This is a set of awards to people in the computing industry who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in showing that they have what it takes to obliviously go through life without a clue.

 

September 2005 - Gabe Newell

For his continuing efforts to treat customers like criminals and idiots, and his determination to ensure that spyware becomes a viable distribution model. His Steam system helped legitimate customers go through days of aggravation whilst crackers were up and running within hours. If anything proves the success of this distribution model it is that it makes life so difficult for legal purchasers that soon everyone will be preferring cracked copies to purchased ones.