IT Projects: Expert Witness, CIO, In-House Counsel & Litigation Forum

FW: Poll Reveals 430 New Demographics That Will Decide Election

With Senator Obama already having made his acceptance speech and Senator McCain set to do so next week, news coverage and national attention with turn to those all important Demographics targeted by each candidate. With all of today's technology, it's getting harder and not easier as more and more demographic groups are added to the mix.  I hope that the following youtube.com news clip will "clarify things" for you.   Can you add a few demographics for IT professionals, CIOs, and attorneys??

Have fun with this great satire!!  Warren

Originally posted on Friday August 29, 2008 at:                                                         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uql1avoyizc

101 Ways To Know Your Software Project Is Doomed

I thought this was a pretty good list.  I picked my favorite ten, presented below from the full list -- and that was harder to do than I first envisioned.

1. Management has renamed its Waterfall process to Agile Waterfall
2. Allocated QA time is for Q and A why your crap is broken
3. All of your requirements are written on a used cocktail napkin
4. Progress is now measured by the number of fixed bugs and not completed features
5. Every bug is prioritized as Critical (or Every Bug Is Trivial)
6. Your spouse only gets to see you on a webcam
7. The sales team decreased your estimates because they believe you can work faster
8. Budget for testing exists as “if we have time”
9. The client will only talk about the requirements after they receive a fixed estimation
10. Broken unit tests are deleted because they are obviously out of date

Taken from http://www.codesqueeze.com/101-ways-to-know-your-software-project-is-doomed/

Your part:  What favorites do you have that are not on this list or which ones on the lsit do you disagree with?   Warren (Note: Click below to see the full list.)

The 100 Best Websites List

From 100bestwebsites.com :The best sites on the Web, all in one place!

This list is based on the rigorous reviews and opinions of our staff who subject each website to an exhaustive examination based on 21 criteria of excellence before inclusion. We hope you will enjoy this portal to the finest sites the Web has to offer!

While we can certainly disagree with what "best" means, I believe this is a good listing of some very good websites, especially in the literary arena.  I'm sure though that you have some favorites that are not listed here -- and some that are that you believe should not be on this list!!  Please post a comment so each reader can review it, and then decide to update his or her own list as they see fit!   

Warren

#	Website	Summary
1	Yahoo!	Yahoo is your Online Free Treasure Room! An outstanding search engine (especially for "official" websites), it also provides a cornucopia of free services: free email, maps, Yellow Pages, games, shopping, news, finance, sports, live chat -- the list just goes on and on and on! By far (in our opinion), Yahoo is the best site on the Web!
2	Google	We believe Google is simply the best tool on the Web for finding just about anything (except possibly "official" websites). It is screamingly fast, sleek, streamlined, and as comprehensive as a search tool can be.
3	Amazon.com	Amazon is nothing less than a revolution in how the world shops. It is a huge step forward in the achievement of an ideal competitive market. It is user-friendly, vast, and reliable.
4	About.com	About.com breaks up the Web into major subject areas with a volunteer human host for each of them. It helps you sift out the wheat from the chaff on an enormous range of subjects.
5	Bartleby.com	Much of the greatest literature in the history of humankind will be found in full text form (and free of charge) at this amazing site. In addition, many useful reference tools are here (also free!)
6	Google Groups	Formerly "DejaNews", Google Groups is a glorious experiment in free speech! This oceanic database of over 800 million posted "Usenet" messages from people all over the globe constitutes the largest bulletin board in the history of the world! It's fully searchable, and you can post your own messages free of charge. (Tip: don't use your primary email address in your posts! To avoid spam, use a temporary email address.)
7	Google News	A bold endeavor in online journalism, Google News provides you hundreds of news sources (typically) for each of the major stories of the day. Just find the story that interests you on the main page, and you will see something like "227 related" or "535 related" just beneath it. Click this to see the extensive range of news sources available for the story you are after! (Its database of past news is also searchable.)
8	CNN	For fast-breaking news and responsible journalism, it's hard to beat CNN. And the text content at this site is mostly free!
9	EBay	Ebay is the world's biggest, longest-running garage sale, as well as its most extensive auction house. Buy, sell, browse, bid, and be amazed at what you find at this wonderful site!
10	Download.com	If you love software treasure-hunting, Download.com is the site for you! This massive and well-rounded collection of shareware (try-before-you-buy) and freeware (totally free software) is fully searchable and sortable. And there's no wait for a package in the mail: download it NOW, install it, and take it for a test drive!

Technologically Challenged Lawyer Suspended

An attorney was suspended for three months by the Kansas Supreme Court for, among other things, failing to obtain a login name and password to comply with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's e-filing requirements.¹

The respondent-attorney attempted to file a bankruptcy case by submitting paper pleadings rather than e-filing. The bankruptcy court sent Respondent an order advising that petitions and other pleadings must be filed electronically. The court ordered Respondent to attend the required training, pass the examination, and obtain a login name and password within 30 days. Respondent failed to comply with the order.

An attorney was suspended for three months by the Kansas Supreme Court for, among other things, failing to obtain a login name and password to comply with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court's e-filing requirements.¹

The respondent-attorney attempted to file a bankruptcy case by submitting paper pleadings rather than e-filing. The bankruptcy court sent Respondent an order advising that petitions and other pleadings must be filed electronically. The court ordered Respondent to attend the required training, pass the examination, and obtain a login name and password within 30 days. Respondent failed to comply with the order.

"Next Life" by Woody Allen

 "In my next life I want to live my life backwards.

You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born.

And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!

I rest my case."

 

Well, asks Warren, what's your case?