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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. Imagine a beowulf cluster of these by Travoltus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    machine breakers ...

    installed at the MicroSoft HQ... :)

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  2. PC LOAD JAM by schnits0r · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    PC LOAD JAM! WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!

    and then there is my boss, he keeps moving my desk and he took my stapler, it was a red swingline stapler and I like my stapler because it doesn't jam up like the botsch staplers, and I swear it's the last straw, if he moves my desk one more time I'm going to burn the place down. I swear it'sthe last straw...

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  3. 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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  4. Re:solution by subl33t · · Score: 1, Offtopic

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

  5. Irrational Behavior in China by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    MIT should study what is rational behavior that appears irrational. For many Chinese, supporting the integration of Tibet into "One China" is rational behavior. To us, such behavior is irrational.

    There is no way to "prove" that we are right because the issue is not mathematics. It is one of morality. We believe that raping and killing nuns and children is morally wrong.

    The Chinese take the opposite view. Before you mod me as a "troll", I suggest that you review the information at the link to the web site for "Physicians for Human Rights", which won the Nobel Peace Prize. What kind of monster would support integrating Tibet into "One China", a nation of people who use cattle prods to violate the sexuality of Tibetan children?

  6. 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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