... Ray Walston didn't live to see the headline for this piece.

... whether it's Al Gore or Bill O'Reilly, the world prefers to get it's information from clowns. The clown's antics serve the message, if not so much the facts. The throng-de-jure suscribes to the message of its choice and the facts will just have to get in line; afterall, real science is too hard.

... the little dears should be required to develop an imagination. This is a giant leap forward in producing human automatons.

To ensure that the IAB and its members properly respect individuals' privacy, I suggest that any members, employees, or affiliates of the IAB be required to publicly post their own data that is of the same kind they collect. This means their own political preferences, purchasing statistics, and location data, etc. should be available to the public, in real time. And, while I'm sure the IAB would be eager to comply with this simple request in a show of good faith, this requirement should carry the weight of law.

It would be the biggest espionage coup of all time.

... may be a transmogrification too far.

... Geekbert.

Private insurance companies are not in business to benefit policyholders, but to enrich shareholders and executives. The companies in jeopardy would be wise to form a cooperative to attend their indemnification needs. Call it open sourced insuring.

... that doesn't explain my dread of robotic bartenders.

... more likely, since this is just a rehash of what's available for Windows and iOS, it's more substatively a reflection of Microsoft's pathological fear of change, driven by the company being managed by individuals unwilling to confront their own mortality. "Hope I die before I get old ..."