Cyberfunk

A few months ago, Sony PlayStation fell victim to cyberhackers who compromised personal information belonging to, oh, I don't know, about a hundred million users. Sony claims they were using industry standard protection devices. This begs the question: should industry standards be upgraded? Just asking. But the real problem is this: 100,000,000 PlayStation users had to sit it out while Sony shut down the service. What in God's name would they do?

Read a book?

Go outside and play?

Talk to someone face to face?

I asked a thirteen year old boy who lives on my block if he subscribed to Sony's PlayStation wifi. He said, yes, he did. I asked him if he knew the system was shut down for a while. He said, yes, I know. And then I asked him, "What are you going to do if you can't use Playstation for a few months?" And he said:

"I just jump over to Xbox."

What a dumbass question.

BUT HEY! We adults are facing the same problem with regard to football and basketball. A possible NBA lockout is following right on the heels of the NFL lockout. Come this fall, the possibility exists that we will have no football. And maybe no basketball? What in tarnation is going on in this Godforsaken universe? We need to help billionaires settle their differences with millionaires as soon as possible. The implications are ominous. Without football or basketball, we would have to

Read a book?

Go outside and play?

Talk to someone face to face?

By the way, there is a group of cyberhackers known as "Anonymous" wreaking havoc upon banks and defense contractors. Really? "Anonymous?" Of course you're anonymous...if you used your real names, officials would know how to find you. Back in the seventies, we used cool names for our revolutionary organizations, like the Symbionese Liberation Army. Or Red Dawn. C'mon, get with it for Chrisakes!