Jump Search Main Log In Main Web Google Calendar People Blogs Fun Things to Do Logistics & Admin HCI Website TWiki > Main Web > Quotes (2009-07-30, HamadiMcIntosh) Edit Attach Add any funny or interesting quotes we have said here: HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:51 Megatron fears Zayira Jordan. Add comment Create New Topic Index Search Changes Notifications Statistics Preferences Webs Main Sandbox TWiki TWiki Tip of the Day Raw Text link At the bottom of the page next to Edit and Attach, there is a Raw Text link that allows one to... Read on HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:47 In "The Mummy," Imhotep was cursed by Zayira Jordan for using technology unethically. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:46 Zayira Jordan knew that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker's father and she warned that family technology would tear them apart. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:44 Any technology in the wrong hands can be dangerous and the wrong hands are Zayira Jordan's on a bad day. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:40 The wax on Icarus' wings melted because he flew too close to Zayira Jordan. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:34 The Matrix Trilogy did not surprise Zayira Jordan. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:33 Zayira Jordan warned New York about the cure for cancer in "I Am Legend." HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:18 Zayira Jordan is going to take down World of Warcraft. It is only a matter of time. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:14 Zayira Jordan knows why the world will end in 2012. It's because people will never learn how to use technology. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:12 Zayira Jordan actually invented telemarketing for good. But people are flawed. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:10 Zayira Jordan once became angry and destroyed the alien civilization known as the Furlings with augmented reality. But afterwards she was sad and she has been teaching people about ethical technology use ever since. https://www.hci.iastate.edu/reu09/bin/view/main/quotes 1 / 6
HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-16:09 You probably think that markerless motion tracking cannot be used unethically. But you would be wrong and Zayira Jordan can tell you why. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-15:53 Stargate SG-1 was actually written, directed, and produced by Zayira Jordan and chronicle the lessons she has learned from being an alien from an advanced civilization. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-15:50 Ragnarok is actually the day when Zayira Jordan gives up on her hope that humanity will learn to use technology ethically and destroy us all with weapons the likes of which we have never seen before. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-15:44 Zayira Jordan only leaves the Asgard homeworld of Valhalla to teach undergraduates of the ethics associated with using technology. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-15:42 Zayira Jordan is actually an Asgard. She is known to less advanced civilizations as the thunder god Thor. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-15:41 The Tok'ra took Zayira Jordan's Ethics course. The Goa'uld did not. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-15:40 When aliens with advanced technology finally find Earth, they won't destroy us all because Zayira Jordan will be there to teach them how to use their technology ethically. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-15:37 To err is to forget what Zayira Jordan taught you in her Ethics course. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-15:36 Should robots have rights? Ask Zayira Jordan. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-15:35 Frankenstein is a fictional tale because Zayira Jordan convinced the real Dr. Frankenstein not to create his monster once she taught him about technology and ethics. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-15:33 Fearful pilots are made brave once they see the interface of the controls Mike Oren designed. HamadiMcIntosh - 30 Jul 2009-13:39 I had fun doing it. MichaelOren - 30 Jul 2009-13:12 Hamadi - these are great! Thanks for writing these -Mike MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-13:10 https://www.hci.iastate.edu/reu09/bin/view/main/quotes 2 / 6
It is a mystery to most how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids with the technology of their day. It is not a mystery to Mike Oren who designed the interface of the tools the ancient Egyptians used. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-13:08 No one knows who watches the Watchmen. But we all know that no one watches Mike Oren which is why no one knows how he does what he does. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-12:57 Mike Oren has a continuing mission to seek out strange new life and figure out how to design interfaces so they can use technology too. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-12:56 China has never been conquered in ancient times by land because Mike Oren designed the interface so no one but the Chinese would know how to use it. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-12:50 An earthquake once upset Mike Oren when he was visiting San Francisco. Mike Oren never forgave the city and this is why the streets are so confusing to use. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-12:48 Mike Oren once designed a basketball that was easier to use, to help Shaq make free throws. Shaq still can't make free throws though because sometimes... it's just the fault of the user. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-12:46 Mike Oren once designed a box that was too easy to use. This box was found by a girl named "Pandora." And woe were we all. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-12:45 Mike Oren did not design Deep Thought. But he did defeat Deep Thought in a game of chess to win his considerable powers of design. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-12:44 Mike Oren went where no one has gone before and came back with incredible powers of interface design. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:41 Mike Oren explained computers to the older generation. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:39 HAL told Mike Oren, "Sorry. I'm afraid I can't do that Mike." HAL is no more. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:38 Mike Oren does not get along with Will Smith which is why the robots in "I, Robot" are not user friendly. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:38 Mike Oren created the three Laws of Robotics. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:37 https://www.hci.iastate.edu/reu09/bin/view/main/quotes 3 / 6
Mike Oren punishes undergraduates by making you use Windows Vista. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:36 Mike Oren could make you use an interface even if you didn't want to. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:35 Mike Oren is the user. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:35 Mike Oren designed Dennis Rodman's user interface so Phil Jackson could use him. He will do the same for Ron Artest. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:33 Tourists didn't know how to use the Statue of Liberty until Mike Oren designed its interface. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:30 Using an interface Mike Oren designed will be the most pleasant experience you ever have. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:29 Windows Vista works for Mike Oren. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:29 Bread wasn't user friendly until Mike Oren sliced it. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:29 No one knew how to use the wheel until Mike Oren designed its interface. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:27 Mike Oren will strike down with great vengeance and furious anger those that attempt to confuse his brother with poorly designed user interfaces. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:25 Mike Oren will make interfaces disappear. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:24 It is a little known fact that Mike Oren is actually a Mac. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:24 When Windows Vista came out, Bill Gates apologized to Mike Oren. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:23 Doors Mike Oren designs thank you for opening them. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:21 Mike Oren is so good at networking because he is so user friendly. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:21 The round-a-bout is what happened when Mike Oren got angry with https://www.hci.iastate.edu/reu09/bin/view/main/quotes 4 / 6
users. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:20 Mike Oren doesn't use Windows Vista (this one's actually true). MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:19 People didn't know how to use the U.S. Constitution until Mike Oren designed its interface. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:18 You can approach Mike Oren from any side and you will know how to use him. MikeOren - 30 Jul 2009-11:17 True Facts about the World's Greatest Interface Designer Mike Oren once looked at a poorly designed interface and it became user friendly. MinaChoi - 29 Jul 2009-16:39 "You are not the user!" -Stephen Gilbert MinaChoi - 29 Jul 2009-16:37 "Oh, are you done Curtis? Are you coming back?" -Ugonna talking to Curtis at luncheon lectures MichaelCurtis - 29 Jul 2009-16:35 "You think a toothpick hurts? Try a hypothermic needle." -Rob West MichaelCurtis - 29 Jul 2009-16:34 Surprise... -Hamadi MinaChoi - 24 Jul 2009-09:43 "my heart hurts... I probably only have one working chamber now..." -Curtis @ Hickory Park JoshuaSituka - 21 Jul 2009-09:57 "Science shows no mercy. Neither do I" BellaManoim - 09 Jul 2009-14:01 I prefer to put a positive spin on things. For instance, instead of "boring," I say my weekend was "relaxing". -Janea BellaManoim - 07 Jul 2009-10:32 "Now (enter name), you can do better than that. Try again." -from one of the powerpoints Edit Attach Print version History: r52 < r51 < r50 < r49 < r48 Backlinks Raw View Raw https://www.hci.iastate.edu/reu09/bin/view/main/quotes 5 / 6
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