They Finally Found Out We Like Our Computers 184
I'm Not There (1956) writes "Sociologist Clifford Nass is talking about how people think of their computers as something like human beings. In one of his experiments, Nass found that people are more willing to 'help' computers when the computer helped them previously: 'When people were then asked to help optimize the screen resolution on a computer where the program had been "helpful," they were much more likely to do so than with the less helpful version.' He also found that people evaluating software's performance were more forgiving if the evaluation was done on the same computer the software was tested on. Nass has recently published the book The Man Who Lied to His Laptop, in which he 'uses our interactions with machines to investigate how human relationships could be improved.'"
Re:I don't know how to maturely discuss this. (Score:2, Insightful)
Sexbot? Bah. I'd rather have a Persocom anyday. Not only are they cuter, they will do the laundry and cook.
Remember that time? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:A proposition (Score:3, Insightful)
I guess you either haven't dealt with a women and/or used Windows lately.
More willing to "help"? (Score:1, Insightful)
I'd say if the "program wasn't helpful", people wouldn't want to waste their time "optimizing" a lousy computer/OS. Much like they don't want to polish a turd.
Re:A proposition (Score:1, Insightful)
I propose forcing women to think like computers instead of like women. They would be much easier to interact with.
Given that your reaction to an unrelated article is a misogynistic 'joke,' the difficulties in your relations with women might not be on their end.
Re:A proposition (Score:3, Insightful)
I don't think that's very misogynistic. While not disagreeing with your assessment, it's true that I can go out with a woman, learn all about the way she likes to be treated, what turns her on, off, etc, and then think I've got it all figured out. I'll go out with another, apparently similar, woman, and everything I know is now wrong. I give the same set of inputs, and I receive completely different outputs. Sometimes even faults, errors, and outright crashes. Sometimes it doesn't even have to be a different woman, just a different time or day. I do the same things I was doing a while ago, and I get a completely different response with no apparent rhyme or reason that I can detect prior to opening my mouth, all of a sudden there's just a purse flying at my head.
Contrast that with writing code. No matter what computer I run a certain program on, if I give it the same inputs I'm guaranteed to get the same outputs, because the computer is doing the exact same thing the other one was (I realize it's not that simple, but you know what I'm saying).
Contrast that with men, even. If you find a guy, and you figure out that he enjoys having a few beers out, followed by a blowjob, it's reasonably fair to assume that at any point in the future if you repeat your actions, he's going to respond the same way. Hell, I've been with women that I've slept with several times who one night decide they don't want to have sex right in the middle of sex. And yes, I'm sure you're thinking that's also my fault, but they did come back after the first several times.
That's all I meant. I wasn't trying to be misogynistic, Sweet Cheeks. No reason to get your panties in a bunch.
Re:A proposition (Score:3, Insightful)
I wasn't trying to be misogynistic
Yeeeaaah, that's kinda what I was talking about. Congrats though, now I just figure you're not that great with people in general, most men I know are more interesting than you portray them too.
Re:A proposition (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:A proposition (Score:3, Insightful)
I've never understood this 'women are hard to understand" thing. It seems pretty easy to me, since they are just humans, after all. Perhaps if you spent less time thinking about sex you might notice what's going on?
Re:Never anthropomorphize computers ... (Score:3, Insightful)
Nah, what they hate and what they like alternates in a completely random fashion.
Except for clothes shopping. They may say they hate it but that doesn't stop them from inspecting every garment in the store.
Re:A proposition (Score:3, Insightful)
I propose forcing women to think like computers instead of like women. They would be much easier to interact with.
Given that your reaction to an unrelated article is a misogynistic 'joke,' the difficulties in your relations with women might not be on their end.
Aww c'mon, mod this up, she got him good :D
He was saying he had trouble interacting with women, and she kicked him in the teeth. That's not a win for feminism.