“Nowadays, it is possible to perform various forms of Low-Impact listening via the telephone. The advent of technological advances such as computer games and online services (like ones that let you check stocks) have enabled Low-Impact listeners to endure family phone calls much longer than in the past. Dangers include mouse clicks, heavy typing, or a sudden loud buzzer that goes off when you have finished Boggle.” PastFormGamesDangerListeningComputerLowsImpactEndurePhonesVariousHeavyFinishedChecksLoudOnlineListenersTechnologicalMiceTelephonesClicksPhone CallsAdventTypingComputer GamesBuzzers Author:Sandra Tsing Loh
“One view of photography is that it is a zen-like act which captures reality with its pants down - so that the vital click shows the anatomy bare. In this, the photographer is invisible but essential. A computer releasing the shutter would always miss the special moment that the human sensibility can register. For this work, the photographer's instinct is his aid, his personality a hindrance.” HumansMomentsShowsRealityViewsSpecialMissingPersonalityEssentialsComputerPhotographyInstinctPhotographerAidsInvisibleCapturePantsSensibilityClicksRegisterAnatomyHindranceShuttersSpecial MomentsZen Like Author:Peter Brook
“Social engineering is using deception, manipulation and influence to convince a human who has access to a computer system to do something, like click on an attachment in an e-mail.” HumansSocialInfluenceComputerAccessDeceptionConvinceAttachmentManipulationMailEngineeringClicksSocial EngineeringComputer Systems Author:Kevin Mitnick
“Why pay a fee for Internet content when a million free sites are just a click away? There's no incentive until people are too addicted to the Net to turn off their computers, yet are bored with what's available.” PeopleTurnsPayMillionsInternetComputerAvailableBoredSiteIncentivesClicksFeesTurn Off Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“Nobody reads the disclosures that roll down your computer screen. You click 'I agree' but you don't know what you're agreeing to.” KnowsComputerAgreeScreensClicksDisclosureComputer Screen Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb