I think you underestimate how useful this could be. Granted, people spend a lot of time in their familiar section of town, but people go to work, out to bars or coffee shops in their free time. So you're downtown at a coffee shop and you want to see a movie. Look up the listings for the nearest theater. It's bumper-to-bumper on the freeway and you want to find another route, so look up traffic. You just left the airport and you want to eat at [insert fast food place here].
My point is, people go out within their own city, and if it's a big city, you can't know where everything is.
I do agree with one point, though. I don't think it'll be the Next Big Thing. I think it will just be a thing, like all the other things that make life easier that have crept slowly onto the Internet. And if/when this kind of thing becomes prevalent, we'll forget what we did before it instead of naming our kids after it.
However, you'd want a lexicon including phonetic and textual transcription, and some probabilistic sound : phoneme mappings. And then maybe an ontology and a semantic parser would help.
Well, if you're gonna do all that, you may as well be creating AI. Which I guess is the point.:)
just because you don't understand the way a locking mechanism in your door works doesn't mean you shouldn't fix it if it is broken
It's obvious when your door lock doesn't work because you turn the handle when it's "locked" and it opens. But for the average user, how obvious is it that your computer's not secure?
and an asterisk server is pretty much free ...you can confidently state that an old computer is practically free because you know your audience have at least 3 old PCs lying around in their apartment.
Furthermore, if you're paranoid enough that you don't trust the post office, give your friend $100, go with him to the post office and have him get a cashier's check.
I can't hit or shoot people because they fail to comply with my instructions.
But I believe that the police don't have this right either. We all do have the right to defend ourselves from an attacker. Only* the police have the right to do this preemptively if a person is armed and obviously* dangerous and fails to comply with instructions to put the weapon down and submit.
* The starred words are unverified and are my interpretation of what I've observed of police behavior.
Side Note: Does this really deserve to be an article?
Absolutely. Obviously more than a few of us misinterpreted the wording of the document, and that's reason enough to have a discussion about it, since a lot of the people in the/. community are asked to sign NDAs. I've learned a lot by reading this article's thread, e.g., that you can alter a printed contract by hand willy-nilly as long as both parties agree to the changes. I wouldn't have known that were it not for this discussion.
The wording in that doc breaks down easily for you, and you've taken the time to explain it to the rest of us. Thank you. The level of FUD in the room has dropped because of your (and other helpful peoples') posts. Without this being an article, I would know less. That's why it deserves to be an article; it's a catalyst to spread knowledge and understanding.
Hammers are terrorist weapons -> ban hammers
Jesus had a hammer -> Jesus is a terrorist -> ban Jesus
The Bible is about Jesus -> the Bible is terrorist philosophy -> ban the Bible
The Bible is a book -> books are terrorist weapons -> ban books!
Don't you see how video games are destroying our youth and educational system?
'Fraid not. If we stop blaming video games, what's next? Stop blaming movies, TV, and rock 'n roll? We can't do that! Eventually we'll run out of people to blame except the parents...
Not true! I have filed for a patent for reading articles to find out information about the topics I'm going to post about. You see, it's a patent for a particular way to read the articles. I can't patent reading articles, because that might be said to be an obvious idea.
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I think you underestimate how useful this could be. Granted, people spend a lot of time in their familiar section of town, but people go to work, out to bars or coffee shops in their free time. So you're downtown at a coffee shop and you want to see a movie. Look up the listings for the nearest theater. It's bumper-to-bumper on the freeway and you want to find another route, so look up traffic. You just left the airport and you want to eat at [insert fast food place here].
My point is, people go out within their own city, and if it's a big city, you can't know where everything is.
I do agree with one point, though. I don't think it'll be the Next Big Thing. I think it will just be a thing, like all the other things that make life easier that have crept slowly onto the Internet. And if/when this kind of thing becomes prevalent, we'll forget what we did before it instead of naming our kids after it.
Well, if you're gonna do all that, you may as well be creating AI. Which I guess is the point.
While that works for sentences like this one or yours, it wouldn't work well for something like this:
...has so many possible decompressions that it would take forever to find Waldo.
"Go around the block, across the street, down the stairs, through the door, and past the third window."
Go the block, the street, the stairs, the door, and the third window.
It's obvious when your door lock doesn't work because you turn the handle when it's "locked" and it opens. But for the average user, how obvious is it that your computer's not secure?
Oops, I meant basement.
You're obviously not a punctuation Nazi, however. Let me correct you.
It's "probably," people!
Now read my sig and get over yourself.
Furthermore, if you're paranoid enough that you don't trust the post office, give your friend $100, go with him to the post office and have him get a cashier's check.
Then give him $5 for putting up with you.
Ever tried leaving your cell phone off the hook? ;)
Translation: "turn it off."
But I believe that the police don't have this right either. We all do have the right to defend ourselves from an attacker. Only* the police have the right to do this preemptively if a person is armed and obviously* dangerous and fails to comply with instructions to put the weapon down and submit.
* The starred words are unverified and are my interpretation of what I've observed of police behavior.
Yup, I hear that crack is a lot safer than the Internet these days.
Chuck Norris on every plane. We wouldn't even have to clone him; he's already able to be everywhere at once.
Oh, wait, is this not a poll?
Thanks for the link, appleguru.
No, really. 'Cause I'm a girl, and Metallica's just not gonna be the same for me again.
Ignore sig on this one.
No one on Slashdot would do such a thing!
Absolutely. Obviously more than a few of us misinterpreted the wording of the document, and that's reason enough to have a discussion about it, since a lot of the people in the
The wording in that doc breaks down easily for you, and you've taken the time to explain it to the rest of us. Thank you. The level of FUD in the room has dropped because of your (and other helpful peoples') posts. Without this being an article, I would know less. That's why it deserves to be an article; it's a catalyst to spread knowledge and understanding.
-Megan (ignore my sig for this one
Hammers are terrorist weapons -> ban hammers
Jesus had a hammer -> Jesus is a terrorist -> ban Jesus
The Bible is about Jesus -> the Bible is terrorist philosophy -> ban the Bible
The Bible is a book -> books are terrorist weapons -> ban books!
Don't you see how video games are destroying our youth and educational system?
'Fraid not. If we stop blaming video games, what's next? Stop blaming movies, TV, and rock 'n roll? We can't do that! Eventually we'll run out of people to blame except the parents...
:(
Sad.
You need to do better research. It's 85.6%!
Not true! I have filed for a patent for reading articles to find out information about the topics I'm going to post about. You see, it's a patent for a particular way to read the articles. I can't patent reading articles, because that might be said to be an obvious idea.
C:\Windows\Media\ding.wav
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C:\Windows\Media\ding.wav
C:\Windows\Media\ding.wav
There ya go!
For those not watching, the launch was aborted.