It was a creepy vibe especially when strangers began knocking on my door.
This occurs even among strangers when we have no intention to connect or affiliate with the other person.
This explains, in part, the discomfort we feel when working with strangers and our propensity to turn to old friends.
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The most important lesson of Napster is that, surprisingly, people are willing to open their computers to, and share files with, complete strangers when they see value in doing so.
The best way to ensure that your company is the one getting recommended is to be responsive to customers, to prospects, and even to strangers when they, either directly or indirectly, show some interest in your company.
We fear being murdered, kidnapped, raped and assaulted by strangers, when it's far more likely that the perpetrator of such offenses is a relative or a friend.
He's not above accosting strangers: When he noticed on a recent JetBlue flight that his seatmate, a teenager, had a bag of Pirate Booty, Ehrlich grilled him for 40 minutes to determine the young man's tastes and snack preferences.
He's not above accosting strangers: When he noticed on a recent JetBlue (nasdaq: JBLU - news - people ) flight that his seatmate, a teenager, had a bag of Pirate Booty, Ehrlich grilled him for 40 minutes to determine the young man's tastes and snack preferences.
When not being accosted by curious strangers, wearers can use the eyewear to break the ice.
It still surprises her when she's recognized by strangers "I look like everybody's aunt, " she says, accurately.
"Lennox's only issue is with strangers, which is when I would muzzle him, " she said.
Because you know all the friends, family and even strangers who get excited when you talk about your idea?
Mr Howkins said Haatchi's story "brings a few tears to a few people" when his son tells it to strangers while out dog-walking.
Getting around school will be one less thing they have to worry about when the halls are crowded with strangers and they are trying to fit in and make friends.
To make complete strangers comfortable with one another when they share, some startups are turning to software.
When there were large discrepancies, even strangers were likely to show some empathy and lie to help them save face.
"When you have files exchanged between complete strangers, that is an expansive view of personal use, " says Neil Rosini, a copyright attorney and legal counsel for MyPlay.com.
And no, serving spoon is used only in the strictest settings with strangers or acquaintances, or when you want to look neat and polite, or in the more-well-mannered families.
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So when it became clear that networking with strangers was going to be an integral part of my experience with a game like New Super Mario Bros U, I cursed our interconnected world and tried to steer clear.
That these moves have made Israel dependent on the kindness of strangers was made clear this week when Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni instructed Israel's ambassadors to launch a campaign to convince the international community that Israel and the Palestinians are making great strides in their negotiations toward the establishment of a Palestinian state.
The whole family has come to look forward to our Friday-night ritual, and I can see our children's religious pride in all sorts of situations, such as when my 3-year-old daughter tells strangers in the grocery store that her blankie, named Pinkie, is Jewish.
Some locals say they have resorted to lowering their voices in public when discussing the recall to avoid setting off arguments with strangers.
When I was young, I hitchhiked through Europe, staying with strangers I met along the way.
When flags were hanging from front porches all across America, and strangers became friends.
The idea is to give users (not to mention nefarious strangers) the impression they have control of the machine, when really they are dealing with a simulacrum created entirely in software.
Incredible Shrinking Woman syndrome is almost par for the course when women are shoved into the limelight and mercilessly dissected by millions of strangers about each outfit they wear and every pound they gain or lose.
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The three strangers meet on their homeward journey and agree to share a car when flights out of JFK are suspended after a power outage.
It's strangers by whom we fear being murdered, kidnapped, raped and assaulted, when it's far more likely that any perpetrator of such offenses is a relative or a friend.
As the hours ticked by, small groups of strangers huddled in the cold trying to piece together what was happening and more importantly, when they could go home.
"The Pianist" mirrors some of the French-born, Polish Jewish director's real life when he escaped from Krakow's Jewish ghetto as a child and lived off the charity of strangers until reuniting with his father years later.
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