Consonants Not Required

billybob2001 writes: "A report at the BBC explains how voice-control of computers can be more successful using grunts and sighs, as "voice recognition programs often failed to accurately capture words". Dr Takeo Igarashi, of Brown University suggests the use of "ahhhh" for skipping tracks on a cd, or adjusting tv volume, but I wonder what the effect would be on pr0n sites? Another suggestion is "uh oh" for undo. Perfect for online banking. Is this going to confuse your system or what?"

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Undo command

[Shafalus]

Surely "Ah, shit!" is the obvious choice for an undo command?

A potential timeline:

[Noer]

2020: Computers everywhere are controlled by grunts, moans, sighs, and snorts.

2040: Computers are finally small enough that they're all embedded into our environments, but neural interfaces don't work, so we still grunt and snort into our computers, but it looks like we're just grunting and snorting in general. People use computers exclusively, and never talk to one another; thus, language is lost and we just grunt and snort a lot.

2060: aliens visit hoping to find intelligent life, but instead find a bunch of snorting, grunting apes. They leave.