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Windows XP is Listening

Posted by timothy on from the this-ought-to-freak-you-out dept.

jfengel writes: "According to Newsbytes, some Windows XP users are finding random words inserted into their text as they write. The problem is caused by XP's speech recongition system, which is turned on by default by some manufacturers. It's listening to the random noise you get even when the mic is turned off. Kind of an insight into your computer's subconscious, perhaps."

19 of 380 comments (clear)

  1. hey guess what? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    cheesy nudgers!

  2. Re:Err... So? by utexaspunk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    uhh... dude... it's slashdot...

  3. Re:Just like Sega... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm really not trying to troll, but is this really worth being an entire thread on Slashdot? I mean, sure it will evoke the usual diatribe of anti-Microsoft sentiment from the readers, but now an operating-system configuration issue caused by user-error is cause for concern?

    It may be thinking ... but our mods are not.

  4. MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    as "fucking moron didn't read summary"

  5. STUPID FUCKING TROLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ..STUPID FUCKING TROLL

  6. Re:A couple of million XP-users.... by Klerck · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    HA HA HILARIOUS!

    Please! Give us more of your amazing wit!

  7. .STUPID FUCKING TROLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    .....STUPID FUCKING TROLL

  8. AMISH VIRUS!!! by Alan_Thicke · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You have just received the Amish Virus!
    Since we do not have electricity or computers,
    you are on the HONOR SYSTEM!
    Please delete ALL of your files....




    Thank Thee.

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  9. This is news? by nochops · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hmmm...
    The RedHat 7.2 errata page shows no less than 37 vulnerabilities in RedHat's latest. Why is it that there's no /. story about most of those?

    Assuming that true nerds don't use Windows, like many insist, this (see above) is the real
    "News for nerds, stuff that matters".

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    1. Re:This is news? by nochops · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      By the way, I'm developing a news site which will ridicule and bash every possible aspect of *nix, for no reason at all.

      Microsoft friendly comments will get modded up, and *nix friendly comments will get modded down, so no one sees them, kinda the opposite of what happens here.

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  10. Re:Dear Government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why the hell has an idiotic post like this been modded up?

  11. Wideness by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    .hello .this .is .linus .torvolds .and .i .pronounce .linux .as .linux .and .he .wondered .why .the .word .linux .crashed .windows .xp .this .page .widening .thing .is .really .cool .but .it .only .fucks .up .certain .browsers .and .not .mine!

  12. Re:Fire Up Outlook... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh I get it, it's funny because you don't like Microsoft. Wow, that's really good! Perhaps you should shut the fuck up and crawl back into your hole, assmuncher.

  13. Re:Oops... I Widened again... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Man, you really suck at this. You just managed to make the page longer.

    Of course, it probably works on MSIE, which is why you're so proud of yourself...

  14. Re:User Error is now a news story! by TheGreenLantern · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Oh, I see what they're saying now, read it wrong. Missed the point that it wasn't necessarily inputing words a user was saying, just random words (from random noise). My bad.

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  15. This is an interesting dog fart story by BeOSFiend · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    While I balls think that OEM mommas need to ensure rabbit ears bark utilities are NOT turned on by default, ear pickles they should make it very obvious greek barf that the darned quilted charmin OPTIONAL utility is either obviously lettuce beach turned on or off howdy scream. Honestly. Bill gates rules peach pit. What the fuLunch tastes good is happenyadayadayada.?!?!?!?

  16. Re:Major Slowdown by trg83 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, I hate those no hastle installs. Proofread, moron.

  17. Re:User Error is now a news story! by Dynedain · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I use a digital sound card as well...but use the analog connectors so I can utilize the 5.1 abilities in more than just DVDs/DTS/AC3 encoded sound.....

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  18. OT -- actually.... by msbitch · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You would need the comma before "because", since it is a compound sentence. (much like the one I just wrote ;)