Friday, October 08, 2004
Homer was here!
D'oh!
Just the mention of the name Homer Simpson, brings to mind visions of stupidity.
This is for those boneheaded ideas that just might fit into a Simpson's episode and/or the actual bonehead responsible. Names are optional, but discouraged.
Just the mention of the name Homer Simpson, brings to mind visions of stupidity.
This is for those boneheaded ideas that just might fit into a Simpson's episode and/or the actual bonehead responsible. Names are optional, but discouraged.
I don't get it.
I'm looking for a better name for this category. If you have one, please post it here.
This would be for those projects or applications of technology, that just don't seem to make sense to anybody but the person(s) responsible for it.
This would be for those projects or applications of technology, that just don't seem to make sense to anybody but the person(s) responsible for it.
Danger Will Robinson
Technology gone bad!
Maybe I grew up reading too many science fiction books and watched a few too many movies where machines that were created with the intention of helping people, wound up killing them. You know the ones I'm talking about, Terminator, The Matrix, I Robot, just to name a few of the more recent. Sometimes I feel like Will Smith's character from I, Robot where I'm resistant to accept and embrace new technology. Not that I am really, I just happen tp think that before a new technology is put into place, it's benefit and potential risk to humans should be carefully weighed. And, that no machine should have the authority or ability to override human intervention. Humans aren't perfect, but the thing we possess that no machine could (at this time) possibly emulate is the compassion and feeling for a situation as well as a basic intuitiion for what the right thing to do is.
Please don't miss this category, it just might save yours or somebody else's life.
Maybe I grew up reading too many science fiction books and watched a few too many movies where machines that were created with the intention of helping people, wound up killing them. You know the ones I'm talking about, Terminator, The Matrix, I Robot, just to name a few of the more recent. Sometimes I feel like Will Smith's character from I, Robot where I'm resistant to accept and embrace new technology. Not that I am really, I just happen tp think that before a new technology is put into place, it's benefit and potential risk to humans should be carefully weighed. And, that no machine should have the authority or ability to override human intervention. Humans aren't perfect, but the thing we possess that no machine could (at this time) possibly emulate is the compassion and feeling for a situation as well as a basic intuitiion for what the right thing to do is.
Please don't miss this category, it just might save yours or somebody else's life.
What were they thinking?
The kind of stories that make you shake your head ruefully and wonder "why?". Or, for those who have more money than brains.
