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kfyunyb
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Stupidity


Or Willful Intent?

When you make something so completely simple and "fool/foul" proof, yet others still have the inate ability to defy the odds, repeatedly.
Stupidity or willful intent?

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Depends.

You would need to specify the problems, individuals involved and the parameters of the actions performed.

If anything was to be drawn from the original question it would be that you repeatedly make things too complicated for one or more individuals and refuse to alter the parameters to achieve the desired results.

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wilfully stupid , same principle as people being wilfully blind when you are trying to point out something they do not want to understand.

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Oh yay, a chance to quote Douglas Adams! “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

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excellent subject. it was an undying issue i couldn't bring to question myself.

now .. the next question is.. how do you manage with that? do we let them know that they are perfectly capable to try again and learn from their errors or tell them we can see through it .. etc??

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Anonymous wrote:
Willfully stupid , same principle as people being willfully blind when you are trying to point out something they do not want to understand.

Precisely.

verge wrote:
Oh yay, a chance to quote Douglas Adams! “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

Hence, a new concept in sports; "Floor Diving." instead of performing the basic, elementary function, simply clasp both hands behind the back and dive face first into the floor.

NaCtHoMaN wrote:
The next question is.. how do you manage with that? do we let them know that they are perfectly capable to try again and learn from their errors or tell them we can see through it .. etc?

I generally tell them I see through their ways. I have more mercy for a person that really is stupid, than someone who is a complete incompetent.

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From a programmer's perspective, my working hypotheses can be described thus:
- If it works, it's a miracle.
- If it works as intended, it's a bigger miracle.
- If it works as intended without prior anticipation of the scenario(s), it must've been indited by the will of a deity.
Limited by mortality and poor foresight as I am, attentiveness to the user's difficulties is the most I can guarantee. Recompense for doing so, or deriving amusement from the irony & volatility, may assist in the endless cycle of amendments.

verge wrote:
Oh yay, a chance to quote Douglas Adams! “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

I approve of this.

Help me with:

[quote]Test.[/quote]

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Yeti wrote:
- the endless cycle of amendments.

There is nothing like increasing the improbability of failure to really pi$$ off losers determined to lose.

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