Re: Date/Time (of topic (but more interesting...))
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My boss is canadian and he writes his dates year-month-day which struck me as a bit odd. Does anybody know if this is common?
Not only "common", but acutally an ISO standard (8601). See for instance Info on ISO 8601. And I would actually recommend it, for all the reasons mentioned.
I had a faint hope that the entire world would come to their senses and convert just to be Y2K compatible; but, alas, we are now swamped with those darned "00" dates. I have used the format myself since the mid 90'ies (sp?), but I am of course a self-righteous overachieving little nerd-meister.
I see that the concept of voice-operated devices is viewed largely as a laughable matter. Personally, I do not view the potensial for "voice-cracking" as the most important aspect of these gadgets...
However, I think the linux (and/.) community should welcome the prospect of an expanding platform base in this field with enthusiasm. With the focus in the PDA/handheld field on WinCE, it would be a shame if this carried over to the field of voice-operated devices.
Personally, I think that much of the "voice" functionallity will reside in the mobile phone networks, and as such be independent on the operating system of the handheld device. But it never hurts to give developers a choice of platform technology.
I am looking forward to this device, and the voice-enabled applications. Although it would be "nifty", I do not think the VoiceShell (vsh) will be the most useful application...
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Not only "common", but acutally an ISO standard (8601). See for instance Info on ISO 8601. And I would actually recommend it, for all the reasons mentioned.
I had a faint hope that the entire world would come to their senses and convert just to be Y2K compatible; but, alas, we are now swamped with those darned "00" dates. I have used the format myself since the mid 90'ies (sp?), but I am of course a self-righteous overachieving little nerd-meister.
I see that the concept of voice-operated devices is viewed largely as a laughable matter. Personally, I do not view the potensial for "voice-cracking" as the most important aspect of these gadgets...
However, I think the linux (and /.) community should welcome the prospect of an expanding platform base in this field with enthusiasm. With the focus in the PDA/handheld field on WinCE, it would be a shame if this carried over to the field of voice-operated devices.
Personally, I think that much of the "voice" functionallity will reside in the mobile phone networks, and as such be independent on the operating system of the handheld device. But it never hurts to give developers a choice of platform technology.
I am looking forward to this device, and the voice-enabled applications. Although it would be "nifty", I do not think the VoiceShell (vsh) will be the most useful application...