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Software Peter principle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The software Peter principle is used in software engineering to describe a dying project which has little by little become too complex to be understood even by its own developers."
development  wikipedia 
august 2010 by mtowber
Stanford White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanford White (November 9, 1853 – June 25, 1906) was an American architect and partner in the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White, the frontrunner among Beaux-Arts firms. He designed a long series of houses for the rich and the very rich, and various public, institutional, and religious buildings, some of which can be found to this day in places like Sea Gate, Brooklyn. His design principles embodied the "American Renaissance". In 1906, White was murdered by millionaire Harry Kendall Thaw, leading to a widely reported trial.
architecture  art  people  wikipedia 
may 2010 by mtowber
Mean World Syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Mean World Syndrome is a phenomenon where the violence-related content of mass media convinces viewers that the world is more dangerous than it actually is, and prompts a desire for more protection than is warranted by any actual threat."
crime  media  psychology  television  wikipedia 
april 2010 by mtowber
Greeble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"A greeble or nurnie is a small piece of detailing added to break up the surface of an object to add visual interest to a surface or object, particularly in movie special effects."
design  wikipedia  scifi  film 
march 2010 by mtowber
Sensorama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Sensorama was a machine that is one of the earliest known examples of immersive, multi-sensory (now known as multimodal) technology."
technology  history  wikipedia 
january 2010 by mtowber
List of places with fewer than ten residents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prickly Pear Cays, Sombrero, Egg Island, Bankhead, Whiskey Gap, Dix's, Martin's Location, &c. &c.
geography  wikipedia  reference 
october 2009 by mtowber
List of unsolved problems - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"A list of unsolved problems may refer to several conjectures or open problems in various fields"
science  philosophy  math  ai  compsci  linguistics  economics  neuroscience  physics  statistics  wikipedia 
october 2009 by mtowber

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