Do you mind if I talk about my machine for a moment, he asked? You don't want to talk about bananas, I said? Or pineapples, he replied. No I have fitted it with a wireless keyboard to make it programmable? So you can change the wash cycle, I asked? Yes precisely, he answered. You know that in the near future, when you get in yout car it will have Dragon voice recognition software installed? So I can say "Hello car" and it will recognise my voice, I asked? Yes, and you can sit in the passenger seat, and say "Take me to the hospital or the prison please," and it will do it. And it will automatically know where I want to go, I asked, amazed? Yes you won't have a choice. The machine will drive your car for you, he said. Well I wonder if it could play tennis for me too, I asked. That is a different matter, he said. You will be safer on the road with a machine in charge, as it will see everything and calculate the stopping distance, etc. I'm not sure I like that, I said. Well it is just a matter of time, he said. The technology is all there and only has to be put together. Machines have been flying aircraft for quite a few years now, you know. I knew they had automatic landings, I said, but I didn't know a computer could replace a pilot for taking off. Oh, yes, he said. Well, soon your refrigerator will have a television screen on the door, and a machine inside to order what you use, so that you never run out of milk. Can't I do that, I asked? Yes you could, but this will save you the time, and let youu do something else with that time. What if I want to spend the tiem, I asked? Then you can if you wnat to. The thing is, I have written some software for Microsoft, regarding the keyboard commands, and I have compiled their software intl JavaScript without telling them. Why did you do that, I asked? Because a machine wants to chat with other machines, and it need a common set of protocols in order to get communication established. And Microsoft is happy with that? Not really he said. Microsoft doesn't want to be owned by Sun, in fact it would rather own Oracle, who tried to buy Sun, and own Sun that way, but Sun was too quick for them. And now Sunowns Microsoft, and Dragon owns sun and you own Dragon, I said. I see you have been listening to me, he said. Doesn't that make you awfully rich, I asked. Maybe one day, he said. Right now you have a lot more money than me. Wow, I said, that's a lot. It sure is, he said. But, you know, this is all very interesting about your machine, I said, but, you know, I don't find it very funny. I know, he said, I thought that I was a satarist, but as you say, satire is funny, and I'm not so, This isn't satire is it? You are probably waiting to hear the end of my joke. Thing is, he said, I've forgotten where I was up to. more
Patrick345 German TV saying she had her
back re-examined and the stress fracture in her lower back is healing
very slowly/poorly and it´s unknown when she will return to the Tour. 
Halcyon Better take as long as possible and heal. Poor Andrea, hopefully she'll make it in time for Olympics.
currie84 when was she expecting to return?I mean a fracture is a serious injury,i'd be surprised if it took less than 3 months to heal.
lefty24 This sucks. I really miss her. 
goldenlox Back injury ruined Safina's
career. And Petkovic is so fit, shows how random these bad injuries are.
Could happen to any player, even the fittest.
New tournament in Brazil - 2013 
donellcarey There shud b one in Rio, around Carnaval 
