The training has to handle the way real people speak as opposed to the idealized way the words are transcribed. The sounds of words change when they are pronounced in a single sentence as opposed to individually. A single word is often pronounced multiple ways in a single English sentence. The IPA dictionary is also unlikely to be able to handle accents. From that article on the IPA it mentions that not all tones are supported. Chances are there are various other phonemes that the IPA doesn't support.
Above all that I bet that this approach is something that has been tried and failed, probably many years ago.
CmdrTaco missed what was important about a portable music device, portability. He was focused on the capacity, while Apple knew that having a device you could fit in your pocket while having enough capacity to have a good collection of music was important. The Nomad was around the size of a CD player, something you'd end up carrying in a bag or backpack.
Having iTunes is just a download, even in 2001 if I recall correctly.
However, FireWire was a big obstacle. iPod didn't really take off until it moved to USB 2.
I think the lack of foresight here was that people didn't think Apple would change iPod to make it more widely acceptable. Just like when Steve Balmer laughed at the announcement of the iPhone he was reacting to the announced offering and price, not the potential of the platform.
That is probably true, but it should be a lesson for CEOs. Don't just develop something because of board/shareholder pressure. Develop something because you have a plan for making it successful.
I'm not sure what to think of this story, but I was surprised when I spoke to two mainland Chinese co-workers about the issue of worker conditions in China. Essentially they said that only Apple has the power to do anything about this issue. The Chinese government won't do anything, Foxconn and other manufacturers won't do anything, the Chinese workers are too powerless to do anything. Only Apple has what they phrased as "moral standing". The Chinese government and Foxconn are viewed as amoral.
I also read an interesting article the other day about the planned inspections. The author, a person with experience in doing inspections, says the currently planned third-party inspections won't work. He suggested instead Apple place an employee representative on-site permanently ensure compliance.
Of the devices mentioned, they're all manufactured in China or Taiwan, except for the Sony Reader, for which I can't find good references as to where it is manufactured. It probably was manufactured in Japan, but I read that manufacturing was moved to China after the earthquake.
Dormitories aren't just usual, in China they're necessary. In China there is the Hukou system which makes it illegal for migrant workers to buy (and I believe even rent) property outside of their registered area. This system greatly contributes to the inequality between Chinese citizens and allows workers to be exploited.
Schmidt is out of touch with regard to homes. If you look at a chart of housing prices in San Jose (check zillow.com), you'll see that prices are still about half of what they were 6 years ago.
I believe there is a visual editor for editing all of the Android xml files. At least with all the files I've used. However, I often end up using the xml text editor anyway.
On the other hand, Eclipse is a pain for most things.
I'm no constitutional scholar, but during the administration of Thomas Jefferson the military actions of the first Barbary War (1801–1805) were conducted with congressional approval but without a declaration of war. I think the constitution has for a long time (since the beginning essentially) been interpreted as allowing military action without a declaration of war.
It seems that he held Arian beliefs, but with no particular association with Unitarianism. It appears that Unitarianism wasn't organized in England until after his death.
For some products this makes sense, but when it comes to things that change rapidly, like technology, you're making a trade-off between investing vs. features. If I choose a long lasting computer now I may miss out on features that are developed later.
With clothes there are probably trade offs regarding fashion, but then this is/.
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The lwn post is here: https://lwn.net/Articles/472984/
There is a lot of things they're leaving out for the time being.
bots love porn.
The species concept is more complicated than that. It is also full of issues. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species#Difficulty_of_defining_.22species.22_and_identifying_particular_species
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_Problem
There are also cases of mules being fertile:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mule#Fertility
Even if it is an American company, the courts would follow English law.
The training has to handle the way real people speak as opposed to the idealized way the words are transcribed. The sounds of words change when they are pronounced in a single sentence as opposed to individually. A single word is often pronounced multiple ways in a single English sentence. The IPA dictionary is also unlikely to be able to handle accents. From that article on the IPA it mentions that not all tones are supported. Chances are there are various other phonemes that the IPA doesn't support.
Above all that I bet that this approach is something that has been tried and failed, probably many years ago.
You gotta be careful about that ladder. If you walk underneath it you'll have bad luck and six more weeks of winter, or something like that.
CmdrTaco missed what was important about a portable music device, portability. He was focused on the capacity, while Apple knew that having a device you could fit in your pocket while having enough capacity to have a good collection of music was important. The Nomad was around the size of a CD player, something you'd end up carrying in a bag or backpack.
Having iTunes is just a download, even in 2001 if I recall correctly.
However, FireWire was a big obstacle. iPod didn't really take off until it moved to USB 2.
I think the lack of foresight here was that people didn't think Apple would change iPod to make it more widely acceptable. Just like when Steve Balmer laughed at the announcement of the iPhone he was reacting to the announced offering and price, not the potential of the platform.
That is probably true, but it should be a lesson for CEOs. Don't just develop something because of board/shareholder pressure. Develop something because you have a plan for making it successful.
I'm not sure what to think of this story, but I was surprised when I spoke to two mainland Chinese co-workers about the issue of worker conditions in China. Essentially they said that only Apple has the power to do anything about this issue. The Chinese government won't do anything, Foxconn and other manufacturers won't do anything, the Chinese workers are too powerless to do anything. Only Apple has what they phrased as "moral standing". The Chinese government and Foxconn are viewed as amoral.
I also read an interesting article the other day about the planned inspections. The author, a person with experience in doing inspections, says the currently planned third-party inspections won't work. He suggested instead Apple place an employee representative on-site permanently ensure compliance.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Foxconn-Inspections-Are-Good-PR-but-Apple-Needs-to-Protect-Workers-407229/1/
Of the devices mentioned, they're all manufactured in China or Taiwan, except for the Sony Reader, for which I can't find good references as to where it is manufactured. It probably was manufactured in Japan, but I read that manufacturing was moved to China after the earthquake.
The iPad 2 has a battery life of around 10 hours continuous use. I don't think they plan on using them continuously.
Have you actually gone through the military procurement system? They probably ordered these when the iPad (1) was announced.
Just wait for your kid to grow older. He'll be able to destroy anything.
Also, the book "The Clean Coder".
http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Coder-Conduct-Professional-Programmers/dp/0137081073
http://www.cleancoders.com/
Dormitories aren't just usual, in China they're necessary. In China there is the Hukou system which makes it illegal for migrant workers to buy (and I believe even rent) property outside of their registered area. This system greatly contributes to the inequality between Chinese citizens and allows workers to be exploited.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou_system
is a Foxconn plant. How does that distance them from Foxconn?
When it goes from 'having your own spacecraft' to 'had a short-lived spacecraft' it becomes much less uber-geek cred.
Schmidt is out of touch with regard to homes. If you look at a chart of housing prices in San Jose (check zillow.com), you'll see that prices are still about half of what they were 6 years ago.
Who would that be?
I believe there is a visual editor for editing all of the Android xml files. At least with all the files I've used. However, I often end up using the xml text editor anyway.
On the other hand, Eclipse is a pain for most things.
On the other hand, Xcode can be a pain too.
Only getting the screen sharing thing might be more difficult than getting the original software working.
I'm no constitutional scholar, but during the administration of Thomas Jefferson the military actions of the first Barbary War (1801–1805) were conducted with congressional approval but without a declaration of war. I think the constitution has for a long time (since the beginning essentially) been interpreted as allowing military action without a declaration of war.
It seems that he held Arian beliefs, but with no particular association with Unitarianism. It appears that Unitarianism wasn't organized in England until after his death.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton's_religious_views
For some products this makes sense, but when it comes to things that change rapidly, like technology, you're making a trade-off between investing vs. features. If I choose a long lasting computer now I may miss out on features that are developed later.
With clothes there are probably trade offs regarding fashion, but then this is /.