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03-10-2008, 01:39 PM
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| Re: News - New Microsoft instant communication service to launch next year The question is why we need more ways to invade each other's privacy? Already the expecation is that you can be called 24/7 via your mobile, and these days many people will leave their instant messenger apps running overnight in case someone needs to tell them about the latest LOLCATZ photo... I'd rather feel like I actually had some time to myself and not care about what some vauge associates who I met a couple of times could be doing something. Have you seen this? www.lolrai.com "Life is like the map for a box of chocolates, half the ones you want aren't there and those you do want never resemble their drawings" |
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03-10-2008, 01:50 PM
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| Re: News - New Microsoft instant communication service to launch next year Sounds like a waste of time and money to me. In terms of using it around the home, in my house we have a blackboard in the kitchen. If people want to leave a message for everyone then they just write it on that. In terms of letting people know you're going to be late home or something along those lines, it's easy enough to do with a group text message. I'm sure other people do similar things and I don't really see this as being an essential bit of technology that people need. To me it seems more like a gimmick. Maybe my opinion would be a bit different if it was extremely easy to use. However, some how I doubt it!  |
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03-10-2008, 02:11 PM
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| Re: News - New Microsoft instant communication service to launch next year Originally Posted by Lucio Well said 
I really detest IM clients at the moment as I'm starting to feel that the younger generations are not getting their verbal communcation skills honed up as high as they would need/desire. I feel that IM clients have a lot to do with this as hardly anyone speaks anymore. Instead it's all "MSN this" or "AIM that" and as such the standards of their verbal communications are slipping to the point now some of them speak in a monotonic style and grunt when on the phone. ---- Why do Computer Scientists get Halloween and Christmas mixed up? Because Oct. 31 = Dec. 25. |
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