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Ingenious is a website by England's
Science Museum, the National Railway
Museum and the National Museum of
Photography, Film and Television

Ingenious is a website by England's
Science Museum, the National Railway
Museum and the National Museum of
Photography, Film and Television 06/10/2004 10:19 PM
superb colloboration .. ingenious.org.uk .. 3 museums,

ingenious.org.uk
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"Ingenious is a website by England's
Science Museum, the National Railway
Museum and the National Museum of
Photography, Film and Television."

"Ingenious is a website by England's
Science Museum, the National Railway
Museum and the National Museum of
Photography, Film and Television." 06/11/2004 05:57 PM

idiots on parade

idiots on parade 12/30/2003 06:36 PM
I've stayed away from editorializing in the last few months, but I suspect a lot of "off the table" topics are going to come up in the new year -- there's just too much going on in the world that's pissing me off. Let's start today with this jackass story pile of crap in the New York Pos

Programmers Are Idiots

Programmers Are Idiots 08/02/2004 01:32 PM

So I'm out here in Boston (home of the Free Speech Zone) at a seminar on distributed enterprise application development. The instructor is Pinku Surana, who certainly seems to know his stuff. I found this interesting article in his blog, where he argues that programmers are idiots, and I have to say he makes a pretty good case.

I occasionally teach IT programmers. I've taught over 100 people now and I can honestly say I've met maybe 5 good programmers. The rest are dangerously incompetent. In fact, they are so profoundly ignorant of computer science and programming that they actually believe they are fairly good. This is the perverse effect of ignorance: because they don't know what they don't know, they think they know everything. Brookes' Mythical Man Month described the uberprogrammers who are mysteriously 10x more productive than the average. I would go further and say the uberprogrammers aren't really so uber; rather, the average is abysmal.

He goes on to say that if non-IT companies want effective software, they should ditch their programmers and demand flexible software from vendors.

I agree with him on the first point. We, as programmers, are not nearly as good as we think we are. I think it probably stems from the fact that even a novice programmer knows more about computers than nearly everyone he knows, and they all praise him for being "so smart" when he fixes their printer or gets rid of their virus problem. My mechanic is "so smart" about replacing my car's water pump. Noone really praises him for it because cars have been around a long time and there's not much magic to them. I don't think I'd have my mechanic build me a new car from scratch, though.

I disagree with Pinku on the idea that you can solve your software problems by demanding configurable and interoperable software from vendors. It's a great idea in theory, but when you start dealing with vendors in reality, it quickly breaks down. We already demand these things from vendors, and they either don't deliver, or don't deliver as expected. Most programmers dislike vendor solutions because they're crappy in some way and hard to integrate with. That's because the vendor's programmers are idiots, too. The vendor's programmers spend a lot of time griping about how the customers write crappy architectures that are hard to integrate with their "well-written" solution. So, which is more dangerous, the idiot you know or the one you don't?

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Your Congress is a Bunch of Idiots

Your Congress is a Bunch of Idiots 02/05/2005 09:37 PM
[The following is excerpted from the darkly hilarious book Washington Babylon by Ken Silverstein and Alexander Cockburn. Some edits have…

Stanford: Textbooks for Idiots

Stanford: Textbooks for Idiots 03/26/2005 10:03 PM
March 17 I decided to take a look at the Introductory Psych textbook (written by Dr. Zimbardo) before tomorrow’s final….

Segways are brilliant, you idiots

Segways are brilliant, you idiots 07/30/2004 11:50 AM
Letters Whatever you say...

Hey Symantech your a bunch of Idiots

Hey Symantech your a bunch of Idiots 04/01/2005 03:24 PM

I have been having this periodic problem with Norton Antivirus 2005 when I start the computer or loaded a word document windows would appear like a program was trying to load. I thought it was spyware or something. Turns out it is a bug in Norton Antivirus 2005 and here is what I found.

I was getting the message in a popup dialog box that said. "Norton Antivirus 2005 does not support repair feature reinstall Norton" , so I do that and the problem goes away.

Then a couple of days later it pops up again. I go to the Symantec support site and here is the solution to the issue and I am red in the face.

This message can happen if you have changed the default location for the Norton AntiVirus shortcuts in the Windows Start Menu. The default locations of the shortcuts are:

In Norton AntiVirus installed as part of Norton SystemWorks:

\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Norton SystemWorks\Norton AntiVirus
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Norton SystemWorks Premier\Norton AntiVirus

Here is what that all means you are forced to have it on the main Program line. What a bunch of idiots. I like my program bar nice and organized no sole program gets to be on the main program line everything is in neat categories..

It has been a while since I tried a Mcafee product where is my credit card anyway.

Not all Apple users are idiots, you
idiot!

Not all Apple users are idiots, you
idiot! 01/22/2004 07:32 PM
Letters They're Christians - Nietzsche

FoTW: Turbots don't have scales, you
idiots!

FoTW: Turbots don't have scales, you
idiots! 06/04/2004 10:23 AM
FoTW Honourary award

Do we all drive like idiots? (airplane
insurance cost)

Do we all drive like idiots? (airplane
insurance cost) 04/09/2004 04:11 PM

Just got my bill for next year's airplane insurance.  This is a vehicle valued at $200,000 and a typical minor accident, e.g., striking the propeller on an obstacle or the runway when landing badly, costs about $30,000 to repair.  You can't pause or pull over when flying an airplane.  A few clouds in the sky and you can find yourself disoriented and plunging toward the water like JFK, Jr.  Now that I've got 550 hours of experience in this type of plane and 750 hours of total time AVEMCO has cut my rates to... $1737 with a $1000 deductible and $1 million of liability coverage.

If I were to get a new minivan here in Cambridge, despite my lack of claims and tickets I expect that it would cost about the same to insure, with much lower liability limits.  The minivan costs just over $30,000 with every conceivable option.  A minor accident costs $1000 to fix.  Many people are able to operate an automobile safely despite never having had any formal training.

Conclusion:  To come to a situation where these vehicles are equally costly to insure, we must really be driving like idiots.

[Update:  Okay, I answered my own question by driving to Mt. Wachusett today for some skiing.  Rolling along the familiar ground in a quiet comfortable minivan, belted in and protected by airbags as well, it never crossed my mind that we were moving at a potentially lethal velocity and that death could be just around the corner.  Whereas in the airplane I'm always scared and therefore cautious.]

Canadian legislator calls U.S. "idiots"
(Reuters)

Canadian legislator calls U.S. "idiots"
(Reuters) 08/27/2004 01:59 PM
Reuters - It was damned bastards last year, "idiots" this year.

Women treated like idiots when shopping
for tech

Women treated like idiots when shopping
for tech 01/16/2004 01:00 PM
Like many social problems, companies are now starting to sit up and take notice because they have a social conscience they're losing money.

Idiots team takes honors with random
picks

Idiots team takes honors with random
picks 01/01/2004 11:04 AM
San Jose Mercury News Jan 1 2004 8:04AM ET

Oakley Thump MP3 Sunglasses Reviewed
(Verdict: Good for Idiots)

Oakley Thump MP3 Sunglasses Reviewed
(Verdict: Good for Idiots) 04/06/2005 09:09 AM

I love that the first caption I see on I4U's review of the Oakley thump MP3 sunglasses is, "never ever wear it with the lenses flipped open - it is dorky!" I would like to expound on that thought a bit and encourage you to never, ever wear the Thumps at all—they are perhaps the ugliest sunglasses ever to fall off Predator's codpiece.

For $500, I will ride on your shoulders and bang 256MB worth of songs onto your ear piercings.

Oakley Thump MP3 Sunglasses Review [I4U]

Why Oh Why Are We Ruled by These Idiots?
(Special Troika Forecast Edition):
Archive Entry From Brad DeLong's
Webjournal

Why Oh Why Are We Ruled by These Idiots?
(Special Troika Forecast Edition):
Archive Entry From Brad DeLong's
Webjournal 02/10/2004 01:35 PM
Why Oh Why Are We Ruled by These Idiots? (Special Troika Forecast Edition) .. can't stop shaking his head .. wakcy employment numbers .. Every month in 2004 .. Brad DeLong notes

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Sentient Non-Idiots For Kerry / Repubs
pick a fight about Vietnam while Bush
ruins America right now? Is the nation
drunk?

Sentient Non-Idiots For Kerry / Repubs
pick a fight about Vietnam while Bush
ruins America right now? Is the nation
drunk? 08/27/2004 05:26 PM
Oh my God yes, yes, it does .. Mark Morford

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"Saddam Hussein Must Either Be Released
From Custody By June 30 Or Charged If
The Us And The New Iraqi Government Are
To Conform To International Law (If You
Ever Doubted That The Red Cross Was Run
By Idiots...)"

"Saddam Hussein Must Either Be Released
From Custody By June 30 Or Charged If
The Us And The New Iraqi Government Are
To Conform To International Law (If You
Ever Doubted That The Red Cross Was Run
By Idiots...)" 06/15/2004 03:37 AM

CIA Spy Museum

CIA Spy Museum 12/29/2003 11:50 PM

CIA Museum Showcases Exotic Spy Gadgets. Spy satellites, anti-rocket laser cannons — you know the drill.

Besides the jungle transmitter, the exhibits include a robotic catfish, a remote-controlled dragonfly and a camera strapped to the chests of pigeons and released over enemy targets in the 1970s. The secret gadgets currently used by CIA are left to the imagination of visitors.

I wonder how this compares to the Intern ational Spy Museum.

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Chicago Museum to Get Wi-Fi

Chicago Museum to Get Wi-Fi 08/27/2004 01:30 PM
The very cool Field Museum in Chicago will get a Wi-Fi network, built by Concourse: Most users will pay a "nominal" fee to access the network, but Chicago Public School kids and their teachers will get free access. The museum also envisions using the network to offer interactive exhibits in the future. The Experience Music Project, Paul Allen's music museum in Seattle, also built a Wi-Fi network in its space recently. The networks sound useful internally for museum workers as much as for an extra service for visitors. I'm not sure how willing or interested I would be in paying to access a Wi-Fi network in a museum after I've already paid an entrance fee. But the networks would offer a great conduit for delivering content about exhibits to handheld devices as part of the regular museum experience. The EMP has a bar and restaurant that people can visit without paying an entrance fee to the museum so those users might be interested in paying to use the network....

Framley Museum

Framley Museum 12/03/2003 02:38 PM
Framley Museum. 'The museum was founded in 1882 when objects of local interest began to gather in the field where the museum now stands, due to the natural action of the wind and rain. '
'In 1886, visionary Whoft philanthropist, Manimal MacCorkindale proposed building some walls around the objects, forming Framley's first museum. A door fitted in 1932 cemented the museum's popularity.'
Courtesy of the mighty Framley Examiner.

Art Museum Screensaver 4.0

Art Museum Screensaver 4.0 06/22/2004 06:51 PM
A compilation of some of histories greatest art.

Fiji Museum

Fiji Museum 01/17/2004 10:42 PM
Welcome to the Fiji Museum.

DC Museum Report

DC Museum Report 12/17/2004 06:36 PM

Wrapping up my stay in Washington, DC, here's a report on the museums.  The National Gallery has a Dan Flavin show.  Even if you have seen his fluorescent light works in Marfa, Texas or at Dia:Beacon this exhibition is worthwhile.  My favorite piece is "untitled (honor of Harold Joachim) 3", a corner installation that graces the cover of Dan Flavin: The Complete Lights.  The new National Museum of the American Indian has a temporary show of George Morrison wood collages.  Morrison was a 20th century Chippewa artist.  The cafeteria is fantastic.  The rest of the American Indian museum is worth seeing in the sense that a train wreck is fascinating.  The project cost more than $220 million and is kind of a sick supersized parody of Frank Lloyd Wright's NY Guggenheim.  There is a huge cylindrical atrium that is basically empty and that barely relates to the exhibits, which are well off to the side in dark claustrophobic galleries.  The artwork and artifacts are dimly lit and crammed into crowded display cases.  Compared to the anthropology museum in Mexico City or the average American Indian museum in Oklahoma or South Dakota this new Smithsonian is a depressing example of the current state of American non-profit organization management.  It reminds one of the disappointing Udvar-Hazy Air and Space annex at Dulles Airport, where nearly $1 billion seems to have been invested in the kind of museum that Polynesian cargo cultists might have built.  I.e., a lot of interesting objects (airplanes) are displayed but the assumption is that they can't be understood or explained.

[Update:  Ellis Vener just emailed a photo that he snapped of Alex in the back seat.]

Steamboat Museum

Steamboat Museum 01/22/2004 02:12 AM
Steamboat Museum.

Rodin Museum

Rodin Museum 07/07/2004 02:52 PM
Rodin Museum.

CIA Online Spy Museum

CIA Online Spy Museum 12/27/2003 12:30 PM
The CIA's Online Spy Museum

Sci-Fi Museum Is About More Than Ray
Guns

Sci-Fi Museum Is About More Than Ray
Guns 06/13/2004 04:49 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Jun 13 2004 8:05PM GMT

Pics of Sci-Fi Museum

Pics of Sci-Fi Museum 06/07/2004 03:51 PM
Kirsten Anderson of Roq La Rue gallery in Seattle posted some pictures from the "friends and family" premiere of the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle. Link

SF museum site

SF museum site 06/11/2004 07:32 PM
The website for Seattle's science fiction museum is live. Link (Thanks, Fun Furde)

Museum Cats

Museum Cats 09/23/2004 11:35 AM
The Art of Cats:
The Katte nkabinet (Cat Cabinet, the Cat Museum) of Amsterdam: a collection of objects d'art wholly centered around the theme of the cat, among which you will find a wonderful gallery including Picasso. Controversial social taboos are not avoided. Malaysia's Cat City of Kuching has a Cat Museum; more info on the Museum of Meows he re (Ancient Egyptians shaved their eyebrows in mourning when the family cat died. Malays attached superstitions to cats believing they possessed supernatural powers...) The scullery of Kathleen Mann's Antiques in London's High Street has a "Purrfect Museum" too, with 250 exhibits from all over the world going back to the 1770s, founded by Kathleen and her mother ... Kitty. Not to be outdone, Lith uania and Russia have cat museums as well.

The Museum of London

The Museum of London 12/07/2003 08:14 AM
The Museum of London.

Mah Jong Museum

Mah Jong Museum 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
Welcome to The Mah Jong Museum.

Music Museum to Get Wi-Fi

Music Museum to Get Wi-Fi 12/08/2003 04:45 PM
I wrote a story for the Seattle Times about a planned wireless network at the Experience Music Project: The rock museum, built by Paul Allen, plans to offer the network to visitors but also use it for a variety of internal functions. One plan is to use the network to stream audio and video to handheld devices that visitors can carry around through the exhibits. I'm not sure I did a very good job of conveying how interesting this project is. For those of you who aren't familiar with the EMP or haven't seen pictures, it's a Frank Gehry building that looks like a bunch of colorful lumps glued together. I would imagine that building a wireless network there would be a nightmare, given the structure doesn't have a single right angle. I'll be interested to check back with the folks at EMP in a couple of months when more of the network should be in place to hear about the experience. Then I'd like to check in again next summer to see how many of the ambitious applications are actually in place....

The Kelet Museum

The Kelet Museum 01/02/2005 12:46 AM
what you are about to discover is a creature not of this world .. Kelet Museum .. kelets

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Museum Victoria

Museum Victoria 03/21/2003 10:20 AM
Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museums organisation. [more]

"The Museum of Unworkable Devices"

"The Museum of Unworkable Devices" 04/14/2004 03:45 AM

The Candy Wrapper Museum

The Candy Wrapper Museum 06/03/2004 03:39 AM
The Candy Wrapper Museum

candywrappermuseum.com
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Behind the Scenes: The U.K.'s Science
Museum

Behind the Scenes: The U.K.'s Science
Museum 03/25/2005 05:03 PM
Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes at a major science museum? ExtremeTech received a sneak peek of the U.K.'s Museum of Science and Industry's archives in Swindon.
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