This is so moving, I'm glad you've shared it. I wish the mainstream media could give a little nudge to this site, this is humane news coverage.

Pardon my poor English, but didn't you mean "podometer" to measure distance (as opposed to "odometer" which would rather be about measuring smell)?

Why do we never get this in the UK? Does someone have a cluse why it's always US-only, and whether there are similar offers in _la grande bretagne_?

@#10/Zuzu

Er, yes? Keyboard = input. Trackpad = positioning. Scrolling is just another kind of positioning. Therefore yes, and no it's not a stupid function.

Doesn't it depend on _how_ you do or don't break eye contact, though?

If I was talking to someone looking at me straight in the eyes and never breaking eye contact to the point of wanting to blink but obviously trying hard not to, I'd tick.

But if they didn't break eye contact, save for when they're laughing, coughing, or otherwise geetting away from the storytelling, I wouldn't say they're lying.

It's also about keeping a natural eye contact--rather than look like having the mechanical device used in Clockwork Orange when the main character is strapped in front of a violent film.

Best advice: don't even think about it, and be natural. That's easier once you've established to yourself that you're not lying.

(And I'm ruthlessly degrammatising 'bitterly'.)

Coresoup, you're bitterely taking the 'wonder' out of 'wonderful'.