I have met numerous people, some of them quite clever and respected, who despite being well aware of various pseudo-science tricks (say homeopathy and the like) all fell for astrology. They will claim that people born at a certain time of year share some traits... (like it's some kind of scientific measurable proof. sigh)

I have no idea why it appeals to so many, especially women for some reason. Just look at most women's magazines!
Every newspaper has a column (all of them sufficiently vague that you can't use this to prove how ridiculous the whole thing is).

I wonder what it is that makes so many of us susceptible to such blatant scientific fraud.
As for India, I am not surprised... their belief system is already quite complicated and intersects with all aspects of life, science included.

Here's their sec filing if you want to look for it yourself:
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1468516/000119312510245249/d10q.htm

This was discussed on reddit very recently:
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/f71tv/that_post_about_how_80_of_aols_revenue_comes_from/

They were very critical there of an earlier story that was upvoted quickly but which was apparently well wide of the mark.
I suspect this sensationalist headline will be too - feel free to check.

I am quite surprised to see that everyone in the comments is so focused on full VDI, without mentioning seamless integration.
I think that the distinction between local applications and remote (or "cloud") applications is becoming more and more blurred.
Both NX and Xpra allow for seamless applications that integrate very well with any existing desktop.
It's always easier to get people to evolve and develop new ways of working rather than asking them to switch everything to VDI from day one!

There are lots of good comments in this thread about security implications. Like any other technology, it may not be applicable everywhere, and security is certainly something that becomes a major issue once access to applications and their data becomes much easier to move around. Security considerations vary, and in a lot of business LANs you will find that ease of use and integration will be well ahead of security concerns (and rightly so - that's not being slack, just pragmatic).

I am totally biased on this issue as I am the author of:
http://winswitch.org/
Which makes it easier to run seamless apps (NX, Xpra, VNC or RDP - or even full VDI desktop) and move them from one client to another. And I am also a contributor to Xpra. After having worked for quite a while on full NX desktops... (/end of totally shameless plug)
I think these are exciting times for virtualisation of all sorts: system virtualization to single app seamless mode and everything in between.