I think this is because Ubuntu is based on Debian sid, which is the "unstable" Debian branch. You might have been using the stable release.

To me, it's as if 1984 were the past few decades' events and attitudes condensed into a few weeks.

The article does state that, "The drug acts like a homing missile that seeks out and kills cells infected by a virus."

If you had wikipedia in your pocket for only $99, you would have known that sharper image closed its retail stores: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sharper_Image#Retail_stores