The Wittiest, Most Insightful Comments on WIRED This Week

Published on: 5:48 AM

Image: Gabriele Rigon

There was a lot to comment on this week, and you guys were up to the challenge. Facebook gobbled up Oculus, Microsoft Office came to iPad (uh, finally), we learned Facebook drones will beam Wi-Fi, got a look at Michael Bay’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, and shared scientific graphs of the highs and lows of your favorite TV shows, and on and on.

We can’t highlight every single moment you were clever, but here’s a hefty sampling.

Funny
Google+ fan Phil Taylor, who hails from down under, had a realization about Huawei, the company at the heart of this article, How a Chinese Tech Firm Became the NSA’s Surveillance Nightmare.

At first I was concerned about the potential for China to spy using Huawei devices. Then I remembered I live in Australia and our broadband network is 15 years out of date. I don’t know if Huawei make dial up modems…. ?

Upon hearing the news that Facebook Will Build Drones and Satellites to Beam Internet Around the World, Ian Whittington and Leroy Barlow had some thoughts:

Observant
Facebook fan Philip Jackson pointed out that the asteroid with Saturn-like rings around it looks an awful lot like a subwoofer. Hey, look, you’re kind of right, Philip.

Original images, from left: Lucie Maquet, wiki commons

Smart
An informative discussion happened at the bottom of the comment thread of this article highlighting an amazing use for design and technology, “A Giant Basket That Uses Condensation to Gather Drinking Water“.

Witness Testimony
Reader Juniper took to the comments of “50 Years Ago This Terrifying Megaquake Jolted an Entire Ocean” to recount hearing a broadcast of the quake on the radio:

I heard a recording in Geology class in college of a DJ broadcasting during the quake. It’s not so much what he narrates during the quake, it’s the fact that the recording is over 4 minutes long that’s so disturbing.

This prompted reader Andriba to share their terrifying, first-hand experience of a similarly large quake:

The Tohoku earthquake of March 2011 lasted 6 minutes, but our office in Tokyo was swaying for 45 minutes. For the first 20 minutes or so we couldn’t move, after that it was like being on a ship in rough seas.

Acronymtastic
You guys geeked out in the best way possible in the comments of this post, “Google and Facebook Team Up to Modernize Old-School Databases“. If you’re a server-enthusiast and have strong feelings about PostgreSQL vs. MySQL, check out the whole thread.

Punny
Of course, you wouldn’t let the week end without some puns. Here’s one we enjoyed from the comments section of “With Office for iPad, Microsoft Kills Its Old Ideology“.

+1 indeed.

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Wired the funniest, the most insightful comments about this week

Published on: 4:56 PM

Image: Gabriele Rigon

There was commenting a lot this week, and you were the challenge. Facebook engulfed oculus, Microsoft Office came to iPad (uh, finally), Facebook drones are Wi-Fi - rays, we learned have a look at Michael Bay's new Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles film, common and scientific graphs of height and depth of your favorite TV shows, and so on.

We can not every single moment you were clever to mark, but here is a strong choice.

Funny
Google + fan Phil Taylor, who comes from Downunder, had a perception of Huawei, the company the centerpiece of this article, like a Chinese tech company were the NSA monitoring nightmare.

At first, I was concerned about the potential for China to spy with Huawei equipment. Then I remembered, I live in Australia and our broadband network is outdated 15 years. I do not know whether Huawei modem dialing to make... ?

On the news that Facebook will build drones and satellites to beam Internet around the world, Ian Whittington and Leroy Barlow had some thoughts:

Attentive
Facebook fan Philip Jackson sure that advised the asteroid with Saturn-like rings around it looks an awful lot like a subwoofer. Look, Hey, you're kinda right, Philip.

Original images, from left: Lucie Maquet, Wiki Commons

Smart
At the bottom of the comment thread of this article, an informative discussion happened an amazing use for design and technology, "A giant basket, that used to collect condensation from a drinking water" highlight.

Testimony
Reader Juniper took the comments of "50 years ago this frightening one Megaquake jolted Ocean" to tell, to listen to a broadcast of the quake on the radio:

I heard a DJ broadcasting a recording in a geology class at the school during the quake. It's not so much what he tells in the earthquake, it is the fact, that the recording is over 4 minutes long, the what is so worrying.

This prompted the readers of Andriba, their terrifying first-hand to share experiences with a similar-sized Quake:

The Tohoku earthquake in March 2011 lasted 6 minutes, but our office in Tokyo was for 45 minutes vary. For the first 20 minutes or so we could move, then it was like on a ship in rough seas.

Acronymtastic
You are geeked out as best as possible in the comments of this post, "Google and Facebook team up to modernise old-school databases". If you vs. a server enthusiast and have strong feelings about PostgreSQL MySQL, read the whole thread.

Punny
Of course you didn't let the weekend without some word games. "Here one is we enjoyed by" comments "fieldwith Office for iPad, Microsoft kills his old ideology".

+ 1 indeed.

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