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Microsoft Uses DDR Dance Pad To Stamp Spam

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ridiculous-ways-to-lose-weight dept.

writertype writes "Apparently Microsoft researchers are also DDR enthusiasts, for their StepUI research project uses a dance pad to stamp out spam from email, scroll through photographs or perform other functions. 'People really like stomping with two feet to delete spam,' said Kevin Schofield, general manager of strategy and communications at Microsoft Research." Given my inbox, I'd be ready for the '08 Olympics. If only they would make Spam Stamping a sport.

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  1. Dangerously Stupid Idea by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 1, Funny

    From TFA:
    "People really like stomping with two feet to delete spam," said Kevin Schofield, general manager of strategy and communications at Microsoft Research. "And it raises your energy level and heart beat, which is good for sedentary health issues.
    After a thousand or so spams, this 'stomping with two feet' business is going to get mighty old.

    Also, when (it's only a matter of time) one of those couch potatoes suffers a coronary after attempting to delete endless floods of spam by 'stomping with two feet', who will get sued?

    • Microsoft
    • The dance pad manufacturers
    • The spammers
    • All of the above

    I can't wait.
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