Chronicling the Pinnacle of Human Stupidity

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Chronicling the evolution of an Internet
start-up

Chronicling the evolution of an Internet
start-up 06/27/2004 05:06 AM
Boston Globe Jun 27 2004 9:36AM GMT

Making Science Fact, Now Chronicling
Science Fiction

Making Science Fact, Now Chronicling
Science Fiction 06/14/2004 09:32 PM
Donna L. Shirley is director of the new Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, where science fiction is used to spur interest in science.

Human, all too human -- News-Digests.Com
re-launches

Human, all too human -- News-Digests.Com
re-launches 06/08/2004 02:59 AM
Human news aggregation operation expands to multiple publications. [PRWEB Jun 8, 2004]

Pop Up Stupidity

Pop Up Stupidity 06/04/2004 11:05 AM
Marketing gets a bad name because too many people in the field of marketing don't understand what it really means. The point of marketing is not just to sell what you have on hand, but to find out what customers want or need, and to then provide it to them. However, instead of focusing on the customer's real needs, too many lazy marketers just focus on trying to convince customers that they need whatever the marketer is selling. This leads to annoying and intrusive advertising practices that may work in the short term, but do a great deal of damage in the long term. What's amazing, though, is that as lazy as these marketers are in terms of actually trying to give the customer what they want, they seem to spend an awful lot of effort trying to give them exactly what they don't want: ever more annoying and intrusive advertising. Now that pop-up blockers are almost everywhere, instead of realizing that people don't want (or need) pop-up blockers, stupid marketers are working on more ways to get around the blockers. We've already written about systems that try to recognize a pop-up blocker and convert pop-ups to floating ads, but now many sites are figuring out ways to use pop-ups even when users clearly have pop-up blockers. This is going beyond lazy marketing into pure stupid marketing. You have someone who has made it clear they don't want what you're pushing, and you deliberately defy them and keep pushing it.

Pinnacle ShowCenter

Pinnacle ShowCenter 11/13/2003 09:52 PM
The Pinnacle ShowCenter is a $300 set-top box that plays music, video, and photos over a network from your PC. It's too bad it doesn't support AAC and MP4, but at least it supports some form of MPEG-4. I'll be watching AVS Forum for reviews. I've previously mentioned the Roku HD1000 which has similar features, and there's also the Hauppauge MediaMVP for only $100.

Pinnacle Instant CD/DVD 8

Pinnacle Instant CD/DVD 8 12/05/2003 11:24 AM
vnunet.com Dec 5 2003 10:38AM ET

Pinnacle ShowCenter 1.51 possible DoS

Pinnacle ShowCenter 1.51 possible DoS 09/22/2004 06:44 PM
Jérôme (Sep 21 2004)

Pinnacle PCTV USB 2.0 @ Everything USB

Pinnacle PCTV USB 2.0 @ Everything USB 07/11/2004 03:52 AM

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"it all adds up to stupidity"

"it all adds up to stupidity" 08/10/2004 09:24 PM

stupidity show itself

stupidity show itself 12/25/2003 05:34 AM
Howard Dean Tattoo" .. apathetic .. Badass!

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Next - A patch for stupidity ?

Next - A patch for stupidity ? 06/13/2004 12:02 PM
Testosterone patch 'boosts women's sex drive' but, warn researchers, "If a couple doesn't like each other then no patch will improve their sex life." (BBC)

In Search of Stupidity

In Search of Stupidity 12/02/2003 01:27 AM

More RIAA stupidity

More RIAA stupidity 12/19/2004 03:40 PM
Recording companies file suit against 754 computer file swappers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Recording companies filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 754 computer users Thursday, the latest round of legal action in the industry’s effort to squelch unauthorized swapping of music online. Among the named defendants were 20 computer users suspected of swapping songs over university networks, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group for the largest music companies. Among the college…

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Signs of Stupidity

Signs of Stupidity 03/14/2005 05:02 PM
In the Baltimore area Comcast is going to launch an "ads-on-demand" service. Baltimore will be just the second market to receive the offer, after...

Pinnacle PCTV USB update!

Pinnacle PCTV USB update! 04/09/2004 04:03 PM
For all you guy's cursing out loud becaus you can't get the Pinnacle PCTV USB to work in Linux, Stop cursing. With Usbvision-0.9.6 and the Linux kernel-2.6.4 (which includes the saa7111.ko module), you can make it all fly in a...

Pinnacle Studio MovieBox DV

Pinnacle Studio MovieBox DV 10/31/2003 04:09 PM
vnunet.com Oct 31 2003 3:36PM ET

Using Pinnacle PCTV USB with Linux

Using Pinnacle PCTV USB with Linux 10/29/2003 12:13 AM
Re-publishing this from my old homepage, since I know it might be of interest for many Pinnacle PCTV owners. Originaly published late 2002. Having bought myself a Pinnacle PCTV usb device a couple of years ago and repeatadly tried to...

Pinnacle Opts for Wi-Fi in Hotels

Pinnacle Opts for Wi-Fi in Hotels 04/29/2004 04:15 PM
SkyRiver to install 22 Pinnacle hotels with all Wi-Fi service: Pinnacle has 22 properties in the western states and Ohio, and decided against hard-wired Internet because Wi-Fi made more sense as a plan for the future....

Avid to acquire Pinnacle

Avid to acquire Pinnacle 03/22/2005 05:04 PM
Avid Technology Inc. on Monday announced plans to acquire Pinnacle Systems Inc. in a deal valued at US$462 million in cash and stock transfer. Pinnacle makes video editing products for the Windows platform, with an emphasis on consumer video products. The companies expect to close the deal pending shareholder and regulatory approval in the second or third calendar quarters of 2005. Avid said that its acquisition of Pinnacle will serve as the basis of a new consumer video division at Avid.

Pinnacle Entertainment Plans Ahead

Pinnacle Entertainment Plans Ahead 08/05/2004 02:13 PM
The casino operator beats earnings estimates and is developing new properties.

Pinnacle ShowCenter: Symbiosis Between
PC And Hi-Fi Device.

Pinnacle ShowCenter: Symbiosis Between
PC And Hi-Fi Device. 12/13/2003 04:09 PM
Tom's Hardware Guide: Pinnac le ShowCenter: Symbiosis Between PC And Hi-Fi Device. I love the guts; now that's an efficient design. On AVS Forum they've discovered that "their server app is really a web server running on port 8000 on your pc. The showcenter client box appears to be mostly a web browser. The server app appears to be mostly written in PHP."

Avid buys Pinnacle for $462 million

Avid buys Pinnacle for $462 million 03/22/2005 03:49 PM
Avid Technology, the leading player in video and film editing tools, has revealed it is to buy rival video-editing maker Pinnacle Systems in a deal reported to be worth $462 million. The move is the latest in a series of buy-outs in the video market, as Avid and Apple Computer battle for the professional video high ground.

The purchase by Avid prices Pinnacle at a premium of 30 per cent above its market value, and is based on a stock and cash deal. Under the terms of the agreement, Avid says it will issue 0.0869 shares of Avid and $1 in cash for each Pinnacle share. Avid says it expects to issue around 6.2 million shares – around 15 per cent of its common stock.

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Corporate stupidity hall of shame

Corporate stupidity hall of shame 03/19/2003 10:45 PM
Business 2.0's published its annual roundup of the 101 Dumbest Moments in Business.

Panic in the heartland, part 1: The crisis begins.
Outside a Wal-Mart (WMT) in the small town of Geneseo, Ill., a 73-year-old woman buys a newspaper and suddenly finds herself trapped when the door of the news rack slips closed and catches her coat. Unable to wriggle out, she solicits a bystander to enter the Wal-Mart and ask for help. A Wal-Mart employee comes out to explain that she can't assist, citing a policy against tampering with the news rack.

Panic in the heartland, part 2: The tense negotiation.
After going back inside for a moment, the Wal-Mart employee comes out and tells the trapped woman that she'll call the newspaper and have a representative come to release her. The woman suggests an alternative solution: Somebody could simply put two quarters in the machine and open the damn door. The Wal-Mart employee rejects this out of hand, explaining that the store can't pay refunds for the news rack.

Panic in the heartland, part 3: The sweet taste of liberation.
Eventually the employee relents and puts two quarters in the machine. Later the liberated woman's daughter visits the store and gives her a $5 bill to be used strictly to finance future releases. A Wal-Mart corporate spokesperson apologizes for the incident, saying, "This is not how we do business."

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"Lies, Myths and Downright Stupidity"

"Lies, Myths and Downright Stupidity" 01/25/2004 09:49 PM

Blackhat Briefings: It's the stupidity,
stupid

Blackhat Briefings: It's the stupidity,
stupid 07/30/2004 01:40 PM
BLACK HAT BRIEFINGS, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Robert Morris worked at AT&T's famed Bell Labs for 26 years, from 1960 until 1986. Then he began his second career: An eight year stint with the NSA, where he became the agency's chief scientist. Morris describes himself as "a teenage code clerk." He was trained in math at Harvard, helped invent the first modems at Bell Labs, and tells great stories -- declassified, of course -- about the history of communications intelligence. The briefing room was packed Thursday morning for his talk on "The History of the Future."

NewzCrawler changes program because of
Bloggers Stupidity

NewzCrawler changes program because of
Bloggers Stupidity 05/20/2004 07:14 PM
Seems that some software vendors are having to make changes to their aggreators because of Bloggers stupidity. I used to...

Asbestos bl0gging and plain stupidity

Asbestos bl0gging and plain stupidity 03/14/2005 05:27 PM
Michael Buffington pulled of the most successful troll in recorded Internet History with his Asbestos News blog, and you all bit.

Pinnacle ShowCenter Skin Denial of
Service

Pinnacle ShowCenter Skin Denial of
Service 09/22/2004 02:20 PM
Marc Ruef (Sep 21 2004)

Smoke Detector Considered The Pinnacle
Of Innovation

Smoke Detector Considered The Pinnacle
Of Innovation 06/03/2004 12:07 PM
The details of how this study was conducted are not entirely clear, but apparently, when asked, folks in the UK consider the smoke detector to be the top innovative gadget, beating out mobile phones, microwave ovens and digital cameras. I keep looking for the punchline about how this study was sponsored by a smoke detector company, but can't find it. It's not that the good old smoke detector isn't a useful gadget - it's just that it seems strange that so many people would pick it as the most innovative. The article quotes people saying that this shows how much the Brits value practicality, but it makes me wonder if the Brits are having trouble filling out surveys properly - or if they just tend to set themselves on fire too often.

Nepalese Porters Operate at Pinnacle of
Efficiency

Nepalese Porters Operate at Pinnacle of
Efficiency 06/17/2005 03:48 PM

Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe/Bungee Console 1.3

Pinnacle PCTV Deluxe/Bungee Console 1.3 01/10/2004 02:18 PM
A GUI for PCTV Deluxe/Bungee Tools.

Banishing the demons of stupidity from a
system that has been owned

Banishing the demons of stupidity from a
system that has been owned 08/12/2004 03:25 PM
Occasionally a computer will become so significantly compromised with viruses, trojans, backdoors, hacked, spyware or malware that it becomes irrecoverable with normal means. Occasionally said computer will belong to a client, family member, friend or otherwise very important person who needs said computer back with data. In most business envrionments user data should be on the server and the following process is not typically appropriate. This process is Windows specific, and will help you deal with Windows less than graceful failures when taken over by viruses, trojans, spyware or has been hacked. If you do not have data to recover, or an substantial operational need to keep that exact install, then just wipe the drive and reinstall the Operating System. There are times however when you really need to recover a system and format c:\ is not an option. This process is not intended to be all inclusive, but to give you a starting point so that you can start doing other needed system repairs and or recover files safely. Fundamentally a recovered system that has been owned can be recovered, but never again should be considered known or trusted. It is always better to wipe and reinstall, but it is not always an option.

Instant Messenger Protocol Stupidity
Continues

Instant Messenger Protocol Stupidity
Continues 06/25/2004 12:52 AM
I'm a generally tolerant person, but there are some things that really, really piss me off. And on this particular issue, I know I'm not alone. Not by a long shot. The Yahoo Messenger team's habit of screwing with the protocol every once in a while is one of those things. As CNet Asia reports in Users fume over Yahoo-Trillian scuffle, they made a change last night the did quite an excellent job of pissing off anyone using a third...

Orange County Bar Association selects a
PSA with gomembers’ for pinnacle

Orange County Bar Association selects a
PSA with gomembers’ for pinnacle 07/09/2004 03:03 AM
gomembers, Inc., announced today that the Orange County Bar Association (OCBA: http://www.ocbar.org) has selected a Preferred Support Agreement (PSA) for their gomembers’ pinnacle solution. [PRWEB Jul 9, 2004]

The Michigan Pharmacists Association
purchases gomembers’ PSA for pinnacle

The Michigan Pharmacists Association
purchases gomembers’ PSA for pinnacle 07/16/2004 03:14 AM
gomembers, Inc., announced today that the Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA: http://www.michiganpharmacists.org/index2.htm) has selected a Preferred Support Agreement (PSA) for their gomembers’ pinnacle solution. [PRWEB Jul 16, 2004]

Docutron and Pinnacle offer management
platform for insurers

Docutron and Pinnacle offer management
platform for insurers 04/15/2005 11:10 PM
Computer Business Review Apr 16 2005 3:35AM GMT

i got pinnacle pro tv tuner card bought
3 months back.On my

i got pinnacle pro tv tuner card bought
3 months back.On my 09/18/2004 04:51 PM
TechTree Sep 18 2004 8:48PM GMT

"Not Even a Hedgehog - The stupidity of
Ronald Reagan. By Christopher Hitchens"

"Not Even a Hedgehog - The stupidity of
Ronald Reagan. By Christopher Hitchens" 06/09/2004 10:55 AM

" The Misunderestimated Man - How Bush
chose stupidity. By Jacob Weisberg"

" The Misunderestimated Man - How Bush
chose stupidity. By Jacob Weisberg" 05/08/2004 09:41 PM

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