Perception Chat
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Jake von Slatt: dropped me
Sent at 10:28 PM on Friday
Willow Bloo: Jake?
there you are
Jake von Slatt: back online
Willow Bloo: kk
Sent at 10:29 PM on Friday
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Jake von Slatt: Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
Jack: Funny
Jake von Slatt: the web-trust disscussion reminded of that. HP is full of idealized interfaces.
so is StarTrek TNG.
comic sans! Argh!
Jake von Slatt: are you there willow?
Jack: She dropped out a while ago I believe
Sent at 10:49 PM on Friday
Willow Bloo has joined.
Willow Bloo: sweet!
Jake von Slatt: got it!
Willow Bloo has left.
Willow Bloo has joined.
Jake von Slatt: can you see the history?
Willow Bloo: no
please forward it when everything's done
Jake von Slatt: it's breif:
Jack Prince: Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
Jack Prince: Funny
Jack Prince: the web-trust disscussion reminded of that. HP is full of idealized interfaces.
so is StarTrek TNG.
comic sans! argh!
Sent at 10:46 PM on Friday
Jack Prince: are you there willow?
Willow Bloo: sweet thank you
Jack Prince: Perception versus imagination?
or a cross between the two
Willow Bloo: sort of
you fill in perceptions
Jack Prince: How do we avoid this?
Willow Bloo: ooh
Jake von Slatt: do you want to?
Jack Prince: Is it possible to do one hundred percent
Willow Bloo: I'll interject when I can
for my own reference, we're at the 34:45 mark
Jake von Slatt: doom vs. zork ?
Willow Bloo: don't know zork
relevent to discussion?
Jake von Slatt: a maze of twisty littla passages, all alike?
Willow Bloo: ah
Jack Prince: Having that helping hand all the time could make us complacent or lazy.
Jake von Slatt: zork is text based
Sent at 10:57 PM on Friday
Jake von Slatt: not quite what I was going for - I'm lagging the conversation. Zork is text based - it's all fill in by imagination.
ah good!
LOL!
Sent at 10:59 PM on Friday
Jake von Slatt: Katamari Damacy syndrome - want to roll up real things
Willow Bloo: yes. listening to soundtrack is dangerous in the car
Jake von Slatt: LOL
Jack Prince: I am so lost when it comes to games. One of my downfalls.
Willow Bloo: not a downfall
Jake von Slatt: I don't play them but gamers are interesting people.
My dad is a big gamer
Jack Prince: I was a controller thrower as a child. I never recovered, and it bled over into everyother game: board, card, etc.
Sent at 11:03 PM on Friday
Jake von Slatt: actually gamers a good case studies for this - they totally immerse themselves and I'll bet that effect their view of the world when the surface again.
Jack Prince: Books can have the same effect.
Jake von Slatt: totally
Willow Bloo: yes
romance novels are an experience, not good literature
Jake von Slatt: have you read Diana Gabaldon's Outlander? is both.
Jack Prince: Action and questing. Tolkien King
No I haven't
Jack Prince: Couldn't we incorporate the buddhist definition of awareness into our daily life, so that we stay aware of the things around us.
Mindfulness
Sent at 11:08 PM on Friday
Jake von Slatt: many cases of drivers following gps into bad situations
Sent at 11:09 PM on Friday
Jake von Slatt: LOL! I got lost in Seattle a couple of days ago because I used my iPhone like a GPS. The direction I walked was determined by the orientation it came out of my pocket!
I was thinging of other things - distracted.
Willow Bloo: hee
and thank you for keeping up chatting in here
the total effect will be better if I'm getting feedback in here as well
Jake von Slatt: it's hard!
Willow Bloo: I know
Jack Prince: We should be, dare I say, trained at an early age to use what natural sense we have.
Sent at 11:13 PM on Friday
Willow Bloo: yes!
Jake von Slatt: hehehe
Sent at 11:14 PM on Friday
Jake von Slatt: and success in the marketplace -evolution of the interface itself!
call dropped
Jack Prince: yes
Willow Bloo: sorry
Jake von Slatt: Not your fault! you on Windows?
Blame Bill Gates!
Willow Bloo: I'm on a Mac
but the RAM needs to be replaced
Jack Prince: damn steve
Jake von Slatt: Linux here nooo problems! XD
Willow Bloo: fucking Steve
what kind of rapper name is Steve?
Jack Prince: s t to the eve
Willow Bloo: sorry, Flight of the Concords reference
Jake von Slatt: dropped again - gonna go get a drink - brb
Willow Bloo: arg
fixing
kk
Jack Prince: Thanks
Willow Bloo: Jake, let me know when you're back
Jack, sure thing
Jake von Slatt: I'm back.
Willow Bloo: wb
Sent at 11:22 PM on Friday
Willow Bloo: any points?
Jake von Slatt: getting back into the convo
Willow Bloo: kk
Jack Prince: Response first adrenalyn later
Sent at 11:25 PM on Friday
Willow Bloo: i think part of the response is the adrenalin
Jack Prince: I knew that I spelled that wrong. Hehe
Willow Bloo: i can't spell for crap
Jake von Slatt: Yes!
Sent at 11:27 PM on Friday
Jake von Slatt: "Fight or flight" but so much of our world requires "chill" which our bodies don't know how to do.
Jack Prince: A lot of times that is correct.
Willow Bloo: yes!
Jake von Slatt: result is stress.
Jack Prince: Practice?
Jake von Slatt: that basically right
Willow Bloo: ok
Jake von Slatt: or when someone give you a hand massage.
Jack Prince: Desensitizing
Willow Bloo: yes
Jack Prince: But is that good or bad, in the long run?
Sent at 11:32 PM on Friday
Jack Prince: Are they luring you in for something bad though?
Willow Bloo: how much do you trust the source of data?
Jake von Slatt: You been watch too many hollywood movies Jack!
Sent at 11:35 PM on Friday
Jake von Slatt: No such thing as old dogs!
Sent at 11:36 PM on Friday
Sent at 11:36 PM on Friday
Willow Bloo: 1:18":00
Jack Prince: Plenty of films. But I have seen a lot of ne'er-do-wells that try to sucker you.
Willow Bloo: (sorry, reference)
Jake von Slatt: Cultural difference i.e. Japanese UI design drives westerners crazy.
Jack Prince: Seals and Crofts?
Nevermind
Willow Bloo:
Jack Prince: Bah!
Willow Bloo: bah what?
Jack Prince: I know that there is something else, but some of us like television more than interactivity.
In game format that is
Willow Bloo: is good
I understand
it gives stories, things to talk about, etc
Jack Prince: I like thinking of life as an RPG.
Willow Bloo: we should talk about that sometime
Jake von Slatt: ;or when we are playing LJ or Myspace
Willow Bloo: yes!
Jake von Slatt: yes!
Jack Prince: Myspace ads me Stephen King constantly!
It's sentient
Jake von Slatt: The Goog is scary smart
Willow Bloo: hee
Jake von Slatt: it means that the understand people, not you in particular.
that how I wrote my college papers.
Willow Bloo: hee
yes
is that your closing remark, Jake
?
Jake von Slatt: hehe, I don't know that I really have one -
hehehe!
Willow Bloo: noooo worries
Jack Prince: Thanks for including me. Even this chat window is an amazing inclusion.
Willow Bloo: yay!
Thank you so much for joining, Jack
it means a lot
Jake von Slatt: OK: You have to make decision about what to trust, if you trust nothing your won't make progress.
Willow Bloo: I'll post to the LJ and we can chat more
Jack Prince: Academy?
Interesting
Jake von Slatt: What you trust
Thanks everyone!
Sent at 11:52 PM on Friday
Willow Bloo: Thank you Sean!
er
Jake
and Jack!
Jake von Slatt: Sean
to you.
me: Thank you
Willow Bloo: well
Jake von Slatt is typing…
Jake von Slatt: LOL! this was fun but harder than I thought it would be!
Willow Bloo: yeah
I think it'll be smoother next time
Libby says hello, and thanks you for staying on so long
Jack Prince: Patience, I am glad all of you have it.
Jake von Slatt: Hi Libby!
Jack Prince: water time...
Jake von Slatt: tough topic too, so many ways to go.
Sent at 11:57 PM on Friday
Willow Bloo: kk
Red suggests Google Talk next time
as Skype was glitchy
Jack Prince: Something new...
Willow Bloo: and wonders how the chicken nuggets were
Jack Prince: I am a former Luddite here.
Willow Bloo: Jack's all about installing new programs!
Jake von Slatt: I
ah, my KB went away. I ate chicken Shu-Mai, the kids had the nuggets
Sent at 12:00 AM on Saturday
Willow Bloo: aww
ok
alright, signing out
Jack Prince: Later
Jake von Slatt: g'bye!
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