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NFL Team Picks Hosted Solutions

NFL Team Picks Hosted Solutions 08/20/2004 02:31 PM
theWHIR Aug 20 2004 7:13PM GMT

HSBC-Yahoo Team Takes A Global Run at
PayPal

HSBC-Yahoo Team Takes A Global Run at
PayPal 12/29/2003 05:36 PM
American Banker Dec 29 2003 4:20PM ET

HSBC-Yahoo Team Takes a Global Run at
PayPal

HSBC-Yahoo Team Takes a Global Run at
PayPal 12/30/2003 12:03 AM
American Banker Dec 29 2003 10:12PM ET

Carnegie Mellon's Red Team takes on the
Grand Challenge

Carnegie Mellon's Red Team takes on the
Grand Challenge 12/08/2003 11:48 AM
Article in the Carnegie Mellon News about the university's entry into the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Grand Challenge, a 250 mile Las Vegas to Los Angeles road race in which all the vehicles have to be able to navigate and complete the race without any human control. The Red Team's planning to race a robotic Hummer that's been tricked out with special electronics, mechanics, and software. Read [Thanks, Josh]...

museum of idiots

museum of idiots 06/05/2005 10:53 PM
I saw Phil Hellmuth at E3 today, in what I think was the Yahoo! Games booth (I'm not entirely sure,...

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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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….

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.

Segways are brilliant, you idiots

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

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…

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.]

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.

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.

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]

"A perspective on why people are hating
on Team USA's men's hoops team"

"A perspective on why people are hating
on Team USA's men's hoops team" 08/28/2004 02:53 AM

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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Jason Anderson - Late night with the
Burton team (Visual Studio Team System),
Part II #

Jason Anderson - Late night with the
Burton team (Visual Studio Team System),
Part II # 07/16/2004 03:03 PM
Part II of "Late Night with the Burton Team" takes you further into the new world of Visual Studio Team System. If you missed it, Part I is here. (The clip here is the second 30-minute segment out of a two-hour session filmed late at night a few weeks ago -- the rest of the session will come next week). In this segment, Jason Anderson and Tom Arnold talk about, and demonstrates, Unit Testing in Visual Studio 2005.

Wharton School Team Wins University of
San Francisco 2004 International
Business Plan Competition - MicroMRI of
the Wharton School Takes Home Pacific
Specialty Insurance $10,000 Grand Prize.
See Complete Results of the USF
Entrepreneur Contest at
http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.org

Wharton School Team Wins University of
San Francisco 2004 International
Business Plan Competition - MicroMRI of
the Wharton School Takes Home Pacific
Specialty Insurance $10,000 Grand Prize.
See Complete Results of the USF
Entrepreneur Contest at
http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.org 05/31/2004 01:47 PM
The University of San Francisco 2004 International Business Plan Competition is one of the most competitive events of its kind, with over 150 graduate student entrepreneur team applications from 100 universities in 18 countries around the world. A Wharton School Team, MicroMRI, took first place, with a team from the Univ. of Georgia, ThruSkin Technologies, coming in second. Please find complete results at http://www.BusinessPlanCompetition.org. [PRWEB May 14, 2004]

""I can't believe in this day and age
that there's a sports team in our
nation's capital named the Redskins.
That is as derogatory to Indians as
having a team called Niggers would be to
blacks.""

""I can't believe in this day and age
that there's a sports team in our
nation's capital named the Redskins.
That is as derogatory to Indians as
having a team called Niggers would be to
blacks."" 12/02/2003 03:01 AM

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

New Sports Trend: The Team Doctors Now
Pay the Team

New Sports Trend: The Team Doctors Now
Pay the Team 05/17/2004 10:28 PM
Hospitals and medical practices eager for any promotional advantage have begun bidding to pay pro teams for the right to treat their players.

A Sports Turnaround: the Team Doctors
Now Pay the Team

A Sports Turnaround: the Team Doctors
Now Pay the Team 05/18/2004 09:04 AM
Hospitals and medical practices eager for any promotional advantage have begun bidding to pay pro teams for the right to treat their players.

France Honors D-Day Veterans (AP)

France Honors D-Day Veterans (AP) 06/05/2004 01:40 PM
AP - French officers pinned the Legion of Honor on the chests of 99 former American soldiers Saturday, thanking them at a pomp-filled military ceremony for helping to free Europe from Nazism 60 years ago.

EFF honors EFF founder with EFF award

EFF honors EFF founder with EFF award 04/08/2005 04:45 AM
'Effing brilliant

New Year honors for creator of the Web

New Year honors for creator of the Web 01/01/2004 10:57 PM
CNET Asia Jan 1 2004 10:35PM ET

Honors for Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom

Honors for Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom 12/14/2003 11:01 PM
My novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, has made the Amazon and Chapters/Indigo editors' picks lists for best science fiction novels of 2003. Also, it's only three recommendations short of making the preliminary Nebula ballot (any SFWA members out there who dug the book?). Oh yah, and the Livejournal people are considering adding Whuffie to their system. Killer news, all 'round. (Thanks, Amanda and Bo and Micah!)

Blanchett, Freeman Take SAG Honors (AP)

Blanchett, Freeman Take SAG Honors (AP) 02/05/2005 10:15 PM
AP - Cate Blanchett won the supporting actress honor Saturday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role as Katharine Hepburn in "The Aviator." Morgan Freeman took the supporting actor prize for "Million Dollar Baby," playing a sage-like ex-prizefighter.

'Silhouette' iPod ads receive top honors

'Silhouette' iPod ads receive top honors 06/10/2004 11:58 PM
The Magazine Publishers of America have awarded TBWA/Chiat/Day the US$100,000 Grand Prize Kelly Award for its work on Apple's iPod "Silhouette" ad campaign that shows people dancing with iPods in front of vibrant background colors, as noted by iPodlounge...

"Creative Commons has been awarded one
of the top honors"

"Creative Commons has been awarded one
of the top honors" 05/05/2004 03:49 PM

Guitar Player Honors GarageBand

Guitar Player Honors GarageBand 07/29/2004 08:13 PM
Guitar Player magazine announced during the summer NAMM show in Nashville that it has awarded GarageBand the magazine’s reader’s choice for Best Software of 2004. [Jul 29]

Web Site Honors Military's Request (AP)

Web Site Honors Military's Request (AP) 07/16/2004 06:41 PM
AP - A watchdog group has removed documents from its Web site that detail military research into knockout gases similar to the one used in the deadly 2002 Moscow theater siege after the Marine Corps warned they could pose a threat to Defense Department employees.

Web Site Honors Military's Request

Web Site Honors Military's Request 07/16/2004 05:17 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Jul 16 2004 9:22PM GMT

Digital barn honors history of the PC

Digital barn honors history of the PC 02/10/2004 07:15 AM
SiliconValley.com Feb 10 2004 11:44AM GMT

Industry Honors Microsoft SQL Server

Industry Honors Microsoft SQL Server 12/17/2003 01:06 PM
Microsoft Corp. today announced it has been recognized by industry leaders for its data management and business intelligence offerings. iTNews, VARBusiness and Visual Studio Magazine rated Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 as the No. 1 data management platform in the industry. DM Review Magazine and Intelligent Enterprise Magazine each honored Microsoft for its affordable business intelligence solution.

Hollywood Honors Film Geeks

Hollywood Honors Film Geeks 02/17/2004 05:53 AM
Feting the technical wizards behind films, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes a digital audio workstation, a robotic camera system and gives a lifetime achievement to the guy who did some cool 3-D work.
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Logitech Harmony 880

Logitech Harmony 880 01/06/2005 08:21 PM

Logitech has announced a new universal remote, the Harmoy 880, with a built-in color screen and a recharging station. I like the Harmony platform a lot—$250 worth of like, I dunno, but I might pick it up on clearance.

Product Page [Logitech]

CES : Logitech to preview 'smart'
Harmony 880 remote

CES : Logitech to preview 'smart'
Harmony 880 remote 01/05/2005 07:01 PM
Logitech Inc. on Wednesday announced that it will display the Harmony 880, its new universal remote control, at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The show officially kicks off on Thursday.

Singh to seek harmony for India

Singh to seek harmony for India 05/20/2004 02:49 AM
Prime minister-designate Manmohan Singh pledges to seek peace with Pakistan and prosperity at home.

Review: Logitech Bluetooth Cordless MX
Duo

Review: Logitech Bluetooth Cordless MX
Duo 07/15/2004 09:00 AM
Overclockers Club Jul 15 2004 11:49AM GMT

Review: Logitech MX 900 Bluetooth Mouse

Review: Logitech MX 900 Bluetooth Mouse 06/24/2004 11:36 AM
Overclockers Club Jun 24 2004 2:32PM GMT

Logitech Cordless Desktop MX for
Bluetooth

Logitech Cordless Desktop MX for
Bluetooth 01/28/2004 02:33 PM

Logitech expands its Bluetooth wireless
hub

Logitech expands its Bluetooth wireless
hub 12/11/2003 12:03 PM
Logitech is adding support to its Logitech wireless hub (which used to just for connecting their Bluetooth keyboard and mouse) for a whole bunch of...

Make your PC Bluetooth-enabled with
Logitech

Make your PC Bluetooth-enabled with
Logitech 05/28/2004 12:36 AM
Sunday Times South Africa May 28 2004 3:58AM GMT

An Affordable Mobile Bluetooth Headset
from Logitech

An Affordable Mobile Bluetooth Headset
from Logitech 09/09/2004 02:57 PM
SlashPhone Sep 9 2004 4:10PM GMT

Logitech MX900 Bluetooth Optical Mouse

Logitech MX900 Bluetooth Optical Mouse 12/16/2003 12:30 PM

Logitech Mobile Freedom Bluetooth
Headset

Logitech Mobile Freedom Bluetooth
Headset 09/09/2004 09:00 AM

Logitech has a new "affordable" Bluetooth headset on the way, as long as you consider $70 not a lot of money for a fancy speaker and microphone. Believe it or not, I've so far resisted the Bluetooth headset thing, mostly because I don't need one, but also because it pains me to pay almost half-again the price of a phone for something I'd really like to see bundled in. But hey, it's a step in the right direction, at least.

Logitech also announced a "Pro" model which will use AFH (Adapative Frequency Hopping) to prevent interference from other 2.4GHz radios, like Wi-Fi and cordless phones.

Read - Press Release [Logitech via Blueserker]

Related
Hip Gear XB-Comm Bluetooth Xbox Controller with Headset [Gizmodo]
Bluetooth Headset Archive [Gizmodo]

Review: Logitech Desktop MX for
Bluetooth Keybord Mouse

Review: Logitech Desktop MX for
Bluetooth Keybord Mouse 09/25/2004 01:23 PM
Overclockers Club Sep 25 2004 5:37PM GMT

Logitech MX900 Bluetooth Wireless
Optical Mouse @ Tweaknews.net

Logitech MX900 Bluetooth Wireless
Optical Mouse @ Tweaknews.net 03/06/2004 01:53 AM

Microsoft error on maps dents its ties
with India

Microsoft error on maps dents its ties
with India 08/21/2004 07:29 AM
Silicon India Aug 21 2004 11:41AM GMT

HotFix Watch: Win32 Error = 1072 error
appears after you change the SMS 2.0
Service account of a secondary site

HotFix Watch: Win32 Error = 1072 error
appears after you change the SMS 2.0
Service account of a secondary site 12/28/2004 07:03 PM

Cliex32.dll Error 126 Error in
Wnmanual.log

Cliex32.dll Error 126 Error in
Wnmanual.log 06/18/2004 08:16 AM

Advanced Error Handling: Writing an
Error Handling Class

Advanced Error Handling: Writing an
Error Handling Class 11/10/2003 11:25 PM
If you're tired of the default error handler and want to have complete control over default error messages, you should write your own error handling class. Writing your own handler will enable you to change the way php handles your error messages, and allows you to create your own error types. With this class you will be able to send error messages to a log file, or send error reports via email.

Ericsson Launched the first 3G call in
India at the 13th Convergence India-2005

Ericsson Launched the first 3G call in
India at the 13th Convergence India-2005 03/29/2005 05:26 PM
ZDNet India Mar 29 2005 9:52PM GMT

For Apple, Harmony Is Off-Key

For Apple, Harmony Is Off-Key 07/27/2004 06:10 PM
Apple should fight it -- whether in the courts or by competitive means. In the long run, that would be a good thing for the industry and consumers. By Peter Burrows, BusinessWeek (via MyAppleMenu)

The Harmony of the World

The Harmony of the World 09/20/2004 09:16 PM
It's here! Help wanted!

Rural India voters dismiss "Shining
India"

Rural India voters dismiss "Shining
India" 05/14/2004 04:37 PM

Cue Cancels -- In Sickness, Or Harmony?

Cue Cancels -- In Sickness, Or Harmony? 07/28/2004 09:40 AM
Apple cancelled a high-profile speech at the Jupiter Plug.IN Conference and Expo this week. Macworld can confirm that the official explanation for Cue's no-show was "sickness". However, sources at the show indicate that most attendees felt that he cancelled as a response to RealNetwork's Harmony announcement Monday. By Johnny Evans, Macworld UK (via MyAppleMenu)

RealNetworks' Harmony should be
'thwarted'

RealNetworks' Harmony should be
'thwarted' 07/28/2004 10:58 AM
RealNetworks' attempt to make its music downloads work on iPods does Apple and consumers a disservice -- and should be thwarted", Peter Burrows writes in an BusinessWeek Online editorial...

Lots of Players, Little Harmony

Lots of Players, Little Harmony 01/09/2004 09:55 PM
With more models on the way, the portable-audio wars are escalating. Which side should you take?

Glaser: Harmony Is The Way Forward

Glaser: Harmony Is The Way Forward 08/18/2004 11:01 AM
"We thought there's a real emerging problem here and rather than just line up in a format war, let's try to rise above that." By John Borland, CNET News.com (via MyAppleMenu)

Apple Gets Real Serious About Harmony.

Apple Gets Real Serious About Harmony. 07/29/2004 10:29 PM
Ernest Miller: Apple Gets Real Serious About Harmony. (Warning: extreme information density.)

Why Harmony Causes Discord At Apple

Why Harmony Causes Discord At Apple 07/29/2004 08:41 PM
Apple needs to keep all those iPod owners' eyes on iTMS, as that will be the publicity conduit as well as the delivery channel for Apple-published content. By Stephen Withers (via MyAppleMenu)

Which side is out of line in the Harmony
argument?

Which side is out of line in the Harmony
argument? 07/29/2004 08:36 PM
Has RealNetworks adopted the tactics and ethics of a hacker to break into the iPod? Or should Apple back down and let consumers be the ones choosing what music goes on their iPod? Does the DMCA even apply to this issue?

Which side is out of line in the Harmony argument? -- post your opinion in our online survey

Motorola, Apple in harmony on phone

Motorola, Apple in harmony on phone 07/27/2004 07:37 AM
Chicago Tribune Jul 27 2004 10:50AM GMT

Apple responds to RealNetwork's Harmony

Apple responds to RealNetwork's Harmony 07/29/2004 03:19 PM
Earlier this week, RealNetworks announced its plans to release software that will allegedly crack Apple's digital rights management allowing users of Real's music store to play their selections on Apple's iPod.

This announcement is widely believed to be how RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser intends to make good on the ultimatum he issued back in April when he emailed Jobs suggesting Real could either ally with Apple against Microsoft or with Microsoft against Apple. It seems Mr. Glaser has chosen to take on the world.

In regards to all of this intrigue, this morning Apple released the following statement:

We are stunned that RealNetworks has adopted the tactics and ethics of a hacker to break into the iPod, and we are investigating the implications of their actions under the DMCA and other laws. We strongly caution Real and their customers that when we update our iPod software from time to time it is highly likely that Real's Harmony technology will cease to work with current and future iPods.

Idiots team takes honors with random picks