I can see touch screens getting used in addition to the mouse. Occasionally lifting your arm to poke an icon on the screen seems natural, but using it as a primary GUI navigator seems unlikely. I submit that the only real competitor that the mouse has is the trackball, which is different but just as good. As for facial recognition... I just can't see it taking over. It's a great interface for people who're paralyzed from the neck down, but for the rest of us with adequate function of our limbs... No.
On the up-side though, an expression of alarmed disgust could be used as the signal to close a browser window-- thus the reaction to sites like Goatse also become their solution.
Because - face it - without their governments even American, Russian, Chinese, Irani and even French people would be friends (most of the time... there are sport events too;)).
This is wonderfully naive. Americans can't get along with each other, let alone people with wildly different cultures. The wedge between us lies in the overall cultural philosophy, rather than the governing body. Things such as local customs which dictate what is polite and what is an egregious insult, for which there is no adequate reaction short of aggravated defenestration. Let's also not neglect religion, which is often taken very lightly in Western culture, but is largely observed in deadly seriousness in the Middle-East.
While it's quite possible for two people from very different parts of the world to meet and become fast friends, the same cannot be assumed for very large groups.
Language and tool use alone do not make a species distinct from animals. Otters will use rocks as tools to break open clams. Chimps will use twigs to fish ants out of ant hills, for a tasty snack. Sure, it's creative, and it demonstrates problem-solving abilities, but in all the time these species have been using the tools, they're still just sticks and stones. Humans started with a rock, but that rock has since become a wide variety of hammers for different, specialized purposes.
When was the last time you saw a dog demonstrate a clear understanding of Trigonometry, or a pig perform Calculus? Where you aware that a chicken's behavior does not change after its head has been cut off? Animals do not care for these things. In their natural environments, their primary concerns deal with finding their next meal. Cats display this motivation quite apparently, even when they are in the constant presence of humans.
The short of it is this: While the beasts of the Earth sometimes show qualities that we can relate to, they do not have the comprehension that we have. They do not engage in the study of concepts that exist in the mind, but cannot exist in the world, as we do. They do not build complex machines or write software, as we do. Just the same, they do not share an awareness with us. When we do encounter another species that demonstrates our sort of intelligence, then they, too, will be distinct from animals.
So, what you're saying is that OneNote is very nearly capable of the versatility found in a generic internet forum, which also can be organized for free?
Those who can comprehend the congruities of human and animal genetics, but cannot comprehend that we are set apart from animals by our collective intelligence, ingenuity and sentiences, deserve to be treated as animals. It is only logical to observe that we are constructed of the same materials and by the same processes as our companions on this planet. We are not silicon-based automatons, after all. It would be foolish of us to not exploit these similarities, if we can use them to improve ourselves, altogether.
Let those who cannot tell the difference between themselves and the beasts, be beasts, themselves.
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I can see touch screens getting used in addition to the mouse. Occasionally lifting your arm to poke an icon on the screen seems natural, but using it as a primary GUI navigator seems unlikely. I submit that the only real competitor that the mouse has is the trackball, which is different but just as good. As for facial recognition... I just can't see it taking over. It's a great interface for people who're paralyzed from the neck down, but for the rest of us with adequate function of our limbs... No.
On the up-side though, an expression of alarmed disgust could be used as the signal to close a browser window-- thus the reaction to sites like Goatse also become their solution.
Because - face it - without their governments even American, Russian, Chinese, Irani and even French people would be friends (most of the time... there are sport events too ;)).
This is wonderfully naive. Americans can't get along with each other, let alone people with wildly different cultures. The wedge between us lies in the overall cultural philosophy, rather than the governing body. Things such as local customs which dictate what is polite and what is an egregious insult, for which there is no adequate reaction short of aggravated defenestration. Let's also not neglect religion, which is often taken very lightly in Western culture, but is largely observed in deadly seriousness in the Middle-East.
While it's quite possible for two people from very different parts of the world to meet and become fast friends, the same cannot be assumed for very large groups.
Language and tool use alone do not make a species distinct from animals. Otters will use rocks as tools to break open clams. Chimps will use twigs to fish ants out of ant hills, for a tasty snack. Sure, it's creative, and it demonstrates problem-solving abilities, but in all the time these species have been using the tools, they're still just sticks and stones. Humans started with a rock, but that rock has since become a wide variety of hammers for different, specialized purposes.
When was the last time you saw a dog demonstrate a clear understanding of Trigonometry, or a pig perform Calculus? Where you aware that a chicken's behavior does not change after its head has been cut off? Animals do not care for these things. In their natural environments, their primary concerns deal with finding their next meal. Cats display this motivation quite apparently, even when they are in the constant presence of humans.
The short of it is this: While the beasts of the Earth sometimes show qualities that we can relate to, they do not have the comprehension that we have. They do not engage in the study of concepts that exist in the mind, but cannot exist in the world, as we do. They do not build complex machines or write software, as we do. Just the same, they do not share an awareness with us. When we do encounter another species that demonstrates our sort of intelligence, then they, too, will be distinct from animals.
So, what you're saying is that OneNote is very nearly capable of the versatility found in a generic internet forum, which also can be organized for free?
Those who can comprehend the congruities of human and animal genetics, but cannot comprehend that we are set apart from animals by our collective intelligence, ingenuity and sentiences, deserve to be treated as animals. It is only logical to observe that we are constructed of the same materials and by the same processes as our companions on this planet. We are not silicon-based automatons, after all. It would be foolish of us to not exploit these similarities, if we can use them to improve ourselves, altogether. Let those who cannot tell the difference between themselves and the beasts, be beasts, themselves.