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newscientist.com - 8/21/2008

Robot tells human off for doing it wrong

— newscientist.com — The video below shows a scenario that is likely to become real as industrial robots improve: a... human and a robot work together to assemble an object from its parts. But in the clip from the University of Minho , Portugal, not everything is going to ... (more) Robot tells human off for doing it wrong

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lifehacker.com - 8/25/2008

Dial A Human Cuts Through Automated Phone Prompts [Phones]

— lifehacker.com — When you've just about had it with an incorrect bill, a faulty product, or anything else you... have to call a 1-800 number for, waiting for the automated operator to finish listing all the buttons you... (more) Dial A Human Cuts Through Automated Phone Prompts [Phones]

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Skip Through Automated Phone Prompts
SolSie.com — ... You probably find 99% of the times when you dial to an institution in the US is to speak to a real person. But the process is often very lengthy and frustrating to get you the right person to talk to. All the companies now have automated  phone prompts to cut down on operator costs unless it is really justified. I ran across to this site Dialahuman , which gives you some great convenient shortcut to get to the real human operator. ...

Website of the Day: DialAHuman
GeekSugar — ... But DialAHuman is like my Prozac now because it's a website with an extensive database of phone numbers and button combos that give you, yes, living breathing humans, so you can bypass that creepy fake voice telling you to press numbers for lord knows what. ...

Direct Line Takes You Straight to an Operator [Featured IPhone Download]
Lifehacker — ... appears to just stick with the old hit-zero-until-it-goes-to-a-human trick, but in most of my tests it worked really well. Aside from the convenience of going straight to the operator, it's also just a nice repository of phone numbers for your utilities. The biggest downside: Direct Line will set you back $.99 from the App Store so it's not free, but it is definitely cool. Don't have an iPhone but still want to get to an operator with minimal effort? Try previously mentioned Dial a Human .