Status Quo

With all of the news lately surrounding the Toyota recalls, there has been a lot of scrutiny aimed toward the president of Toyota; Toyoda Akio. In a related thought, I was thinking of changing my name to Chase Manhadden.

At least Toyoda Akio has a name that is spelled like it is pronounced. I never quite understood why Chinese and Japanese people that come to the U.S. have names that aren’t spelled properly. Yes, I’m saying that they aren’t spelling their names properly! Look, I understand when a Frenchman comes to the states with a name that is spelled Jean and pronounces it “Zjohn,” because that is how his name was written and he is keeping that way. When a China-man comes to this country, his name is written as some Chinese symbol, right? It’s not like his name was written “Xanh” and he pronounces it “Chang.” When deciding how to write the name in English, just spell it properly! Why all of the difficulty?

Internet security officials have uncovered a botnet that was being run by a group of hackers. For those unfamiliar, a botnet is a group of computers that have been infiltrated and are under the control of hackers. Apparently, the hackers have used this botnet to get the login information for 3,600 Facebook accounts. Maybe I am a little naïve, but what are these hackers going to do if they get a hold of my Facebook login? Nefariously write on my wall that I’m gay and my fetish are guys with hairy asses? For all I care, they can steal the login information to a million Facebook accounts; I don’t see what could really be accomplished with this. Here’s an idea, instead of wasting time on Facebook clandestinely changing my relationship status, why don’t they get some information worth something like perhaps bank account info or Paypal passwords? And they say hackers are smart!