Comments on: SUPERUSELESS SUPERPOWERS http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_gall/2009/01/21/superuseless-superpowers/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:06:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Nick Gall http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_gall/2009/01/21/superuseless-superpowers/comment-page-1/#comment-5873 Nick Gall Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:09:59 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_gall/2009/01/21/superuseless-superpowers/#comment-5873 Tony, Ah paper tape. You and I must be from the same generation. That was my input medium of choice in my early programming days. I cut my teeth on the DEC PDP 11 series. I think I still have some spools in the attic. As for HTML, writing HTML will be useful as long as blog comment boxes force you to enter tags manually! Tony,

Ah paper tape. You and I must be from the same generation. That was my input medium of choice in my early programming days. I cut my teeth on the DEC PDP 11 series. I think I still have some spools in the attic.

As for HTML, writing HTML will be useful as long as blog comment boxes force you to enter tags manually!

]]> By: Nick Gall http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_gall/2009/01/21/superuseless-superpowers/comment-page-1/#comment-5871 Nick Gall Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:05:09 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_gall/2009/01/21/superuseless-superpowers/#comment-5871 Frank, I have the exact opposite superuseless superpower: I can almost infallibly identify the gender, age, etc. of a "bad driver", ie someone who's in my way but doesn't need to be. I can sometimes even guess the state they're from. I don't think I was born with the power though. I think I've acquired it through 25+ years of driving in Boston. Frank, I have the exact opposite superuseless superpower: I can almost infallibly identify the gender, age, etc. of a “bad driver”, ie someone who’s in my way but doesn’t need to be. I can sometimes even guess the state they’re from.

I don’t think I was born with the power though. I think I’ve acquired it through 25+ years of driving in Boston.

]]> By: Tony Law http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_gall/2009/01/21/superuseless-superpowers/comment-page-1/#comment-5807 Tony Law Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:23:48 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_gall/2009/01/21/superuseless-superpowers/#comment-5807 Hi Nick - I used to be able to read numeric data directly off 8-hole ASCII paper tape. It wasn't useless at the time, but hey, life moves on! More currently: is the ability to directly write HTML becoming superuseless? Hi Nick – I used to be able to read numeric data directly off 8-hole ASCII paper tape. It wasn’t useless at the time, but hey, life moves on!

More currently: is the ability to directly write HTML becoming superuseless?

]]> By: Frank Hood http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_gall/2009/01/21/superuseless-superpowers/comment-page-1/#comment-5801 Frank Hood Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:00:49 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_gall/2009/01/21/superuseless-superpowers/#comment-5801 Nick, I actually have a completely useless superpower. My wife claims I can with 100% reliability misidentify the sex of bad drivers. Whenever I curse a driver and identify their sex in my imprecation (well I'm generally not too harsh, but it frequently starts with "Lady," or "Mister") , I'm always wrong. My wife says she's stumped on how to make money off this "talent." Nick,

I actually have a completely useless superpower. My wife claims I can with 100% reliability misidentify the sex of bad drivers. Whenever I curse a driver and identify their sex in my imprecation (well I’m generally not too harsh, but it frequently starts with “Lady,” or “Mister”) , I’m always wrong. My wife says she’s stumped on how to make money off this “talent.”

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