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Poll: When you're working, do you talk to your computer? Лице кое објавува дискусија: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "When you're working, do you talk to your computer?".
This poll was originally submitted by DianeGM. View the poll results »
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DianeGM 
Local time: 06:19
холандски на англиски
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| Sometimes ... | Sep 27, 2014 |
A week ago I would have said 'no' but my kids who are witnesses tell an altogether different story ... so I'll go with 'sometimes'
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Thayenga
Германија
Local time: 05:19
Член (2009)
англиски на германски
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When a script doesn't respond on a webpage, thus freezing everything or when there's a browser problem. All negative, I know, but such is life. On the funny side, my computer "knows" that I'm happy with its performance.
Have a happy, laughing weekend.
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Tim Drayton (X)
Кипар
Local time: 06:19
турски на англиски
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I do shout and swear at it sometimes if it apparently does something that I did not want it to do - i.e. if I inadvertently press the wrong key, and something unexpected happens on the screen.
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| Yes, sometimes | Sep 27, 2014 |
I don’t have speech recognition software but I do talk to my computer. I must confess that I have a disturbing tendency to talk to everything that doesn’t work the way I want, be it computer, printer, coffee machine, vacuum cleaner, you name it!
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Mark Hamlen
Франција
Local time: 05:19
француски на англиски
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| Only to swear at it | Sep 27, 2014 |
As soon as I say "sh*t" the dog wakes up and leaves the room. Smart dog.
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This question made me laugh.
(I do sometimes, especially when things go really bad/well)
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Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
Соединети Американски Држави
Local time: 20:19
шпански на англиски
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I talk to myself. It's possible that the computer could overhear what I say.
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Eckhard Boehle
Германија
Local time: 05:19
англиски на германски
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I first wanted to answer "no", but then I switched to "rarely" and from there eventually to "sometimes" because I remembered that when it is too slow or does things that I did not want to I do talk to "it". Unfortunately, this usually doesn't make it faster.
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Yvonne Gallagher
Ирска
Local time: 04:19
Член (2010)
француски на англиски
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as others have said it's usually to shout at it when things are going wrong or plead with it to work properly. (and my dog must be thick because she doesn't leave the room:-))
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| It's OK to talk to your computer... | Sep 27, 2014 |
...unless you start answering to it.
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Thayenga
Германија
Local time: 05:19
Член (2009)
англиски на германски
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Alexander Kupriyanchuk wrote:
...unless you start answering to it.
Well, I do that, too...on Skype.
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| And I'm not about to.... | Sep 27, 2014 |
....write down some of the things I have been known to say.
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Jennifer Forbes
Local time: 04:19
француски на англиски
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Во сеќавање на | Yes ... and sometimes it answers ... | Sep 27, 2014 |
Yes, sometimes I tick it off with "Don't KEEP DOING THAT!" or something of the sort and occasionally it answers me in a bright and annoyingly cheerful tone "Your Avast virus database has been updated!"
Worrying, isn't it?
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Gudrun Maydorn (X)
Германија
Local time: 05:19
англиски на германски
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Using speech recognition software
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