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"nontrivial adj. 

Requiring real thought or significant computing power. Often used as an
understated way of saying that a problem is quite difficult or
impractical, or even entirely unsolvable ("Proving P=NP is nontrivial").
The preferred emphatic form is `decidedly nontrivial'. See trivial,
uninteresting, interesting." 


uninteresting adj. 

1. Said of a problem that, although nontrivial, can be solved simply by
throwing sufficient resources at it. 2. Also said of problems for which
a solution would neither advance the state of the art nor be fun to
design and code."


http://www.jargonfile.com/jargon/html/entry/nontrivial.html
http://www.jargonfile.com/jargon/html/entry/uninteresting.html


Speaking as a programmer, I don't find either "evil problems" or "non
trivial" problems fun at all. Difficult problems are fun but intractable
problems lose their appeal all too quickly. Especially ones that involve
creating bloated systems that try and be all things for all men just
because sales and marketing feel the need to charge a million quid for
what amounts to a CVS tree and a templating system.

Simon

-- 
the test for truth is still quicker than the addition