Have you hugged your computer today?

[Bombardier]

Not long ago, a British poll found that three quarters of people have hit their computers in frustration.

A German carmaker recalled an automobile with a computerized female voice issuing navigation information -- because many men refused to take directions from "a woman."

A study found that people try to be nice to their own computers: They are more likely to report problems with the machine when asked about it while working on a different computer.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5157544/

[DudeAsInCool]

Just gave mine a big smooch... :horny:

[Umma]

The second approach also plays on people's vanity. People usually prefer a spellchecker program that occasionally compliments them on getting a tough word right, Nass said.

:gigglin:

[slum_goddess]

In education, it's often important to deceive people -- sometimes you say, 'Boy you are really doing good,' not because you meant it but because you thought it would be helpful

holy christ, i'd never do that. y'know, there's a big difference between encouragement and bullshit and there are ways to encourage w/o having to lie to people.

[DudeAsInCool]

  Picard's research has shown that as annoyance with a computer grows, people grip the mouse more tightly and tense up in their chairs. Other studies have found that large numbers of people have kicked their computers or hurled abuse at them.

Who? Me? Actually, the idea of kicking thousands of dollars of equipment

makes little sense, but I can imagine it happens all the time

[Bombardier]