Slog - Comments on Don't Worry! It�s Only a Terrible Nightmare!

Comment by subwlf

subwlf — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:40:06 -0800

S-C-A-R-Y
Scary!!!
I want one. For myself. Who wouldn't want to keep track of all that for oneself?
Oooh... One for my boyfriend!
Then I will really know who my boyfriend is looking at and just how he feels about it!! YEAH!!

Comment by raindrop

raindrop — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:46:03 -0800

I'm totally appalled that my employer is doing this.

Comment by keshmeshi

keshmeshi — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:49:59 -0800

The system could �automatically detect frustration or stress in the user� and �offer and provide assistance accordingly�.

So that stupid little paperclip guy is going to pop up every time I get a little stressed out? Great. Thanks a lot Microsoft.

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:53:15 -0800

Microsoft is dead.

Comment by raindrop

raindrop — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:04:50 -0800

No, it's not dead Mr. Poe. It's a great corporation making great software. Just some in MS Research are taking themselves too seriously and need to get a grip.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:06:54 -0800

Aren't there easier ways to detect when one's employees are surfing pr0n?

Comment by Greg

Greg — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:20:22 -0800

This software would be so easy, and so fun, to spoof. Hyperventilate a bit, make angry faces, then relax your face and slow your breating down to a normal rhythm. Do this in cycles every minute or two.

That, or take a hammer to each and every one of the sensors.

Comment by Original Andrew

Original Andrew — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:22:37 -0800

Oh please. It'll work twice, then repeatedly crash until people give up on it altogether after a hail of squealing and cussing.

It'd only be scary if Apple built it, then hapless, candy-colored marketing-susceptible employees would be begging to have Big Sister's private eyes watch their every move.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:23:43 -0800

And after that take a hammer to every middle-management fuck-up who thought stealing your vital signs was a good and bleeding edge idea....

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:34:41 -0800

@3:

I have a feeling you'd be seeing more of that cute lil' tail-wagging puppy instead!

And you know, I'd be down with this - IF - employees were similarly allowed to monitor their supervisors' biometric data - like for example the drop in pulse rate and BP when said manager is napping at their desk, or the increased stress levels caused when for example they're really buzzing along on that 12th level of Tetris, or, when they're checking their stock portfolio for the twentieth time that day while the market is tanking again.

After all, fair is fair, right?

Comment by K

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:55:21 -0800

Bombarded with "your employee is making a face" or "is stressed" a hundred dozen times a day, the average manager would either ignore it, quit, or fire the employee.