[TeMPOraL]

> 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.

[hndamien]

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.

[mcphage]

Wouldn’t that issue apply to every single time Duplex is used?

[hndamien]

Yes, although recorded and publicly broadcast is a lot worse.