Yes, given a standardised high-quality microphone in a controlled, acoustically-neutral environment, directly connected to the analysis system.
However, in the case of audio captured in random-background-noise environments from variable (generally average-to-poor) quality microphones, frequency-constrained and compressed (in the analogue sense) then, in the case of a land-line, pushed down a mile or so of dodgy copper or aluminium before being encoded and compressed (in the digital sense), then punted through a variety of systems before being re-constituted at the receiving end, and then being able to reliably identify one person from another with sufficient accuracy to legally enter into a contract... no.
I think Rory Bremner (substitue your locally-well-known impressionist) is going to become incredibly wealthy.
How about being able to listen to FM broadcast radio - without eating into your data allowance.
No headphone jack means no cable to use as an FM antenna.
What I'd like is to see someone add DAB+ to a phone - that would be my next purchase... as long as they didn't fuck it up by not having dual-SIM and microSD.
"NBC and CNN have repeatedly been caught peddling fake news..."
Have they really? Can you cite some, or indeed any, examples? Please be aware, news is not "fake" just because someone who doesn't like it says so.
Anyway, the only people this action will serve well are those who have a vested interest in reducing the number of independent news reporting sources.
This is going to have the same effect on local news as the consolidation of local newspapers had - true reporting replaced by slightly-localised standard content.
...is what happens when this tech is on every car? It's all very well to test and develop these things in isolation in California, Nevada or Arizona during bright sunlight.
What about forty or fifty vehicles at a busy intersection, all firing ultrasound, LIDAR and/or microwave in every direction, at night, in the rain? The scope for false positives and false negatives is immense.
Or perhaps the makers will modulate all the output with a unique identifier, perhaps the VIN. So then what happens to your privacy when your identity is being broadcast to all and sundry? Further, what happens when someone spoofs your supposedly-unique output? At high speed and in heavy traffic?
Anyone who thinks that true self-driving vehicles will exist in quantity in the real world beyond specifically-controlled niche use-cases any time soon is delusional.
Actually, you seem to have missed the meaning of my second point. If you read it again, you'll realise that I was referring not to the cars that Ferrari and Porsche sell, but the clothing, mugs, coasters, wind-chimes and so forth - in fact, anything with enough space on it for the name or logo, the presence of which increases the retail price by a huge margin.
You comments on the relative merits of car-brand attributes and perception as they relate to Apple, while interesting, are germane only in that they reinforce the first statement I made, since you've argued against it:)
The problem is with the regulators, not the regulations.
Bureaucrats - and politicians - of every stripe want their fingers in big projects, partly for the reflected kudos and partly for the perks. The "working lunches" at your expense to iron out some sort of "paperwork glitch", permit fees, consultancy fees, introduction fees, and the bigger the project, the stickier their fingers...
I think Musk's approach of shining a BIG spotlight on the process is to try and keep these "public servants" honest. I hope it works...
What about the first time they hit some turbulence?
*DING* "Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has just illuminated the 'Fasten Seatbelt' sign, so we'll all be safe while you bounce around the cabin like rubber balls..."
*DING* "The cabin crew will be passing down the cabin shortly, offering a range of bandages, splints and blood replacement products at very competitive prices..."
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They've probably employed him for years...
"Is a 'voiceprint' even possible?"
Yes, given a standardised high-quality microphone in a controlled, acoustically-neutral environment, directly connected to the analysis system.
However, in the case of audio captured in random-background-noise environments from variable (generally average-to-poor) quality microphones, frequency-constrained and compressed (in the analogue sense) then, in the case of a land-line, pushed down a mile or so of dodgy copper or aluminium before being encoded and compressed (in the digital sense), then punted through a variety of systems before being re-constituted at the receiving end, and then being able to reliably identify one person from another with sufficient accuracy to legally enter into a contract... no.
I think Rory Bremner (substitue your locally-well-known impressionist) is going to become incredibly wealthy.
...that a well-regulated militia would have denied this stone-bonker a gun.
Yes, thanks for that, but you've kind of missed my point.
I'm entirely aware that there already exist many dual-SIM, FM capable phones - I have owned several, and own one now.
However, my post was in answer to the question "...give me one reason why I should prefer the headphone jack to bluetooth."
How about being able to listen to FM broadcast radio - without eating into your data allowance.
No headphone jack means no cable to use as an FM antenna.
What I'd like is to see someone add DAB+ to a phone - that would be my next purchase... as long as they didn't fuck it up by not having dual-SIM and microSD.
The two are not mutually exclusive...
"NBC and CNN have repeatedly been caught peddling fake news..."
Have they really? Can you cite some, or indeed any, examples? Please be aware, news is not "fake" just because someone who doesn't like it says so.
Anyway, the only people this action will serve well are those who have a vested interest in reducing the number of independent news reporting sources.
This is going to have the same effect on local news as the consolidation of local newspapers had - true reporting replaced by slightly-localised standard content.
...is what happens when this tech is on every car? It's all very well to test and develop these things in isolation in California, Nevada or Arizona during bright sunlight.
What about forty or fifty vehicles at a busy intersection, all firing ultrasound, LIDAR and/or microwave in every direction, at night, in the rain? The scope for false positives and false negatives is immense.
Or perhaps the makers will modulate all the output with a unique identifier, perhaps the VIN. So then what happens to your privacy when your identity is being broadcast to all and sundry? Further, what happens when someone spoofs your supposedly-unique output? At high speed and in heavy traffic?
Anyone who thinks that true self-driving vehicles will exist in quantity in the real world beyond specifically-controlled niche use-cases any time soon is delusional.
The word you probably meant was "knew"...
I'd completely managed to lose all recollection that Jon Katz ever existed... then I read your post.
So, a company finds major problem in a product before it ships, and admits to it publicly. Do they then:
1. Delay the shipping date until the product is fixed, or;
2. Ship the broken product as originally planned anyway?
If the company values its customers, then 1. If the company thinks "fuck the customers" then 2.
I wonder what Apple will do...
Only if you don't understand & love great driving cars.
Only if you don't realise I wasn't talking about cars...
Actually, you seem to have missed the meaning of my second point. If you read it again, you'll realise that I was referring not to the cars that Ferrari and Porsche sell, but the clothing, mugs, coasters, wind-chimes and so forth - in fact, anything with enough space on it for the name or logo, the presence of which increases the retail price by a huge margin.
You comments on the relative merits of car-brand attributes and perception as they relate to Apple, while interesting, are germane only in that they reinforce the first statement I made, since you've argued against it
To be fair, the term was "premium brand," which Apple - arguably - is.
However, such a brand can be applied to all kinds of shonky products - Ferrari and Porsche, for example, sell all kinds of branded, over-priced tat.
I'm sure the MPAA would like to categorise Kodi as malware, and the RIAA would have done the same for Napster.
I'd like to categorise the telemetry in Windows 10 as malware...
Where is the line drawn, and who gets to draw it?
"...wasting the associated energy."
Surely the energy is not "wasted", it has been used to create the output.
"Until it does, we'll be silently allowing our freedoms to be manipulated.... by others when it should be just by us."
It's in a polar orbit, so at some point it will pass over *everywhere*...
even if we had to pay for it.
I don't know about you, but I've been paying to use the internet since the early 90's...
The problem is with the regulators, not the regulations.
Bureaucrats - and politicians - of every stripe want their fingers in big projects, partly for the reflected kudos and partly for the perks. The "working lunches" at your expense to iron out some sort of "paperwork glitch", permit fees, consultancy fees, introduction fees, and the bigger the project, the stickier their fingers...
I think Musk's approach of shining a BIG spotlight on the process is to try and keep these "public servants" honest. I hope it works...
Pick one - you can't have both.
Surely the correct way to go about this is:
1. Idea for product.
2. Design product.
3. Build product.
4. Test product.
5. Sell product.
6. Profit.
with repeats on 3 & 4 as required.
Any operation that puts 5 before 3 & 4 must be considered suspect.
...with hundreds of people sitting on them?
Morgan has been independent since it was founded in 1909.
What about the first time they hit some turbulence?
*DING* "Ladies and gentlemen, the Captain has just illuminated the 'Fasten Seatbelt' sign, so we'll all be safe while you bounce around the cabin like rubber balls..."
*DING* "The cabin crew will be passing down the cabin shortly, offering a range of bandages, splints and blood replacement products at very competitive prices..."