yeah, I'd like to see a followup to the article where "Guess what? They quit calling you." is followed with "Guess what? You're fired!".

still, no reason why they couldn't make it and just ignore it. If they didn't make a fuss, no one would have noticed anything about it.

Also, if the US government was anything like the Canadian they could have always claimed that Google's solution was incompatible with their 486 dx266 powered servers.

On another note, couldn't the government just ask for a quote and then toss it in the paper shredder?

100 billion dollars [raise pinkie to lip]

it won't happen on the thirteenth hour or of the thirteenth day of the thirteenth month of the thirteenth year.

It's all for the best, who wants doomsday during that terrible Smarch weather anyway?

Yes, Mario was an arcade game first.