Software hall of shame

Unfortunately many device makers seem to put security on the back burner or. There is the best gear thread and the good cheap gear thread but lets hear about some duds. In a full page ad in the 20 pcia show program and directory a software company published an excellent graphic of a tower technician hard at work at his craft high above the skyline. Unfortunately many device makers seem to put security on the back burner or not even understand the basics of cybersecurity. Hall of shame this page is no longer updated, these days, busybox handles enforcement of our license via our fiscal sponsor, software freedom conservancy instead. If youre looking for more examples of colossal software project failure, you dont have to look very far. Click here to see the 12 companies in the customer service hall of shame. How do you know when your software has a usability problem. This continued over the course of quite a few games of cribbage everytime something awesome happened.

Some sites cleverly avoid the no spaces or dashes shame by limiting the credit card entry to 16 characters. Unfortunately, he wasnt wearing steeltoe boots or any footwear that would protect his toes as. Internet of things iot hallofshame code curmudgeon. A hall of shame for venezuelan elections coverage the medias behavior in the leadup to venezuelas elections has been overwhelmingly disgraceful. Mediacoder is a really great piece of freeware encoding software on windows.

When someone creates an entire humor site dedicated to mocking it. Eulas allow these companies to make changes to their software at any time, so you can. If he works at all,i bet he dont during hunting season. Companies continued to be felled more by usual issues such as lost laptops, unpatched or poorly coded software, inadvertent disclosures and. Answer by nachiket naik, software developer, on quora in my experience, these are some characteristics of bad software engineers. Welcome to the health and safety fails hall of shame, here you can submit the worst health and safety violations you have managed to capture on your phone. Software hall of shame your picks page 2 programming. Not interested in turning this into a bash fest but what gear has disappointed you the most. Usability hall of shame autocorrect improving software. We are merely reporting on high profile plagiarism cases that have been featured in the news.

Last weekend one of our writers recommended a book about unix and introduced it by quoting an essay likening linux to a hightech tank. When you purchase something after clicking links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. In the grand tradition of my sqli hall of shame, ive decided to start creating a list of iot hacks that have hit the press. Adobe and skype top my foistware hall of shame zdnet. For me, my biggest let down was a set of kuiu alpine pants from a few years ago. A list of recent dark patterns tricks used in websites and apps that make you buy or sign up for things that you didnt mean to. I am sick and tired of software companies that try to make a quick buck by tricking their customers into installing programs they dont need. Dark patterns are tricks used in websites and apps that make you buy or sign up for things that you didnt mean to. Note that the good design does not have to be uniformly good. Nag screen hall of shame take our tour of some of the worst software nag screens, reminders, and popups from the past and the present. Software hall of shame your picks msysgit comes with a bash shell that runs on top of cmd. Entries from the software failure hall of shame, part 1 if your organization is lucky and competent enough to have a popular or high profile software project or offering, it may be only a latent defect or unknown security vulnerability away from global notoriety.

A hall of shame for venezuelan elections coverage nacla. Given that the wireless service provider is also a regular on the customer service hall of shame, it seems dubious that dish will make. The battiest batters, the most mindboggling mental miscues, the silliest ballpark promotions, the. According to reuters, a bad software upgrade made rbs systems unable to process payments for both individual and business customers. I read a cool series of articles on bad software in ieee spectrum over the weekend. The folks who want to design a website for you cant even do a very good job on their own website. This is the list of websites weve been collecting since mid2003, and new entries are added at the top. He is either from a well to do family that has always bailed him out of trouble and doesnt think anything about it,or from a family of poachers and that way is all he knows. I like the comment about he would have to work instead of hunt. There are hundreds of examples of software related failures, some minor and some. Note that the good design does not have to be uniformly good, since you may discover problems with it on closer inspection. Opera house named to overbudget hall of shame by andrew heaton october 8th, 2014 21,001 total views sydney opera house has been named as part of a hall of shame of landmark building projects for which major cost blowouts have occurred. Plagiarism hall of shame the goal of this page is not to insult or degrade anyone who has been accused of plagiarism.

The hall of shame that follows is a sampling of some of the most typical distortions, gratuitous slurs, and incorrect predictions that readers have been exposed to over the past few weeks. You must complete the selfassessment form before you hand in the assignment. This is only one of the latest in a long, dismal history of it projects gone awry see table above, software hall of shame for other notable. Our hope is that by highlighting these problems, we can help developers avoid making similar mistakes. Welcome to the iot hallofshame with the rise of internet enabled devices in the internet of things or iot the need for software security is becoming even more important. Entries from the software failure hall of shame, part 1. The baseball hall of shame here in one gutbusting book, the baseball hall of shame selection committee pays tribute to blooperstowns funniest.

Over the years, i have run across entity formation and legal compliance services that, for a variety of reasons, i consider inadequate or deceptive. A software glitch had somehow erased the warehouses existence, so that goods destined for the warehouse were rerouted elsewhere, while goods at the warehouse languished. Software hall of shame your picks internet explorer good grief. New inductees profiled in tower climbers hall of shame. Website designers who cant write a simple sentence. Much as great literature, high art, or great music deserves praise, so does software. Home types of dark pattern hall of shame reading list about us. The author is quite clearly trying to understand and help out with the licensing problems and instead comes up against the free software spanish inquisition.

I had to use a company computer without administrator access for about a. Find two examples of user interfaces, one that you consider a good design and one that you consider a bad design. Halls of software fame and shame alex dunn personal site. The software identified two critical system files of the chinese edition of windows xp service pack 2 as a trojan and. Our hope is that by highlighting these problems, we can help. This story, adds to hall of shame was originally published by network world note. Also it will be helpful to read carefully over the links above and make comparisons among the interfaces described. We are constantly searching for examples of design practices that are worthy of extinction, and those worthy of emulation see the interface hall of fame. I didnt want to look like a pansy so i took a big pull. These are our pick of it screwups that have had disastrous, painful or hilarious consequences. This video is the first in a series that documents my frustrations trying to navigate through a few interactive touchscreen displays at a local shopping and entertainment center.

Please email if you believe youve found a violation of busyboxs license, the gplv2. Plagiarism hall of shame academic plagiarism checker and. Rbs bank joins the it failures hall of shame zdnet. Gorgeous workplace with great worklife balance some telework and great pay. The latest inductees into this hall of software shame. Download wallpapers, icons, skins, themes for windows 107vistaxp, sound schemes, windowblinds, deskscapes, winamp, objectdock and more. Software hall of shame your picks page 3 programming. The services, listed alphabetically below, constitute what i like to call a hall of shame corporate compliance services it is time to add another corporate compliance vendor corporate compliance center to this blogs hall of shame. He later told me, his thought was crap i cant let him outdo me so he took a big pull after seeing my pull. Likewise, the bad design does not have to be uniformly bad. Some vulnerabilities are difficult, but many of those that have been in the news seem to have been more from either lack of training or simply not prioritizing software security. Original software s annual hall of shame shows how easily technology disasters can happen and the fallout that follows. One day, it vanishednot from physical view, but from the watchful eyes of a wellknown retailers automated distribution system.

Okay, you might have said something involving reports from the usability testing, or maybe even some axiomatic list of ux smells. The interface hall of shame is an irreverent collection of common interface design mistakes. In extending this thread, lets try to contribute more to the hall of fame than to the hall of shame, since shame hall will be easy. Click here to see the companies in the customer service hall of fame. Hall of shame this page is no longer updated, these days, busybox handles enforcement of our license via our fiscal sponsor, software freedom. With the rise of internet enabled devices in the internet of things or iot the need for software security is becoming even more important. The purpose of this site is to spread awareness and to shame companies that use them. Mobile mechanic rick drives into hall of shame youtube.