I assume voice recognition software has improved to the point that you could get solid enough results out of it that would leave only some clean-up editing.
Unless you're one of those writers that never seems to even *read* what they've written; correctly spelled words used incorrectly are now even showing up in wire service reports, FFS.
I travel in Europe occasionally and some of the commercial billboards I have seen in airports would be considered pornography in the US...
Says far more about the US than Europe.
A sick society can be aptly defined as one where the human body and the act of lovemaking are considered purient filth *BUT* violence and abject greed are promoted, celebrated and praised as aspirational virtues.
Seriously though, how obvious was it that there would be a huge negative reaction to the change of licensing terms for Office?
It's like how Colin Chapman designed car frames: keep taking out pieces until it collapses under its own weight. Put the last piece back in. Do something outrageous and walk it back just one step, getting almost all of what you wanted.
For virtually every service USians now pay for, buried deep in the lawyerese is that you agree to waive the right to join class action lawsuits and acede to use third party arbitration*.
The wrinkle here is very similar to when families were charged by the Soviets for the bullets used to execute their loved ones.
* And if it wasn't in the original contract, it was in one of those letters in 1-point font announcing the Terms of Service had changed for this very addition.
Grocery stores! Even if you self-check out (I don't as the post-scan loading areas are freaking miniscule!), you are handling the same items five times!
1) Select items and place in cart. 2) *Unload* everything to be scanned. 3) *Reload* everything back into the cart for the short trip to: 4) Unload into your car. 5) Drive home, unload one more time and put your crap away.
In this 'day and age', Steps 2 and 3 should not even exist, period!
Everywhere in the US, more and more low-end jobs are being phased out and being replaced by self-service or bots.
But instead of transitioning our society to celebrate and support folks having more time for themselves and (horrors!) caring for their families, or being free to pursue intellectual and artisitic creation, this self-same society increasingly looks down on the great unwashed. We think they are lazy scum for not desiring to be an asshole robber baron, or not wanting to join in on the American Dream of six-figure debts - most of it ironically incurred from the higher education that is supposed to bring the Good Life.
You lost your living wage to a robot? Tough shit; get two minimum wage, zero-benefit jobs to make up for it. The puritain work ethic, so beutifully advocated by Ebenezer Scrooge thrives still in 21st century America.
This is part of what Roddenberry was expressing in Star Trek; a golden age of exploration and discovery instead of the old, savage ways of hunter-gatherer greed.
The whole point is H-1Bs are cheap and *compliant* - being nothing more than indentured servants and all. Please, please also ignore the massive percentage of industrial espionage against US companies that is conducted by recent or 1st gen emigres.
The Library of Congress made this bone-headed decision (or was bribed to do so); why can't the POTUS tell them just to undo their decree? Everyone is treating this bureau-level policy finding like it was already codified law blessed by the Supremes.
Start with the Reddest States; those that willingly elected ingrates as public officials whose sole desire is to destroy civil society. Given them what they want.
The Supreme Court has repeatedly upheld the military's right to maintain different standards of justice for its members than the civilian justice that the wording of the Constituion describes.
Even though the oath when joining the US military is to Protect and Defend the Consititution of the United States.
Someone open a window; the stink of hipocracy is overwhelming.
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Ah! Here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danegeld
I can't decide if Google is now just craven or cowardly.
I assume voice recognition software has improved to the point that you could get solid enough results out of it that would leave only some clean-up editing.
Unless you're one of those writers that never seems to even *read* what they've written; correctly spelled words used incorrectly are now even showing up in wire service reports, FFS.
Can you imagine the roaming charges!
Thank you! I'll be here all week!
and for that, I'm truly sorry.
Says far more about the US than Europe.
A sick society can be aptly defined as one where the human body and the act of lovemaking are considered purient filth *BUT* violence and abject greed are promoted, celebrated and praised as aspirational virtues.
Next up; determining if that clenched fist is wrapped around something and is moving back and forth along the same mainly vertical path.
Busting medical marijuana clinics instead of corrupt bankers and brokers whose minor offense was the near destruction of the global economy.
Priorities!
A quieter version of John Ashcroft. Not as preachy, but just as thuggish.
It's like how Colin Chapman designed car frames: keep taking out pieces until it collapses under its own weight. Put the last piece back in. Do something outrageous and walk it back just one step, getting almost all of what you wanted.
Simple Business Sociopathy 101.
For virtually every service USians now pay for, buried deep in the lawyerese is that you agree to waive the right to join class action lawsuits and acede to use third party arbitration*.
The wrinkle here is very similar to when families were charged by the Soviets for the bullets used to execute their loved ones.
* And if it wasn't in the original contract, it was in one of those letters in 1-point font announcing the Terms of Service had changed for this very addition.
Untrue; there are so many holes in IE6, it turns out to have more room than most studio apartments.
We would need to roll back the GOP. Buried deep underneath might be the reminants of (big D) Democratic spines.
Grocery stores! Even if you self-check out (I don't as the post-scan loading areas are freaking miniscule!), you are handling the same items five times!
1) Select items and place in cart.
2) *Unload* everything to be scanned.
3) *Reload* everything back into the cart for the short trip to:
4) Unload into your car.
5) Drive home, unload one more time and put your crap away.
In this 'day and age', Steps 2 and 3 should not even exist, period!
Everywhere in the US, more and more low-end jobs are being phased out and being replaced by self-service or bots.
But instead of transitioning our society to celebrate and support folks having more time for themselves and (horrors!) caring for their families, or being free to pursue intellectual and artisitic creation, this self-same society increasingly looks down on the great unwashed. We think they are lazy scum for not desiring to be an asshole robber baron, or not wanting to join in on the American Dream of six-figure debts - most of it ironically incurred from the higher education that is supposed to bring the Good Life.
You lost your living wage to a robot? Tough shit; get two minimum wage, zero-benefit jobs to make up for it. The puritain work ethic, so beutifully advocated by Ebenezer Scrooge thrives still in 21st century America.
This is part of what Roddenberry was expressing in Star Trek; a golden age of exploration and discovery instead of the old, savage ways of hunter-gatherer greed.
I love those three pillocks, but TG straight-up *lied* for entertainment I suppose, but also for their quixotic defense of all combustion internal.
And here I thought the UK was legendary for their wicked-strong libel laws; guess it doesn't apply to US companies.
The October Surprise is why he lost, period. The fix was in, soon to be followed up with Iran-Contra as payment-in-kind for their win.
The whole point is H-1Bs are cheap and *compliant* - being nothing more than indentured servants and all. Please, please also ignore the massive percentage of industrial espionage against US companies that is conducted by recent or 1st gen emigres.
Make EMP bombs for Anti-Tyranny kit.
The Library of Congress made this bone-headed decision (or was bribed to do so); why can't the POTUS tell them just to undo their decree? Everyone is treating this bureau-level policy finding like it was already codified law blessed by the Supremes.
Nice to see Apple has transitioned from stealing ideas from Xerox and BSD to purloining Kickstarter ideas. Classy.
Ask Barbra Streisand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect how well this approach works, Prenda.
Now we have a perfect place to pump all our salty, chemically-laced fracking waste water! Perfect!
Look how high up that belt is!
Start with the Reddest States; those that willingly elected ingrates as public officials whose sole desire is to destroy civil society. Given them what they want.
Dear Boston Dynamics (aka Cyberdyne Systems):
Stopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopitstopit.
#UnintendedConsequenceBlock
Even though the oath when joining the US military is to Protect and Defend the Consititution of the United States.
Someone open a window; the stink of hipocracy is overwhelming.