Comments on: WTF-O-meter

By: eatme

eatme — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:56:51 +0000

are you people really having a serious discusiion on this? get a girlfriend.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:56:44 +0000

WTF? Atleast it doesn’t Twitter? or Tweet? Or whatever you’re supposed to do on twitter. Twitter is gay…

By: Chemlight

Chemlight — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:43:24 +0000

Out of curiosity, is it measuring air pressure through a hose? (thats what it looks like) and if so, can it tell the difference between how hard it is hit? Cuase really, that would be some useful data to track.

By: fluxster

fluxster — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:03:14 +0000

…also wire it to a “aaaaoooooooooogggaaaa” horn or a klaxon…or a Star Trek Computer voice: “warning: brain farts has exceeded maximum tolerance, implosion inevitable, self-destruct in 5 minutes, evacuate to nearest bar!!”…..man, i need some sleep

By: rivkinnator

rivkinnator — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:26:43 +0000

dude where i live that thing would wear out in less than a month and have to be replaced. i live in a boarding school with 27 other kids and so much drama inside it

By: DarkFader

DarkFader — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:27:12 +0000

wtf does that button do?

By: medix

medix — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:49:33 +0000

Heh. I considered building a bullshit detector like this about a year back using a microphone, PIC, and a large old analog temp gauge (nearly 10″ wide). Integrate the average sound intensity after being triggered and then sound an alarm / flash lights after a pre-determined time and/or change in volume level/intensity while the meter indicates the ‘depth’ of BS.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:56:22 +0000

Cool I can put this right next to my “easy” button

But then I might get them confused, forcing me to hit WTF again for my false WTF

By: R-Gu

R-Gu — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:46:25 +0000

well I guess it could be attached to the bosses face. this would alleviate a whole lot of trouble with data and extrapolation and yet still manage to get the message across.

By: cynic

cynic — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:31:13 +0000

It’s a wtf button, it’s not like it matters if it gets false data.

By: R-Gu

R-Gu — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:35:32 +0000

the issue I was addressing is that you would have useless data (in fact the whole Idea is moot) if the thing is getting hit by accident.

By: RobotGuy

RobotGuy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:14:26 +0000

Why would a WTF button widget (for example) cause people to think more than a physical button?

Have you read many internet forums? No one thinks before posting thier comments, and they have to navigate to a page, log in, type their thought, and submit it.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:06:33 +0000

yeah but saying “WTF” has no dramatic consequences compared to triggering alarms in a prison.
XD

By: R-Gu

R-Gu — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:59:27 +0000

This type of device would be better left on the PC (assuming everyone has access to one) That way you have to make a conscience decision to make such a claim.

Also: I was in jail once (or should I say this one time I was in jail) and they had these buttons around the gen pop for indoor officers to hit in case of emergency. That button got bumped into and hit on accident more often than it’s intended use.
Since then I was in jail and they now have a cover over it. It can still be used for it’s purpose but you have to make a conscience decision now.

By: Winston

Winston — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:13:45 +0000

OK, maybe my medication needs adjusting again….