Microsoft's Talking Paperclip is Bac
Remember "Clippy"? That was the single-least-helpful idea in computing, a virtual assistant that used to pop out of the ether like a zombie bursting from his grave to "help" the user of Microsoft products. Finally, in 2006, he was discontinued.
But in much the same way that under-cooked poultry or shrimp that has spent a summer afternoon on the…