But they found that sustainability, eco-friendliness, recyclability and even vegan-friendliness are exactly what many consumers are demanding.
But even their friendliness makes me uneasy, thanks to the ribbing they've already given my nephews, Sean, 3, and Jimmy, 5, for wearing red in a Stanford shade of cardinal.
There seems to be a friendliness, even warmth, in his relationship with these mechanical parts, which can be explained by his roots in Hibbing, Minnesota, "The Iron Range" of the USA.
A 38-year old whose friendliness survives even during the harried holiday seasons, Mr. DaCosta was born in the nation of Jamaica and grew up in Queens.
A small band of linguists, engineers and computer scientists, among others, are busy training computers to recognize hallmarks of what they call emotional speech — talk that reflects deception, anger, friendliness and even flirtation.
And to my even greater astonishment, their friendliness seeps into my reticence, and all of a sudden I find myself basking in the warmth of my own friendliness.
Bostrom suggests that this can be averted by giving the AI an overarching goal of friendliness, although even that is not without difficulty.
The conscious effort to exercise kindness and friendliness in even the simplest terms, with a polite act, a courtesy, a greeting, a kind word, consolation, expression of hope, and a good wish.
They're a common sight at protests these days, their faux friendliness made even more sinister by the fact that they are all wired for sound like mafia rats, recording everything you say as they try to buddy the rage out of you.
They are even more impressed by the friendliness of the people.
