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Letter: Anger issues

Published 21 August 2013

From Martin van Raay

Using 3D gestures to command a computer, as you report (25 May, p 40), gets a 3D gesture from me: thumbs down. I am perfectly happy with the 2D gesturing on my touchpad.

What I would like a computer to do, however, is sense my anger. I get angry when I have several applications running and the computer decides how to prioritise them, not me. I want to be able to tell it which should be handled first. After all, just who’s the boss?
Culemborg, The Netherlands

Issue no. 2931 published 24 August 2013

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