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waterrockets

2011-11-18 10:12:53 AM

"getting workers to stop each other people off during meetings"

The whole thing? Accidentally?

Theaetetus

2011-11-18 10:16:56 AM

MIcrosoft ~~patents~~ applies for a patent for asshole co-worker detection software

FTFY, Subby.

sprawl15

2011-11-18 10:18:00 AM

waterrockets: "getting workers to stop each other people off during meetings"

The whole thing? Accidentally?

Ted, I swear to God, if you come into my cubicle and stop me off one more time I'm going straight to HR.

tillerman35

2011-11-18 10:20:57 AM

When I was younger, I had a crush on a co worker who I wished would stop me other off during meetings. Probably would have gotten fired for it, though.

TommyDeuce

2011-11-18 10:21:17 AM

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a new candidate for worst sentence published by a news organization in 2011.

FTFA: The filing describes a computer system that would monitor behavior in the workplace with the goal of getting workers to stop each other people off during meetings, and convincing bosses to stop bugging their direct reports on their lunch breaks, among many other bad workplace habits - but at no small cost to workplace privacy.

The fail . . . the fail . . .

/Journalism != copy & paste from press releases

markie_farkie

2011-11-18 10:21:22 AM

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OK which one of you assholes broke the server?

serial_crusher

2011-11-18 10:22:48 AM

link is busted, but there's this, with link to actual patent application.

BalugaJoe

2011-11-18 10:31:02 AM

They have the patent for zeros and ones.

toddalmighty

2011-11-18 10:41:07 AM

with the goal of getting workers to stop each other people off during meetings, and convincing bosses to stop bugging their direct reports on their lunch breaks

What this is, I don't even....

Jamdug!

2011-11-18 10:47:13 AM

with the goal of getting workers to stop each other people off during meetings, and convincing bosses to stop bugging their direct reports on their lunch breaks

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tomcatadam

2011-11-18 10:53:29 AM

Theaetetus: FTFY, Subby.

It's a software patent for a large firm. "Applied for" essentially means "received" in the larger software world, the only difference being a small matter of time.

Theaetetus

2011-11-18 11:02:22 AM

tomcatadam: Theaetetus: FTFY, Subby.

It's a software patent for a large firm. "Applied for" essentially means "received" in the larger software world, the only difference being a small matter of time.

Yes, but the claims will almost certainly be different by then.

BizarreMan

2011-11-18 11:51:51 AM

If you have to use software to detect if you or someone you work with is an asshole....you are an asshole.

Anybody who has worked in an office for more than a day knows who all the assholes are.

Larva Lump

2011-11-18 12:06:21 PM

FloydA

2011-11-18 12:18:37 PM

I'm stop each other people off during meetings, and convincing bosses to stop bugging their direct reports on their lunch breaks right now. So I'm kicking out a reply of really get these.

Doctor Jan Itor

2011-11-18 04:35:51 PM

This sounds like a giant passive aggressive message from the inventor to his boss.

Ishidan

2011-11-21 01:23:13 AM

The headline is a lot funnier if you stop at the third word.

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