New year is on the way, time for my list of bug fixes that were not addressed this year. Some are tech related, others are leaning a little on the “worldly” side of things. None of them are research based, just my opinions.

1) Still no cure for balding. Yeah, I have been waiting this one out my entire life. I mean, how friggin hard can it be to take some hair, grow up a batch of it, and graft it onto someone body? Trying to re-grow hair that once exists is just the wrong approach. We can grow skin from cells, why can we not plop some hair on it as well?

2) Cancer. Not so much looking for a cure for this one, as I know we are working pretty hard on this. This is one of those cases where corruption in the medical industry just may be a good thing. The financial implications of dealing with cancer are huge. This is a money making adventure for the medical industry, so I know they want it more than any victim of cancer. If we can not cure it, we need to at least pin down what causes it, so we can prevent it.

3) AIDS. Pretty much have the same sentiments towards this one as cancer. Granted, we know how to stop this one, or at least prevent it. Unfortunately, its primarily spread by humping. Maybe one of my items should be a logic pill to take when drinking. I have this strange feeling a very high percentage of people contract AIDS during those one night alcohol induced quickies.

4) No significant advancements in computing. Yes, we have moved forward, in good ways, but at the end of the day, not a whole lot has changed. Things are just getting faster, larger, smaller, nothing really groundbreaking. Hard drives store more, CPU’s do more, computers get smaller, but it is still the same old technology we broke out of years ago when we went from tubes to silicon. Where is the next new silicon? Why I am still interfacing with these machines with a keyboard and mouse? It is time to move on.

5) No significant advancements in software. Much like the hardware computing gripe above, the same applies to software. Still the same old kit, both Apple, Microsoft, and any open source OS or application have really done little to change the way we use software. I still sit and pray for a day when any OS vendor will drop future development and spend a year on bug fixes and optimization, maybe then, with a clear picture based on stability, we can move forward to groundbreaking software development. And no, AJAX is not it.

7) No groundbreaking ideas to combat spam. It is getting out of control, and while I will not say the spammers are winning, they are neck and neck. For ever tactic we deploy, they adapt. On the other hand, a human can, with great accuracy and speed, determine, at a glance, what is and is not spam. We seem to be stuck on adding the human factor to our algorithms. In large part, this is related to #4 and #5.

8) Two requests from my girlfriend went entirely unfilled. Thats all I am saying. It’s been a year, for Christ’s sake, is it really that big a deal to shave your legs and trim the kitty? :-P

9) The record industry and the movie industry is still yet to get a clue. Maybe 2006 will be the year of death, and these old world retards will finally retire or die, and some new blood can come in and stop treating its customers as criminals.

10) No major advancements in energy. This is an issue that deserves and entire post. Now that I know what “peak oil” is, we are in global danger, and all destined to expire from over consumption. I will write in detail about this as time permits.

This is *my* top 10 list, I am sure everyone’s is a little different, but this is what has been on my mind this year. I am sure we will see more of these lists as the new year moves closer, feel free to trackback to me.