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Re: [News] [Rival] Microsoft's Latest Freaky Patent, Several Junk Patents Rejected

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Microsoft patents frustration-detecting help system
> 
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> | Is this patent a harbinger of a dystopian future where computer users'
> | biorhythms will be monitored to increase efficiency? Unlikely. The idea,
> | which was birthed at Microsoft Research, is simply a more advanced
> | version of user focus group testing that Microsoft (and most other
> | software companies) have been doing for years now. Still, if your
> | employer asks you to patch on a pair of electrodes before sitting down
> | to work in the morning, my advice is to find another company to work
> | for.


Ah! Jussaminute! Are these electrodes attached to your nuts?
If so,... well... I'll think of something soon...


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> http://arstechnica.com/news.ars
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