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Re:A Little Duplex Skepticism by TeMPOraL on Saturday May 12, 2018 @08:38AM (#17053786)
> Oh come on Gruber, it was a tech demo.

Yup. Isn't playing prerecorded presentations standard operating procedure, to minimize risk of angering the demo gods? Doing a live demo is a really strong show of confidence.

Besides, tech demos are carefully crafted and not a honest evaluation of technology anyway.

Re:A Little Duplex Skepticism by hndamien on Saturday May 12, 2018 @09:49AM (#17054058)
A live demo in this case would have involved a very unpredictable human on the other end of the line that had not given consent to be recorded or release the recording.
Re:A Little Duplex Skepticism by mcphage on Sunday May 13, 2018 @12:19PM (#17059667)
Wouldn’t that issue apply to every single time Duplex is used?
Re:A Little Duplex Skepticism by hndamien on Sunday May 13, 2018 @07:29PM (#17061600)
Yes, although recorded and publicly broadcast is a lot worse.