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Trepia: A Buddy List Of Strangers
An anonymous reader writes "Trepia has released an IM client that automatically populates itself with people who happen to be around you. Something that has been done before by Apple with iChat, but Trepia claims to be 'iChat on crack' in this article featuring the software. This could have potentially revolutionary social effects..."
WTF? You mean that 19 year old stripper is my retired next door neighbor Frank?
Kind of an interesting idea though. Although I can already imagine the pedos listing N'Sync and Lizzie McGuire as their "interests"...
"But Mom, he was my "buddy"..."
I have seen people use an analog-computational version of this software, it is quite amazing and fascinating.
People will congregate in a room without computers, and visually scan each other. Using complex protocols that frankly I couldn't reverse engineer at the time, they come together and begin speaking. Not with VoIP or anything, they speak directly through the air, using a sort of discovery protocol by which they learn about each other's interests and capabilities. Amazing!
I must learn more about this technology. Kudos to this inventor!
And I'm glad he patented his novel technology, which is nothing at all like any of the many similar technologies that do the exact same thing.
Yeah, works very well...i'm in Cincinati, OH and it's giving me people in Washington and California. Maybe there's just no one on it except those ten people.
"Men lie."
"Yeah, about sleeping with other women, but never about bioluminescent plankton."
-Dan Brown
This could have potentially revolutionary social effects..."
Japan and Korea have had pagers and phones that do this for some time now, and outside of an increase in accidental meetings at the mall, society has moved right along w/narry a related blip.
Besides, when the x-wife gets within striking distance of my wallet, the hair goes up on the back of my neck, and I doubt I'm the only one with this kind of proximity alert. No news here....move along.
In the interests of transparency and honesty I would set my interests as "hot chicks who like getting naked on cam".
Hmmm.
I can't wait to use this to meet linux booth babes, I just hope they don't end up being 17 year old slashdot trolls.
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I see that we share the same interests! Fast cars! ....would you like to buy me a Corvette?
How about sharing that pizza you just bought? Can I sell you some magazine subscriptions? Would you like to see a vacuum cleaner demonstration? Can I interest you in some stocks and bonds? Do you want to lose weight while sleeping? Were you born with a too small unit? Do you need your lawn mowed? Can you give me ride to work? Can you give me a job? Can you give me money?
When a company claims being "on crack" as a major advantage, I think it's clear that the US war on drugs has failed miserably.
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To all the ladies on Trepia who are about to be inundated with indecent propositions from me and my fellow slashdot geeks; I apologize in advance.
Mod my comments down. It'll be fun.
I just downloaded it, registered, looked around it for a little bit and then uninstalled it.
Does that make me anti-social?
If only the girls you'll meet with this software would look like this screenshot at Trepia.com. I subscribed to Match.com once. I know better. :)
And I'm in San Luis Obispo, CA and I don't see you online! :)
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I don't think its hit a single person within 250 miles of me and im smack in the center of the damn US.
I think I found your problem...
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[Connected] There are 41 people in your area.
Male: 40
Female: 1
Something's wrong here.
Nope. "All A is A"... are an infinite number of sentences begining with "All" that are true.
Also, "All sentences begining with 'All' are wrong." is itself wrong.
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I'm in downtown, near sunset beach. Maybe slashdot works better?
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you evil people
/.'ed their registration server
you've
how am i supposed to find that good looking girl next door now, huh?
Don't be negative and think of the advantages. These said spammers would be within your WiFi range, which means you have the option of hunting down these idiots in the vicinity and beating them senselessly with an Aluminium Notebook for disturbance.
So now people will be able to get to know other people in the same physical place with them.
Truly revolutionary!
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
how am i supposed to find that good looking girl next door now, huh?
Umm, go next door and knock on the door???
Bizarre Concept, I know, but try it
Burma?
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The Latin plural for virus would have been viri, but it wasn't used because the Latin for men was also viri (plural of vir). So reading the earlier post as "I think it will lead to another IM spam engine and more men " is possibly closer to the mark for most /. readers.
Yeah. That's really what I want to do. Meet people in my area that share my interests. Ever heard of a users group?
Develop an app that gets rid of the people around me. That I would pay for.
ok, this is just enough. someone "in my vicinity" called "goatse" with a profile of "first post" has a picture of the BAM. damn, it's been a few hours and already being abused horridly.
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Does anybody actually ask for an id from a potential mate before going out with them? Looks I've found can be highly deceiving.
I can just imagine being in the middle of making out.. her hands slip into your pants and yours into her shirt.. you start removing clothing.. and then just as you both are naked you say, "By the way, can I see an id?"
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