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1. Ted Gould

   Ah, watching the sunset. I wish that I could destroy all the bugs so that I could actually be OUTSIDE watching the sunset.

   Monday, 24-Aug-09 01:01:42 UTC from Gwibber
   • Rodney Dawes

     @tedgould Also, I'm not sure what happens if your 'real name' is fairly long... like "A Pimp Named Slickback" for example.

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 01:34:11 UTC
   • Ted Gould Rodney Dawes

     @dobey We switched to username for Karmic for that very reason. We really want "First Name" but that doesn't seem to be stored anywhere.

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 01:36:17 UTC
   • Rodney Dawes

     @tedgould Classic name parsing problem. Only solution is to not do it. :)

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 01:38:57 UTC
   • Ted Gould Rodney Dawes

     @dobey For sure. The i18n issues alone are a PITA. We need to start asking "What do you want to be called?" to the user somewhere.

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 01:45:16 UTC
   • Rodney Dawes

     @tedgould We already do that, in a million different places. What we should probably not be doing, is having software that 'talks' to them.

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 02:04:54 UTC
   • Ted Gould Rodney Dawes

     @dobey Hmm, I'm not aware of one. People like hearing their name and like being called by their name. It makes them feel loved.

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 02:12:17 UTC
   • Rodney Dawes

     @tedgould The installer. And all the other places where one has to configure identity information (IM, e-mail, browsers, other clients).

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 03:03:31 UTC
   • Ted Gould Rodney Dawes

     @dobey Installer, no. Evolution, no. They all ask for "Full Name" nothing about what you want to be called. Useless info in this context.

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 03:11:26 UTC
   • Rodney Dawes

     @tedgould Generally username == nickname. Which is what people probably 'want to be called.' But I don't want my computer to call me. :)

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 21:21:41 UTC
   • Ted Gould Rodney Dawes

     @dobey Yes, except on corporate networks where username equals random number from IT. Seems to be changing, but IT still does that to users

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 21:25:16 UTC
   • Rodney Dawes

     @tedgould They also lock down your system so that you can barely do anything on the PC. But I still don't want my PC talking to me. :)

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 21:43:14 UTC
   • Ted Gould Rodney Dawes

     @dobey Is there some issue you have with friendly computers? When they take over, you'll appreciate having a little bit of politeness.

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 22:00:10 UTC
   • Joshua Blount Rodney Dawes

     @tedgould @dobey prefers cold, tiny and mean!

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 22:02:45 UTC
   • Rodney Dawes

     @tedgould "I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that Dave." <- I don't think the politeness goes very far...

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 22:03:43 UTC
   • Rodney Dawes Joshua Blount

     @stickwithjosh I prefer interacting with people. Electrons are a means of facilitating that communication. Not for replacing it.

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 22:08:20 UTC
   • Ted Gould Rodney Dawes

     @dobey Maybe you missed the point of the movie. It was heroic how he overcame politeness to try and save that ship. Simply heroic.

     Monday, 24-Aug-09 22:45:10 UTC
   • Rodney Dawes

     @tedgould I overcome politeness every day. :)

     Tuesday, 25-Aug-09 02:49:06 UTC