yay! cornell made the list of stupid brain farts of 2003! go big red! the cnn business article compiles a list of dumb moments in technology from the past year, and last year had some pretty interesting fuck-ups. notables from the list of 12 moments of dur…
In February, Cornell University sends out an e-mail to incoming freshmen that begins, “Greetings from Cornell, your future alma mater!” The message is sent to all 1,700 students who applied for early decision, including the 550 who’ve been rejected.
all the cows and pastures and trees make people do strange things…In February, Cornell University sends out an e-mail to incoming freshmen that begins, “Greetings from Cornell, your future alma mater!” The message is sent to all 1,700 students who applied for early decision, including the 550 who’ve been rejected.
all the cows and pastures and trees make people do strange things…After SunnComm Technologies rolls out new CD copy-protection software in September, a Princeton student figures out how to disable it. The devious hack: holding down the “Shift” key.
they went on to sue him too, but eventually dropped the case because they realized their underwear was on backwards.
To be fair, I think at the time Network Solutions had a monopoly on domain registrations, which the government later quickly put an end to. Thus the $21 billion to $100 million decline.
I love that cd copy-protection story. it’s as good as the one that could be foiled by drawing a circle along the outside edge with a marker.
yea…but its still funny to think that they didnt even get 1% back. bwahaha.
drawing a circle required alot of effort. the holding-down-shift is much easier…and funnier.