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Rage Against the Machines

Posted by michael on from the broken-dreams dept.

wiredbeat2000 writes "Kent Norman is a cognitive psychologist and director of the Laboratory for Automation Psychology and Decision Processes at the University of Maryland. He studies -- and makes films about -- why people lose it, and smash their computers, PDAs, mice, ect. MIT's Technology Review has a story about his lab."

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  1. Re:What do you expect? by toupsie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What would I expect? For the anti-Bush folks to come up with something new. Do you understand that perpetuating this theme you are only making yourself look dumber than a chimp? For such a "creative" bunch, you have become absolutely boring and predictable.

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    Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
  2. Re:solution by subl33t · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Two men enter, one LAN leaves!
    Two men enter, one LAN leaves!

  3. Re:It is extremely irrational by KDan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No it's not. You let your anger rise to the top and take hold of your mind, et voilà! With one fell swoop you can cut your father's/son's hand off and rule the universe as father and son.

    Makes perfect sense to me.

    Daniel

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    Carpe Diem