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Well, that's a good segue into another thing you write about, which is boredom. What is the best way to deal with someone who is boring you in a conversation? That is absolutely one of the hardest questions. The basic structure of a conversation with a boring person is that you have to entertain yourself. They're not going to do it. Most people respond to [being asked], "Are there people whom you really just don't talk to?" It's a strange topic of conversation. But I found that it's almost foolproof. Of course...
...generally I manage to keep my social life strictly social." I would say what's happened with me is the same thing. People say, "How am I doing?" Or, "You better be sparkling!" I find that within about two minutes, I can jettison all that, and the other person does too. Generally speaking, I don't take out a scorecard and start grading the other person. That would be exhausting...
...year-old whiz kid? More "weird" updates for ChatRoulette, and perhaps a trip across the Atlantic. Ternovskiy told the Times he's never traveled to the U.S., but the success of his creation has attracted attention from venture capitalists. ChatRoulette might be all about skipping ahead to the next person, but Ternovskiy is already proving he's someone to watch...
...little bit of each, there's something strangely addictive about ChatRoulette. Launched in November, the site usually has more than 10,000 people logged on at any given time. You can spend hours on the site passing through an endless stream of faces and never encounter the same person twice. Using the site gets you into a rhythm, clicking and instantly passing judgment on a blur of people while they do the same to you. (See the top 10 iPhone apps...
...chopped commissions on online equity trades by about 30% to $8.95 from $12.95 a pop for individual investors, and, more importantly, streamlined the fee so that it applied across the board regardless of how frequently someone trades, how many assets the investor holds, or how many shares a person buys. In the past, customers with more than $1 million in assets and those who completed more than 120 trades a year got the lower rate, while less wealthy, less active clients were hit with higher fees. Also, under the new rules, anyone trading blocks of more than 1,000 shares...