exactly. automation has been happening at the current minimum wage levels (see: self checkout at stores).

they are just trying to give cover to something they'd already been planning on doing.

just have the system scan for curse words. easier than detecting emotion, and probably more accurate to determine when people are hating the IVR.

remember to get exercise and eat well, too. if you do nothing but sit in front of the computer all day and eat terrible food you'll put yourself in a position where it's easier to injure yourself... taking care of your body means more than just getting some ergonomic equipment. if you develop good habits now, they'll last you for a lifetime.

"This attack is hardware specific, but unfortunately, it is specific to Intel's popular DQ35 motherboards."

that seems unfortunate only to those who have a DQ35 motherboard. for everyone else, it's fortunate that it's specific to just those boards.

content owners have made it difficult to obtain hi def tv inputs for computers. all the cheap ones you can get will only import SDTV over the wire. the cheap HDTV ones only bring in OTA HDTV, which is useless for your purposes. you'd have to move up to professional input cards (and prices) to get HDTV input over the wire.

perhaps instead of trying to monitor the video output, you could monitor the power output (with intelligent power bars and the xbox power cable somehow locked into the power bar).