Stating the obvious

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Up is Down: How Stating the False Hides
the True

Up is Down: How Stating the False Hides
the True 02/17/2004 09:06 PM
One of the more interesting Republican strategies is saying things whose opposite is true. They say that the Democratic nominee?

Obvious questions no one seems to be
asking

Obvious questions no one seems to be
asking 03/19/2003 10:42 PM

So if Saddam and sons do go into self-imposed exile today or tomorrow, does that mean there won't be a war, and we'll just toss in a new leader in his place?

I assume we'll start bombing lots of suspected WMD facilities when the 48 hours are up. Since they're our best guesses where weapons previously not found may reside, we're going to be blowing up lots of stuff and making mistakes (they can't all be WMD facilities). Anyone see a problem with that?

How do know when it is over? When Saddam's body is found? When weapon storage areas are all blown up? What's the goal of this action and why isn't it clearly being communicated?

bleeding obvious

bleeding obvious 10/29/2003 01:39 PM
The University of the Bleeding Obvious -- down with butterfl ies! Shave the moon! Death by pastry!

What's obvious about Tsunamis- we need
better predictions

What's obvious about Tsunamis- we need
better predictions 12/31/2004 04:54 PM
Technocrat.net Dec 31 2004 7:20PM GMT

"others are managing to point out the
obvious"

"others are managing to point out the
obvious" 08/23/2004 02:43 AM

almost 7 years ago: the Obvious in Wired

almost 7 years ago: the Obvious in Wired 08/05/2004 04:13 PM
interesting that both StO and Soundbitten returned from hiatuses as MT weblogs

Spit Sensor Detects the Obvious

Spit Sensor Detects the Obvious 04/26/2004 07:40 AM
Yahama doesn't just make motorcycles and saxophones; they also work with companies like Nipro Corp. to make frightening gadgets like this: a stress-detection device that works by analyzing the concentration of amylaze in a person's saliva. Nature already has a perfect spit stress detection method: If you receive a blast...

How To Make The Obvious Sound More
Impressive

How To Make The Obvious Sound More
Impressive 04/04/2005 01:54 PM
It's starting out to be a fairly slow news day in the tech world, which apparently leads to stories like the following, about people in Australia using BitTorrent to download American TV shows before they air down under. A few months back, there were identical stories about the UK. What's odd about this story, though, is the way it's written to make it sound like this is shocking or surprising news. The reporter extensively quotes a report that was "generated" by a former Australian Recording Industry Association lawyer. Of course, by "generated" the reporter means "written." And by "report" the reporter means "speculating on the obvious." The article later admits that there's no actual numbers in the report, but it certainly sounds like the findings ought to be true. It should be no surprise at all in a global internet-enabled world that people outside of the US will hear about television programs here, and not want to wait for them to be broadcast locally months later. You don't need a report to show you that -- but if you do have a report, shouldn't it be more than just random statements from someone who noticed a few people in Australia chatting online about how to download TV programs? However, by basing the article on this "report," the journalist takes all of the pressure off having to do the actual journalistic investigation into what's happening. Hell, if that's all it takes to get an article written about you these days, we should all start "generating reports" about fairly obvious situations: Today, Techdirt announced a special report pointing out that people really hate spam. Previous studies have shown this, but our quick review of a couple forums found that, in our expert analysis, most people are not fans of spam. We can't give you actual numbers, because that would take work, but it certainly sounds accurate based on what people say in the forums. Where's our press coverage?

Obvious Meta Group Study

Obvious Meta Group Study 01/28/2004 01:31 PM
This Meta Group study is a bit of a no-brainer: The researchers looked at the hotspot aggregation model and found that aggregators offer a good option for enterprises looking to offer workers remote places to get access. Researchers found that while 70 percent of enterprises outsource remote dial-up services, less than 10 percent have deals for remote Wi-Fi access. That makes sense given the maturity of the dial-up market compared to the Wi-Fi market. The study also ranks the leading aggregators, including Boingo, Fiberlink, GRIC, and iPass....

Emphasis Below Is Mine, for What I Hope
Are Obvious Reasons

Emphasis Below Is Mine, for What I Hope
Are Obvious Reasons 04/30/2004 12:44 AM

Instant Messaging — a Corporate Tool?

"So what does this IM stuff, which is clearly the province of young people, have to do with corporate culture? Right now, not much. But eventually it will be a mainstream tool. In fact, if you r ead the PDF download of a recent speech by West Publishing's President Mike Wilens you'll see an interesting discussion of IM starting on page 11. West's support personnel (who are called 'reference attorneys') use IM to provide support to law students who use the computerized legal research service Westlaw, and according to Wilens West has gone from providing 100% of their law student support through phone service to only 20%. They now provide 80% of their support to law students by way of instant messaging.

Lest the point be lost, there is apparently a huge benefit to West by providing service in this way. According to Wilens, the West representatives can do 4 to 6 IM sessions simultaneously (of course, we all know that phone sessions are a strictly one-to-one interaction). So if a legal publishing company like West has found efficiencies in using IM to provide support, how long do you think it will be before this becomes a more widespread phenomenon? It's true it won't happen on a massive scale anytime soon, but it's going to happen on a massive scale eventually. My oldest daughter is going into the 9th grade next year. I'll bet by the time she graduates from college most companies are going to have started using IM to provide tech/customer support. And one can easily envision it happening even faster than that." [Ernie The Attorney]

The Obvious?: Young folks nowadays (Part
II)

The Obvious?: Young folks nowadays (Part
II) 09/26/2004 02:59 AM
Children are awesome .. show how

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Suddenly The Patent Office Realizes That
Online Auctions Are Obvious

Suddenly The Patent Office Realizes That
Online Auctions Are Obvious 03/29/2005 08:46 PM
Just two weeks after a court ruling suggested that eBay was violating business model patents for online auctions and buying direct, the Patent Office has come out with an initial ruling invalidating one of the patents noting that it's an obvious idea. Of course, the patent review process is a long one, and the company, MercExchange, who owns the patent still gets a chance to respond. They also point to the recent court ruling, which seems like circular logic. The court said the patent should be considered, and the USPTO is saying the patent isn't valid. That should be the end of the equation, but MercExchange seems to think that the court trumps the Patent Office. Either way, there's a lot of money being spent on this mess -- and, if anything, this process reveals how ridiculous the system is. If the patent is invalid, why did it need to go through so many lawsuits and patent reviews to figure that out?

"Incredibly Obvious Software Development
Secrets" by Steve Kalkwarf

"Incredibly Obvious Software Development
Secrets" by Steve Kalkwarf 11/05/2003 01:53 AM
The session was billed as "... session will provide specific examples of development processes and techniques used at Bare Bones Software that allow a small team of developers to produce top quality software."

Slightly creepy bl0g marketing study
confirms bleedin' obvious.

Slightly creepy bl0g marketing study
confirms bleedin' obvious. 06/17/2005 04:51 PM
"Umbria Communications of Boulder has developed a Web crawler that monitors hundreds of thousands of blogs, turning the information from...

On returning to America with Bush ahead
and it becoming increasingly obvious
that I need to spend mroe time OUT of
the U.S.

On returning to America with Bush ahead
and it becoming increasingly obvious
that I need to spend mroe time OUT of
the U.S. 09/19/2004 03:54 PM

Tony Pierce says it perfectly.

Avril was one reason why I staretd thinking about moving to Canada. That and the chance of the draft being re-instituted and I've got three boys approaching draft age.

Here's Tony's post.....

dear avril,

there were two paths you could have taken and you took the jessica simpson freeway.

i dont know why i had higher hopes for you but i did.

i dont know why i expected you to see the comedy in femme-ing and whoring of snaggletoothed Jewel which you are obviously mimicking, but you missed the point.

the promise of a snarling canadian teengirl who shops exclusively at hot topic is that you imagine that with age she would evolve into something else than just another same-old pop chick off the assembly line of same-old pop chicks.

even though your first album was pretty much nothing more than top 40 pop chick syrup, you had a style and an attitude that gave this blogger hope for an edge that is oh so needed in this prozac nation.

believe it or not, we do not need avril lavigne in an oktoberfest-meets-cheap-trick dress, a matching guitar and blonde extentions.

believe it or not we need a return to the rock.

thank you for selling out teenage girls everywhere because now i can rest assured that my curling iron stocks will be fine.

oh avril.

look what theyve done to you.

little girl who once sat indian-style on a sink doing her own makeup before her gigs, flipping off the papparizzi, and shamelessly getting hammered with the classy dames of hollywood like ozzys daughter.

remember when you would go club hopping on sunset making out with pretty girls on the dancefloor, spitting at the cameras of celebrities uncensored, and giving the world a different idea of the girl who sang about skaterboys.

i knew the jig was up when you not only agreed to appear on the now-defunct ryan seacrest show, but when asked by the prettyboy if you prefered britney or christina you raised your fist and yelled BRITNEY! to the approving squeals of the barely-teen girls in the crowd.

put your tie back on, take off that ridiculous dress, and yank those extensions out of your beautiful hair.

your country has yet finished working off the fine of giving the world celine dion, don't you start with this bullshit.

they gave celine 5 years in rehab at caesars in vegas, keep this up and im going to make you open for kittie so that you can learn first hand what rock is about. for it's rock that is inside of you little girl, not sugar and spice and everything nice.

when ashlee simpson is more punk rock than you someone has led you astray.

fire that motherfucker and come to the light, avril, come to the light. [Tony Pierce]

Richard Roeper Speaks the Obvious Truth
about Hollywood Anti-Catholic Bigotry

Richard Roeper Speaks the Obvious Truth
about Hollywood Anti-Catholic Bigotry 02/11/2004 08:17 AM
Roeper: Nuts to those who have a problem with Starbucks' drink poster! .. Join the clubbed: Catholics know pain of being bashed .. Something for others to keep in mind

suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep10.html
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Not so obvious: 12x Plextor burning
faster than 16x Pioneer burning?

Not so obvious: 12x Plextor burning
faster than 16x Pioneer burning? 07/16/2004 12:06 AM
CD Freaks: Not so obvious: 12x Plextor burning faster than 16x Pioneer burning?
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