Merriam-Webster defines a case as: 1 a : a box or receptacle for holding something b : a box together with its contents
2 a : an outer covering or housing
My "case" covers nothing and only serves as a receptacle for dust! It sits wide open with various parts hanging out of it at any given time. Why is this P4 going to change anything?
If my new heatsink needs support, I'll buy it a bra with underwire......
"A computer programmed to follow the rules of evolution has for the first time designed and manufactured simple robots with minimal help from people."
Last I checked, the birds and the bees certainly don't need ANY human help.
And why is it newsworthy that this thing is following the rules of evolution? So it's the "rules of evolution" (which I didn't know we KNEW in the first place!!! thank you useful biology degree!) - computers will follow whatever rules we can figure out how to give them. Why is this different?
I'll consider it newsworthy when these things actually manage to make themselves into better survivalists with NO human help. Like maybe having the "momma" determine that only her "offspring" that locomote FAST seem to escape the wrath of the bored programmers' Koosh Shooter....
According to the folks at the Agenda booth at Linux World, the VR3+'s and family will be released mainstream in October. Apparently the hold up is with the assembly process. All VR3's being shown at shows and such are currently being assembled by hand.
"The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train." - Mrs. Murphy
I remember the first time I saw a comment written by a female slashdotter. Proved that there IS hope for my type.
Honestly, I'm intimidated by technology. My husband certainly is not. Why the discrepancy, I'm not sure. Obviously I'm not the only girlgeek out there with some hesitations though. It's not like I didn't have a geeky role model. My mother's a electrial engineer!
Fact is, GUYS society STILL teaches women to be both maleable and sensitive. As long as we're maleable, we're going to shun the definitive world of ones and zeros. As long as we're supposed to be so sensitive, most will choose not to be "different" (read: geeky).
Quite some time ago, I went to set up a Yahoo ID for my dog. (Don't ask, but the DOG'S email was cluttering my inbox) Yahoo! was requiring a DOB. I happily entered 4/1997 and found that the ID I wanted has now been locked out. END OF STORY. (the ID is still locked out) I was sent to the Yahooligans! page and told something about having my parents confirm my ID with a credit card. Needless to say that my dog has now comitted credit card fraud so she can give them her CC# and thereby activate her email account. What's next...will she have to send them a paw print? *sigh*
"The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train" - Mrs. Murphy
Is anyone familiar enough with a product called "Hitbox" (http://resources.hitbox.com/) to clarify how that fits into this scheme of things? While Hitbox doesn't directly force advertising to specific viewers based on usage, it is something of an enabler. IOW, Hitbox has been around for a long time (at least a few years) and does a pretty thorough job of tracking traffic patterns/etc. through sites...logs personal info like OS and such...and lots more then puts all that info onto an easy to read page for any marketing type folks. So, exactly what is the patent that's under scrutiny?
-Clueless in California "The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train." --Mrs. Murphy
As a disabled person, I can attest that while computer make my life simpler in many ways, most of the VR software out there isn't up to snuff...It is geared towards the Able-bodied crowd and therefore usually requires significant hands-on work at some point in the process, be it during set-up or "correcting" things. In addition, many programs are only designed to type for a person. No thought is given as to how someone without limb function might actually GET TO Word or wherever to type. Software that lets you fully control your box and is actually affordable unfortunately seems to be a long ways off.
New Mobility Mag. had a write up on Dragon Dictate in their latest issue. Only parts are available online and I've requested a full copy be made available to/. The article really goes a long way in giving a "disabled" spin on this. I've pasted what of the article I could grab online at the bottom.
Ruthie - Compu-babe w/Multiple Sclerosis
Is the Dragon Draggin'? The Rise and Fall of DragonSystems By Ben Mattlin
Last spring, I replaced my 3-year-old computer, which included a 5-year-old version of DragonDictate, the voice recognition program that allows you to talk to your computer instead of typing on the keyboard or using a mouse. What a miracle it had been when I first got it! I'm a functional quad--have little use of my arms and no use of my legs--and I'd been unable to find any truly effective way of interacting with a computer until DragonDictate came along.
I first saw a prototype demonstrated at a university laboratory in the 1980s, when it worked slower than catsup pouring out of a Heinz bottle and the complete setup ran about $20,000. Yet by 1991, a faster and more accurate DragonDictate was available for less than $5,000; thanks to the Department of Vocational Rehab, I was soon a grateful customer.
I had the greatest respect for the company itself, DragonSystems, a small Newton, Mass.-based software developer that had practically invented voice recognition technology. What a team they had working there!
Nowadays you can pick up a starter version of the software at any Best Buy store for about $20. But as DragonSystems has gone mainstream, it seems to have sold its soul. Service is no better or smarter than what you'd expect at McDonald's, and the program itself has become about as accessible and welcoming as a flight of stairs...
Very recently I was exploring wireless options to support customer service for the start up I work for. I contacted Aether, a "wireless solutions provider" figuring that I'll be needing some combo of pagers/phones/PDA's. I was directed to a No. Cal. Service Rep who happened to have had his company recently absorbed into Aether...thus making him a fairly wealthy fellow who subsequently owns one of about every wireless device on the market (and some not yet released). He was very nice and started talking to me about REAL options..
He shunned PalmVII for their per dl and roaming fees. Etc. and Suggested that I get a Palm Vx and aquire a Minstrel modem from Omnisky. Cheaper, more reliable (more established network), better CS...you name it! I remember wondering at the time just how dominant was Palm VII feeling that they could justify the Service Plans being so outrageous.
A little more research revealed that PalmVII had, not more than 5 days prior, wised up and slashed/remodeled their Service plans.
Really makes me wonder just what prompted this latest descision on Palm's part and I'll be curious to watch prices and such for hardware and Service Plans as Palm starts to lose its "mini-monopoly". Capitalism at work, folks!
Ruthless The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train." - Mrs. Murphy
Maybe if you report him everyday for a week and get some friends to join in, they'll send you a gift certificate and a commendation letter for your leadership in helping to identify and stamp-out that which is different and intelligent!!
I think it's pathetic that our society is such that I feel the need to mention this, but Plas, be very careful what you write.
You stand to easily get yourself labeled as one of those mysterious and EVIL hackers. Fear of the unknown and the power that possibly lies therein.
Next thing you know you might have every school official within 400 miles down your throat pushing you to "do something productive to society"...maybe join the football team. *UGH!* A well written paper might cause enough suspiscion and hysteria that Pinkerton Corp will be showering your classmates with gifts!!
(What kind of class are you writing this for? Cool project, don't write over your prof's head:) )
Ruthless "The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train." - Mrs. Murphy
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Of all the words that come to mind....airhead is not included. lol The list is MUCH more colorful. *blush* (Such language is very unladylike of me) The more I hear about this man, the less I like him.
"The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train." - Mrs. Murphy
Will Version 2.0 Find Date Robot help out those of us female geeks? I can deal with the nice legs and hot ass, but large breasts don't do much for me.;) "The light at the end of the tunnel is inevitably the headlamp of an oncoming train." - Mrs. Murphy
This is just another example of the evolving mentality of our society. The game hasn't been over more than a half hour or so and already we want archives!! Ok, I admit it, I hit/. just to see what everyone else thought of the commercials. During the game, I'm also ashamed to admit, I hit a couple of the advertised sites AND hit a web-dictionary site to find an exact definition of "titan".
Umm...Might be going out on a limb here, but aren't WE the "professional" hackers that the NSA recruits from and such? I mean, wouldn't it make sense that anyone nerdy enough to get hired on as an NSA nerd/hacker would HAVE TO be nerdy enough to be registered here at/.???!!!??? Just a thought.
Thought this was a really cool idea so I hit the site. Turns out it IS a cool idea. The product might even be worth it if I could get a snazzy case for my Palm SEVEN!! The company's cases are apparently only compatible with the Pale III series. Didn't those become obsolete quite awile ago? Granted there are many folks still using them as it's hard (and expensive) to stay on top of the current gadgets, but I still think palmcolors is going to need to keep up with the Palm people if they're going to stay in the game.
*gets misty eyed* Remember the episode where Homer has to go back to college? Who came to his rescue? The campus geeks!! Just thinking about them mimicking Monty Python in unison while Homer stands there dumbfounded makes me remember all over again why I fell in love with the show.
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Merriam-Webster defines a case as:
1 a : a box or receptacle for holding something b : a box together with its contents
2 a : an outer covering or housing
My "case" covers nothing and only serves as a receptacle for dust! It sits wide open with various parts hanging out of it at any given time. Why is this P4 going to change anything?
If my new heatsink needs support, I'll buy it a bra with underwire......
Machinima.com and all related sites have been brought to a SNAIL'S pace...anyone know of any mirrors up yet?
"A computer programmed to follow the rules of evolution has for the first time designed and manufactured simple robots with minimal help from people."
Last I checked, the birds and the bees certainly don't need ANY human help.
And why is it newsworthy that this thing is following the rules of evolution? So it's the "rules of evolution" (which I didn't know we KNEW in the first place!!! thank you useful biology degree!) - computers will follow whatever rules we can figure out how to give them. Why is this different?
I'll consider it newsworthy when these things actually manage to make themselves into better survivalists with NO human help. Like maybe having the "momma" determine that only her "offspring" that locomote FAST seem to escape the wrath of the bored programmers' Koosh Shooter....
"The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train." - Mrs. Murphy
Make that all of TWO of us! :)
OMG whahaha Cute.....
Isn't 'reasonable man' something of an oxymoron. Says something that man is the only animal who consistently adapts the world to himself.
I remember the first time I saw a comment written by a female slashdotter. Proved that there IS hope for my type.
Honestly, I'm intimidated by technology. My husband certainly is not. Why the discrepancy, I'm not sure. Obviously I'm not the only girlgeek out there with some hesitations though. It's not like I didn't have a geeky role model. My mother's a electrial engineer!
Fact is, GUYS society STILL teaches women to be both maleable and sensitive. As long as we're maleable, we're going to shun the definitive world of ones and zeros. As long as we're supposed to be so sensitive, most will choose not to be "different" (read: geeky).
Quite some time ago, I went to set up a Yahoo ID for my dog. (Don't ask, but the DOG'S email was cluttering my inbox) Yahoo! was requiring a DOB. I happily entered 4/1997 and found that the ID I wanted has now been locked out. END OF STORY. (the ID is still locked out) I was sent to the Yahooligans! page and told something about having my parents confirm my ID with a credit card.
Needless to say that my dog has now comitted credit card fraud so she can give them her CC# and thereby activate her email account. What's next...will she have to send them a paw print? *sigh* "The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train" - Mrs. Murphy
While God was resting, Joe took over.....
-Clueless in California
"The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train." --Mrs. Murphy
New Mobility Mag. had a write up on Dragon Dictate in their latest issue. Only parts are available online and I've requested a full copy be made available to /. The article really goes a long way in giving a "disabled" spin on this. I've pasted what of the article I could grab online at the bottom.
Ruthie - Compu-babe w/Multiple Sclerosis
Is the Dragon Draggin'? The Rise and Fall of DragonSystems
By Ben Mattlin
Last spring, I replaced my 3-year-old computer, which included a 5-year-old version of DragonDictate, the voice recognition program that allows you to talk to your computer instead of typing on the keyboard or using a mouse. What a miracle it had been when I first got it! I'm a functional quad--have little use of my arms and no use of my legs--and I'd been unable to find any truly effective way of interacting with a computer until DragonDictate came along.
I first saw a prototype demonstrated at a university laboratory in the 1980s, when it worked slower than catsup pouring out of a Heinz bottle and the complete setup ran about $20,000. Yet by 1991, a faster and more accurate DragonDictate was available for less than $5,000; thanks to the Department of Vocational Rehab, I was soon a grateful customer.
I had the greatest respect for the company itself, DragonSystems, a small Newton, Mass.-based software developer that had practically invented voice recognition technology. What a team they had working there!
Nowadays you can pick up a starter version of the software at any Best Buy store for about $20. But as DragonSystems has gone mainstream, it seems to have sold its soul. Service is no better or smarter than what you'd expect at McDonald's, and the program itself has become about as accessible and welcoming as a flight of stairs ...
He shunned PalmVII for their per dl and roaming fees. Etc. and Suggested that I get a Palm Vx and aquire a Minstrel modem from Omnisky. Cheaper, more reliable (more established network), better CS...you name it! I remember wondering at the time just how dominant was Palm VII feeling that they could justify the Service Plans being so outrageous.
A little more research revealed that PalmVII had, not more than 5 days prior, wised up and slashed/remodeled their Service plans.
Really makes me wonder just what prompted this latest descision on Palm's part and I'll be curious to watch prices and such for hardware and Service Plans as Palm starts to lose its "mini-monopoly". Capitalism at work, folks!
Ruthless
The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train." - Mrs. Murphy
Ruthie - the chick in the firebird with the BIG engine and the FAST computer :)
Maybe if you report him everyday for a week and get some friends to join in, they'll send you a gift certificate and a commendation letter for your leadership in helping to identify and stamp-out that which is different and intelligent!!
You stand to easily get yourself labeled as one of those mysterious and EVIL hackers. Fear of the unknown and the power that possibly lies therein.
Next thing you know you might have every school official within 400 miles down your throat pushing you to "do something productive to society"...maybe join the football team. *UGH!* A well written paper might cause enough suspiscion and hysteria that Pinkerton Corp will be showering your classmates with gifts!!
(What kind of class are you writing this for? Cool project, don't write over your prof's head :) )
Ruthless
"The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train." - Mrs. Murphy
Of all the words that come to mind....airhead is not included. lol The list is MUCH more colorful. *blush* (Such language is very unladylike of me) The more I hear about this man, the less I like him.
"The light at the end of the tunnel is undoubtedly the headlamp of an oncoming train." - Mrs. Murphy
Will Version 2.0 Find Date Robot help out those of us female geeks? I can deal with the nice legs and hot ass, but large breasts don't do much for me. ;) "The light at the end of the tunnel is inevitably the headlamp of an oncoming train." - Mrs. Murphy
This is just another example of the evolving mentality of our society. The game hasn't been over more than a half hour or so and already we want archives!! Ok, I admit it, I hit /. just to see what everyone else thought of the commercials. During the game, I'm also ashamed to admit, I hit a couple of the advertised sites AND hit a web-dictionary site to find an exact definition of "titan".
Umm...Might be going out on a limb here, but aren't WE the "professional" hackers that the NSA recruits from and such? I mean, wouldn't it make sense that anyone nerdy enough to get hired on as an NSA nerd/hacker would HAVE TO be nerdy enough to be registered here at /.???!!!??? Just a thought.
Thought this was a really cool idea so I hit the site. Turns out it IS a cool idea. The product might even be worth it if I could get a snazzy case for my Palm SEVEN!! The company's cases are apparently only compatible with the Pale III series. Didn't those become obsolete quite awile ago? Granted there are many folks still using them as it's hard (and expensive) to stay on top of the current gadgets, but I still think palmcolors is going to need to keep up with the Palm people if they're going to stay in the game.
*gets misty eyed* Remember the episode where Homer has to go back to college? Who came to his rescue? The campus geeks!! Just thinking about them mimicking Monty Python in unison while Homer stands there dumbfounded makes me remember all over again why I fell in love with the show.