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Device only intended to turn itself off
A useless machine or useless box is a device whose only function is to turn itself off. The best-known useless machines are those inspired by Marvin Minsky's
Useless_machine
American cognitive scientist (1927–2016)
are made.[citation needed] The first is through the depiction of a "useless machine", a device Minsky invented as a philosophical joke[citation needed]
Marvin_Minsky
Topics referred to by the same term
Useless invention may refer to: An invention that is nonpatentable due to its lack of utility Chindōgu Useless machine Rube Goldberg invention This disambiguation
Useless_invention
Designing a product that is needlessly complicated
Feature creep You aren't gonna need it Planned obsolescence skyTran Useless machine Writing in space Design by committee Gowing, Margaret. Britain and
Overengineering
Computation model defining an abstract machine
Turing machine examples Turing tarpit, any computing system or language that, despite being Turing complete, is generally considered useless for practical
Turing_machine
British singer (born 1986)
albums also achieved chart success. In 2018, Welch released a book titled Useless Magic, a collection of lyrics and poems written by her, along with illustrations
Florence_Welch
Concept from Freudian psychoanalytics
The Scorpion and the Frog Thoughts for the Times on War and Death Useless machine Though the Standard Edition of the Works of Freud translates both Instinkt
Death_drive
Self-perpetuating system with no other purpose
Boondoggle Circular reasoning Ouroboros Self-fulfilling prophecy Useless machine Virtuous circle and vicious circle Friedman, Norman (1991). Desert
Self-licking_ice_cream_cone
Novelty item typically placed on the desk of an office worker
Kinetic sand Lava lamp Magic 8 Ball Newton's cradle Pin Art Stress ball Useless machine Plasma globe Hsiang Cheng 'Sam' Wang (2007) The Investigation of Office
Office_toy
Ellipse-drawing mechanism
Bourke engine John Farey Jr. Hypocycloid Hypotrochoid Tusi couple Useless machine Scott Russell linkage Schwartzman, Steven (1996). The Words of Mathematics
Ellipsograph
German general-purpose machine gun
barrel resulted in unacceptable wear of the bore rendering the barrel useless. For carrying and protecting spare barrel units, consisting of a barrel
MG_42
Canadian comedian and actor (born 1987)
Martin began booking gigs as part of the comedy troupe The Young and the Useless at age 13. At age 14, they started drinking and using illicit drugs. At
Mae_Martin
Swiss sculptor (1925–1991)
components Tinguely, Press pour oranges in Louvre Abu Dhabi New Realism Useless machine Rube Goldberg Museum Tinguely in Basel Chapter on Tinguely in Calvin
Jean_Tinguely
3rd episode of the 3rd season of Fargo
symbolism of the mysterious useless box Gloria finds, he felt that it "felt targeted: Who would build such a useless machine? Every time you turn it on
The_Law_of_Non-Contradiction
2018 book by David Graeber
number (from 20-60%) of all jobs are useless, less than 8% of European workers reported feeling that their job is useless, and those numbers are declining
Bullshit_Jobs
Useless structure now preserved as art
named by the Japanese artist Akasegawa Genpei in the 1980s. It refers to a useless relic or structure that has been preserved as part of a building or the
Hyperart_Thomasson
Intelligence of machines
Asimov's laws through popular culture, they generally consider the laws useless for many reasons, one of which is their ambiguity. Several works use AI
Artificial_intelligence
Swedish inventor and robotics YouTuber
Katia Pizzi, Giertz's work is the leading contemporary example of the useless machine, a type of artwork created by 20th-century artist Bruno Munari. Giertz
Simone_Giertz
Light machine gun
invulnerability" and its chief disadvantages were "its delicacy, the fact that it is useless for setting up a barrage, and also that the system of air cooling employed
Lewis_gun
Exercise machine
Weekly. Retrieved 17 May 2023. Hall, Landon (October 10, 2013). "RetroFit: Good, but useless, vibrations". Orange County Register. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
Vibrating_belt_machine
ignorant scientist and judge who is easily swayed by Fernanda Pizazzo's useless machine. Separatists of Saporia are an organization dedicated to destroying
List_of_Tangled_characters
Shell command for writing an input file or stream to standard output
cat for the former operation is just as unintuitive as, say, LISP's cdr. Useless use of cat (UUOC) is common Unix jargon for command line constructs that
Cat_(Unix)
Fictional alien race in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Vogons' battle-cry, and counter-argument to dissent, is "resistance is useless!" (cf. "Resistance is futile"). Vogon poetry is described as "the third
Vogon
Type of kinetic sculpture
movable skeletons and Bruno Munari created his "Aerial Machine" in 1929 and the "Useless Machines" in 1933, made in cardboard and playful colors. In 1920s
Mobile_(sculpture)
2009 studio album by Andrew Bird
Noble Beast shipped with a companion disc of instrumental songs, entitled Useless Creatures. This collection was made available on Bird's website in early
Noble_Beast
Musical artist
The Useless Wooden Toys aka UWT are an electro dance band from Cremona, created by Riccardo Terzi e Gilberto Girardi. They collaborated with Bugo, for
Useless_Wooden_Toys
Device able to make copies of itself
factory barges or to be placed in barren desert terrain that was otherwise useless for industrial purposes. The self-replicators would be "harvested" for
Self-replicating_machine
Group of fictional characters
damage to Mekaneck's neck. In the 2002 series, Mekaneck occasionally feels useless and wishes he had better superpowers than just an extending neck. This
List of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe characters
List_of_He-Man_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe_characters
Social media platform owned by Meta
Sarah (July 2, 2025). "Meta users say paying for Verified support has been useless in the face of mass bans". TechCrunch. Retrieved March 16, 2026. Joon-hyun
List of characters appearing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Retrieved November 18, 2019. "Marvel Cinematic Universe characters who are useless". Looper.com. December 5, 2017. Archived from the original on December
Characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: M–Z
Characters_of_the_Marvel_Cinematic_Universe:_M–Z
Global conflict (1939–1945)
accused Hitler of planning world conquest and ruled out any negotiations as useless, calling for the United States to become an "arsenal of democracy" and
World_War_II
2010 American film
180 Degrees South: Conquerors of the Useless, or simply 180° South, is a 2010 documentary directed by Chris Malloy that covers the journey of Jeff Johnson
180 Degrees South: Conquerors of the Useless
180_Degrees_South:_Conquerors_of_the_Useless
Two-volume nonfiction book by Lewis Mumford
and political power as a unified community of interpretation rendering useless and eccentric life-enhancing values. Subversion of this authoritarian kingdom
The_Myth_of_the_Machine
Wildlife documentary television series parts
something far out of his element – the anaconda. With his usual methods useless to track down this monster, Wade must trek into the anaconda's lair himself
List of River Monsters episodes
List_of_River_Monsters_episodes
Belgian neo-conceptual artist
that everything in modern life is pointless. The most useless object he could create was a machine that serves no purpose at all, besides the reduction
Wim_Delvoye
Major World War II battle in the Pacific Theater
Operations William V. Pratt stating that the island was useless to the Army as a staging base and useless to the Navy as a fleet base. The island's airfield
Battle_of_Iwo_Jima
1816 opera by Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution (Italian: Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione [il barˈbjɛːre di siˈviʎʎa osˈsiːa liˈnuːtile
The_Barber_of_Seville
Computer code that is never executed
2012-03-10. Retrieved 2020-05-06. [1] Archived 2020-05-20 at the Wayback Machine DO-178B DO-178B Wikipedia/DO-178B. Debray, S. K., Evans, W., Muth, R.,
Dead_code
Trademark jingle used by NBC
by Isaac Hayes (1971) "Twist On The 4th Chime" by Trunks on the album "Useless" (2007) Jingle packages: "NBC Stations" by Edd Kalehoff "It's a New Day"
NBC_chimes
Home computer and electronics manufacturer
Commodore's new acquisition and the source for its next generation of computers useless. The resulting court case lasted several years. Commodore introduced a
Commodore_International
Inherent difficulty of computational problems
n^{15}} , it is unreasonable to consider it efficient and it is still useless except on small instances. Indeed, in practice even n 3 {\displaystyle
Computational complexity theory
Computational_complexity_theory
Species of plant
unpalatable nature and is an invasive species that renders pastureland useless, since cattle will starve even in its abundance. It is the source of an
Cymbopogon_nardus
Mechanical machine for arithmetic operations for absolute calculators
de la légitime et nécessaire alliance de la théorie avec l'art" "...a useless piece, perfectly clean, polished and well filed on the outside but so imperfect
Mechanical_calculator
Machine instruction that indicates to a computer to do nothing
required, some such null statement can be used. The null statement is useless by itself, but it can have a syntactic use in a wider context, e.g., within
NOP_(code)
No. Title Original release date 1 "Meeting With a Small Machine" Transliteration: "Chiisa na Mashin to no Deai" (Japanese: 小さなマシンとの出会い) March 2, 2011 (2011-03-02)
List of Danball Senki episodes
List_of_Danball_Senki_episodes
2005 compilation album by Shai Hulud
Retrospective Or: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Release Bad and Useless Recordings is a compilation album by hardcore punk band Shai Hulud. It
A_Comprehensive_Retrospective:_or_How_We_Learned_to_Stop_Worrying_and_Release_Bad_and_Useless_Recordings
2024 American animated film
admitted the film is entertaining but found the plot overcrowded with useless characters: "One thing is absolutely certain: We haven't seen the last
Despicable_Me_4
Aircraft developed before the modern aeroplane
between Paris and Beuvry, despite the man-powered propulsive devices proving useless. In January the next year Jean Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries crossed
Early_flying_machines
1978 novel by Yury Dombrovsky
The Faculty of Useless Knowledge (Russian: Факультет ненужных вещей, romanized: Fakultet nenuzhnykh veshchey) is a novel by Yury Dombrovsky about the
The Faculty of Useless Knowledge
The_Faculty_of_Useless_Knowledge
American daily newspaper
predictions and scorn for polling—having stated that punditry is "fundamentally useless", comparing him to Billy Beane, who implemented sabermetrics in baseball
The_New_York_Times
2008 studio album by Useless ID
Broken Bones is the sixth full-length studio album by Israeli punk band Useless ID. It is the band's first album on the Suburban Home label, and was released
The_Lost_Broken_Bones
and the Ham-Hams must find out who sent the letter to Laura. 250 "It's Useless! Zack and his Mom" Transliteration: "Tottoko Akan De! Okan to Sadakichi"
List_of_Hamtaro_episodes
Ancient Greek goddess
grievances, discredited the pebble divination by rendering the pebbles useless. Apollo's words became the basis of an ancient Greek idiom. Athena was
Athena
Test of a machine's ability to imitate human intelligence
that we should not be surprised that a philosophical idea turns out to be useless for practical applications. He observes that the philosophy of AI is "unlikely
Turing_test
When Sam says she already got Aunt Hagatha to babysit, Esmeralda feels useless. Larry comes by and says that the dinner is off as client Elliott Norton
List_of_Bewitched_episodes
British Army corps of 1915–1922
convincingly a belief to hold that the machine gunners were in effect hiding behind the front lines while uselessly firing into the air, making a show instead
Machine_Gun_Corps
Wasurete wa Ikenai Mono o Shiwa ni Kizamu) Lesson 610. "A Machine That's Learned to be Useless is Called a Piece of Junk (Or a Human)" (無駄を覚えた機械を人間という,
List_of_Gintama_chapters
British musician (born 1961)
third charity gala took place in March 2015. Suggs is a member of the Useless Information Society (founded 1995), a society of journalists, writers and
Suggs
Semiconductor light source
above the knee. Nitride-based LEDs have a fairly steep I/V curve and are useless for this purpose. Although LED forward voltage is far more current-dependent
Light-emitting_diode
bad mortgages in the valley. That will make the Cannonball's services useless. The Shady Rest is going to host a Monte Carlo night as a modest fundraiser
List of Petticoat Junction episodes
List_of_Petticoat_Junction_episodes
President of the United States from 1901 to 1909
trade led to an interdependent world that would make war expensive and useless. However, an opposing faction, led by Roosevelt, ridiculed arbitration
Theodore_Roosevelt
American diplomat and politician (1923–2023)
public relations disaster for Kissinger as he agreed that Vietnam was a "useless war", implied that he preferred to have dinner with Lê Đức Thọ over Nguyễn
Henry_Kissinger
Public transit payment system (1994–2025)
contractor Cubic. Off-the-shelf reader/writers for standard cards are useless to read from or write to MetroCards without mechanical modification and
MetroCard
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
economy could no longer supply. The Confederate cotton crop became nearly useless, which cut off the Confederacy's primary income source. Critical imports
American_Civil_War
Italian artist and designer (1907–1998)
sculptural works which would unfold in the coming decades, including his useless machines, and his abstract-geometrical works. After World War II Munari disassociated
Bruno_Munari
1988 Internet worm
thousand computers were infected within fifteen hours. These machines were dead in the water—useless until disinfected. And removing the virus often took two
Morris_worm
and appearing out of nowhere to attack Autobots. Not too smart; would be useless without Megatron's or Starscream's supervision. Has a unique ability to
List of The Transformers characters
List_of_The_Transformers_characters
2012 film by Rupert Sanders
village populated by women who have disfigured themselves to make themselves useless to Ravenna. The Huntsman learns Snow White's true identity, and leaves
Snow_White_and_the_Huntsman
Locations mentioned in Homer's Odyssey
not a travel log. To attempt a quick outline of Kakridis's views, it is useless to try to locate the places mentioned in Odysseus' narrative on the map;
Geography_of_the_Odyssey
relegated to minor support work that looks good on camera, they are at best useless and at worst compound the problem when faced with a genuine emergency.
List_of_The_Boys_characters
member alive with Greek fire to prove to Philip that faith and prayer are useless and helpless in the face of true evil, and so fashions a voodoo doll to
List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters
List_of_Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_characters
English rock and jazz bassist
(Vertigo, 1973) Exit 1971 (678 Records, 2020) With Elvis Costello All This Useless Beauty (Warner Bros., 1996) Live (Rhino, 1996) Elvis Costello's Kojak Variety
Roy_Babbington
Chinese artificial intelligence company
contrast to standard Buffered I/O, Direct I/O does not cache data. Caching is useless in this case, since each piece of data read is random and is not reused
DeepSeek
Japanese manga series
Damekko Dōbutsu (Japanese: だめっこどうぶつ; lit. "Useless Animals") is a Japanese manga series by Noriko Kuwata serialized in Manga Life since the November 2001
Damekko_Dōbutsu
American actress and comedian (born 1961)
left-hand corner of the screen, which many critics panned, claiming it was useless and "did nothing for the show." Overall, the show received mixed reviews
Julia_Louis-Dreyfus
American singer and songwriter (born 1946)
co-written with Sam Shepard Seventh Heaven (1972) Early Morning Dream (1972) A Useless Death (1972) Witt (1973) The Night (1976) poems with Tom Verlaine Ha! Ha
Patti_Smith
First Minister of Scotland from 2023 to 2024
as an accountant. His paternal grandfather worked in the Singer sewing machine factory in Clydebank in the 1960s. Yousaf's mother, Shaaista Bhutta, was
Humza_Yousaf
British passenger liner that sank in 1912
he not only assumed that experienced sailors would need to be carried "uselessly" aboard ship only to lower and man the extra lifeboats, but also anticipated
Titanic
Difficulties arising when analyzing data with many aspects ("dimensions")
it makes the similarity search in high dimensions difficult and even useless (curse). Zimek et al. noted that while the typical formalizations of the
Curse_of_dimensionality
called Sex Lives of the Potato Men "mirthless, worthless, toothless, useless". The Times reviewer James Christopher dubbed Sex Lives of the Potato Men
List of 21st-century films considered the worst
List_of_21st-century_films_considered_the_worst
Single-serving website
previously "Utterly useless, absolutely brilliant". Mark Sullivan of PC World listed Zombo among the Internet's ten most useless websites, concluding
Zombo.com
2018 single by Florence and the Machine
thought that the poem was originally meant for Welch's collection book Useless Magic before becoming a song. "Hunger" was written by Welch, Emile Haynie
Hunger (Florence and the Machine song)
Hunger_(Florence_and_the_Machine_song)
President of Russia from 2008 to 2012
of 'true democracy'", concluding his message by saying "the US and its useless stooges should remember the words of the Bible: 'Judge not, lest you be
Dmitry_Medvedev
Argentine revolutionary (1928–1967)
truths so evident, so much a part of people's knowledge, that it is now useless to discuss them. One ought to be Marxist with the same naturalness with
Che_Guevara
Distributed version control software system
until collected Aborting operations or backing out changes will leave useless dangling objects in the database. These are generally a small fraction
Git
combination of iron, calcium and chrysotile), rendering Storm's powers useless. Asbestos Man decides to spare the Torch, having already made a mockery
List of Marvel Comics characters: A
List_of_Marvel_Comics_characters:_A
English rock musician (born 1959)
songs. We went through about five different singers – they were fucking useless, basically. I always ended up thinking, 'I could do better than this.'
Robert_Smith_(musician)
1999 film directed by Rob Minkoff
and it gets accidentally stepped on by a passerby, rendering the boat useless. He jumps into the boat and takes control himself, narrowly avoiding a
Stuart_Little_(film)
Russian oligarch and mercenary leader (1961–2023)
submachine gun". He called members of the Putin-controlled Russian parliament "useless" and said that the "deputies should go to the front", adding that "Those
Yevgeny_Prigozhin
(1995) Used Cars (1980) Used People (1992) A Useful Life (2010) Useless (2007) Useless Humans (2020) The Users (1978 TV) Usfahrt Oerlike (2015) Usha Haran
List_of_films:_U–W
British comedy television series
Sue’s son Michael ... is eventually made redundant by a machine. Yet he’s so lazy, selfish and useless it’s hard to feel sorry for him. This is a world where
Ann_Droid
American comedian and actor (born 1966)
speak up, and, unable to relate to their problems, offers them either useless advice based on his experience or no help at all. Garth – part of Garth
Fred_Armisen
French polymath (1623–1662)
about the philosophy of religion, writing that Descartes' philosophy was "useless and uncertain". He further wrote: "I cannot forgive Descartes. In all his
Blaise_Pascal
Japanese samurai and warlord (1534–1582)
his army replace their own spears with longer ones, as short spears were useless. The way spears were used in those days was for miscellaneous soldiers
Oda_Nobunaga
Fictional character
taken to some FBI vehicles, but the measures to contain him prove to be useless; Cassius escapes into the desert. In "DC All In", Cassius Payne appears
Clayface
Abrahamic monotheistic religion
"If Christ was not raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your trust in God is useless". "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and
Christianity
Free and open-source object relational database management system
products. Also available from third parties are a wide variety of user and machine interface features, such as graphical user interfaces or load balancing
PostgreSQL
American hip-hop group (1981–2012)
thereafter and was replaced by Horovitz, the guitarist of The Young and the Useless. After achieving local success with the 1983 comedy hip-hop single "Cooky
Beastie_Boys
Austrian esotericist (1861–1925)
consensus on Goethe’s scientific musings as this point was that they were useless as science and dreary as literature; in truth, no one else wanted the job
Rudolf_Steiner
September 24, 2021. "YouTube Comes To A 5-Star Realization: Its Ratings Are Useless". TechCrunch. September 22, 2009. Archived from the original on September
History_of_YouTube
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