Tablet PC Rorschach Inkblot Test

LPH writes "ESC Technologies just put up a funny series of images that they ran through the Tablet PC recognition software." Perhaps these tablets need a "doodle" setting.

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In related news...

[JessLeah]

They fed the software, produced by Redmond titan Microsoft Corporation, a digital image of the Earth. The software interpreted this as "OURS"...

Q & A (Pre-Coffee)

[ekrout]

Q: Can the Tablet PC store the value of Pi to 1.24 trillion digits?
A: No.

Q: Does the scribble recognition software in the Tablet PC work?
A: The short answer is 'no'. The long answer is 'just barely'.

Q: So does the Tablet PC increase productivity and make busy professionals more reliable at their work?
A: The short answer is 'no'. The long answer is "Does a 12 cylinder car get you from Philly to New York any faster than a 6 cylinder auto?". The answer to that query, of course, is 'no'; all drivers must obey the same speed limit.

Re:Q & A (Pre-Coffee)

[Bastian]

But Intel and Microsoft told me if I get a snazzier PC the Internet will run faster!

Re:Q & A (Pre-Coffee)

[donutello]

Q: Have you ever used the Tablet PC or do you know anything about it?
A: The short answer is 'no'. The long answer is that I know that I'll get modded up on Slashdot as long as I somehow make fun of Microsoft.

Re:handwriting recognition...

[agent0range_]

(a humad transcribing what I had written probably would have thought the same thing.)


Was that a typo, or bad handwriting recognition?

I like the interpretation of the laptop

[GeckoFood]

The article shows laptop computer image translating to "Oil It". Maybe that's why the keys on my laptop keep sticking, I keep forgetting to oil them?

Re:I like the interpretation of the laptop

[windex]

stop spanking it using the laptop, you might burn your penis.

Re:"a series of images"

[SuperDuG]

So because it's in a FAQ, that means it must be followed and /. can't be held responsible? Think about what you are saying here. That because the editors of slashdot have placed the information about my post in a FAQ that they are unable to resolve the problem and will of course not be liable for anything they do socially, morally, or legally?

okay ... here's a FAQ question to add.

Q: Why do you insist on selling crack to children?

A: Simple, children are more likely to get hooked at a younger age and will be less likely to turn us in to the cops.

does this make it inherintly right because it's written in a FAQ?? well ... does it???

My face, its food?

[Anonymous Coward]

So, does this mean the tablet will try to eat my face when I'm sleeping?

Check out what it did to a pic of slashdot!

[GNU Zealot]

After a bit of trying, here's something rather amusing I've come up with using it...

http://guh.nu/temp/slashdot.html

Now does the abbreviation stand for F.irst P.ost or F.irst P.icture? Can anyone else come up with some neat translations? (I guess it would be easier if more people had access to the software...)

Re:Check out what it did to a pic of slashdot!

[Hektor_Troy]

Can anyone else come up with some neat translations?

Fucking Pathetic

Re:handwriting recognition...

[CoderDevo]

(a humad transcribing what I had written probably would have thought the same thing.)

The tablet's advances in handwriting recognition is not the result of better software, but actually due to including a wireless internet connection. Windows XP Tablet PC Edition is configured by default to send your handwriting in real-time to their MS Transcription Services .NET facility in Pune, India. There, a handwriting transcriber, from a current pool of 40,000, will read your penned image and type back the appropriate ascii which is sent back to your tablet PC screen. When ever possible, the service sends your text to the same desk where that person learns your style. If the initial transcriber cannot make sense of the text, then they immediately pass it on to the next. After 3 jumps through journeymen, it goes to a master transcriber who makes a final decision.

This new facility is a key instrument for Microsoft solidifying its hold on the Indian market since it employs so many.

So really, it is no surprise at all that your latest experience with handwriting recognition is so good. Enjoy it while it lasts. Unfortunately, this is just another example of a Microsoft product that doesn't scale.

When machines don't know what they are doing?

[bstadil]

This is slightly o/t but too funny to pass up and the site is ./'ed anyway. Head over to The Register and read a story about Amazon's personalization gone bongers. I almost choked my morning coffee.

Re:When machines don't know what they are doing?

[Anonymous Coward]

Kind of makes you wonder what's on Pat Robertson's TiVo.

Re:"a series of images"

[Anonymous Coward]

Mod -1 OffTopic -1 OverRated -1 Troll ... you may mod me however you see fit, but realize that these moderations will not surprise me ....

Sir, I admire your noble fight against the tyranny of moderation. Your elloquent statement will serve to catalyze the revolution against our moderating overlords.

Your brave and stoic acceptance of the moderators' injustice will surely martyr you and make you the symbol of our fight against the oppressive moderating elite.

Let the blood of moderators water the tree of free speech!

I stand behind you, SuperDuG.

Other humorous M$ software errors

[EaTiN cOfFeE bEaNs]

Does anyone remember the bug in the thesarus for Word 6.0? You would type in "I'd like to see Bill Gates dead." and the thesarus would recommend "I'll drink to that." as an alternative. Am I the only one who remembers this?

Rorschach test?

[Badge 17]

Rorschach test? Well, somehow running on a typical computer, "Your responses show you have an unhealthy obsession with pornography..."

How long after something passes the Turing test do we start psychoanalyzing it?

IN SOVIET RUSSIA

[Johann Public]

Handwriting recognizes YOU!