More of the usual nonsense: a ridiculous, tiny airplane with folding wings. That's not a flying car. Flying cars, as they are generally envisioned (think Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, etc.) obviously rely on technologies that we do not currently have, and that we are not likely to have this century. By insisting in calling these silly things "flying cars", the manufacturers are bound to Segway themselves - those of us who have been around for a while remember the Segway, a device that was bound to revolutionize transportation. We also remember thinking, "This piece of junk is going to revolutionize transportation?" as it was unveiled.
The problem is that the public has been led to believe that the capabilities of Siri (and its counterparts by other companies) wouldn't fall too short of those displayed by HAL 9000 and the Star Trek computer. When you start interacting with them under such expectations, you are bound to be sorely disappointed. Siri et al. remain gimmicks good for grins and giggles, and not really much else - just about anything they can do, people can do themselves, probably more efficiently. Plus, the things we would really want for them to do remain well beyond their capabilities. And the AI community still has the chutzpah (or recklessness) to carry on coming up with exuberant forecasts.
They can be really relied on to come up with harebrained schemes. But, in truth, they also make the most explosive devices in the market. Anyway, I am already burning with anticipation.
Mercedes drivers are already well known for finding new ways to do the stupid thing in the road. This extra distraction will only give them more opportunities. I am looking forward to the autonomous car era, if it is only because current Mercedes drivers will not be at the wheel.
At the end of the XIX century, motor vehicles were initially allowed on the road only if preceded by a person (on foot) waving a red flag to warn pedestrians. I bet we already have rules in place, concerning autonomous vehicles, that will elicit condescending, amused smiles from our descendants in a few decades.
I laugh every time I hear about the "cord cutters" bragging about how they're saving money. HBO, Netflix, Disney, Hulu, UFC...the content fracturing is endless, and soon the aggregated monthly cost to access all the shit you want to watch will be twice as much as cable ever was.
As you say, only if you want to watch all that shit. One can lead a perfectly fulfilled, complete life without accessing all that shit, as you appropriately call it. And save for other undertakings.
For me, at least - I don't use MS Office, and couldn't care less about it. I have been able to use other tools for many years, without any problems whatsoever. And producing more professional-looking documents to boot: most MS Office documents that I have seen look pathetically MS Office.
There are far better literary works out there, sci-fi or otherwise, even by Asimov himself. Quite frankly, it's clearly something that he would concoct month by month, with too many disconnects down the line. I guess it must be somebody with clout's night-table book of choice.
Starting about 20 years ago, the commercial airlines business has become a race to the bottom - the goal is to find out who can offer the worst services, while at the same time squeezing as much money as possible out of the passengers, while minimizing the loss of business.
Samsung's modus operandi all too often consists of getting software written by others and add a heck of a lot of bloatware of Samsung's own, rendering the original software almost unusable. Is this what they have done here as well?
It was also AI researchers (top ones, like Minsky) who confidently claimed that human intelligence level were going to be here 30 years ago. These people seem to have forgotten their history, and are about to repeat the same mistakes which made them an academic laughingstock.
Nobody owns your friend any job in particular. If ads stop working for him, he should move on to do something else - hopefully, something with a better social contribution than just living off ads.
Here is the deal: make ALL the material available, all the time, without constraints, on a per show/movie/documentary/event, etc. basis, at a reasonable cost, with simple, straightforward and convenient mechanisms to accomplish all that, and people will ve onboard big time. Persist in your penchant for creating walled gardens, artificial scarcity, geographic constraints, complicated deals, and unreasonable prices, and you will keep pushing people to resort to torrent downloads. Your call.
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More of the usual nonsense: a ridiculous, tiny airplane with folding wings. That's not a flying car. Flying cars, as they are generally envisioned (think Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, etc.) obviously rely on technologies that we do not currently have, and that we are not likely to have this century. By insisting in calling these silly things "flying cars", the manufacturers are bound to Segway themselves - those of us who have been around for a while remember the Segway, a device that was bound to revolutionize transportation. We also remember thinking, "This piece of junk is going to revolutionize transportation?" as it was unveiled.
The problem is that the public has been led to believe that the capabilities of Siri (and its counterparts by other companies) wouldn't fall too short of those displayed by HAL 9000 and the Star Trek computer. When you start interacting with them under such expectations, you are bound to be sorely disappointed. Siri et al. remain gimmicks good for grins and giggles, and not really much else - just about anything they can do, people can do themselves, probably more efficiently. Plus, the things we would really want for them to do remain well beyond their capabilities. And the AI community still has the chutzpah (or recklessness) to carry on coming up with exuberant forecasts.
They can be really relied on to come up with harebrained schemes. But, in truth, they also make the most explosive devices in the market. Anyway, I am already burning with anticipation.
However, this seems to prove that it is worse than useless.
Mercedes drivers are already well known for finding new ways to do the stupid thing in the road. This extra distraction will only give them more opportunities. I am looking forward to the autonomous car era, if it is only because current Mercedes drivers will not be at the wheel.
271?
Or perhaps "least unpopular"? I mean, how many people are using these devices?
And, bearing in mind what they do, it's intriguing that this job still exists.
See definition of oxymoron.
At the end of the XIX century, motor vehicles were initially allowed on the road only if preceded by a person (on foot) waving a red flag to warn pedestrians. I bet we already have rules in place, concerning autonomous vehicles, that will elicit condescending, amused smiles from our descendants in a few decades.
Cable only makes sense for people who have kids.
Less and less - these days, through YouTube and a few other outlets, one can get enough free material to keep kids entertained.
I laugh every time I hear about the "cord cutters" bragging about how they're saving money. HBO, Netflix, Disney, Hulu, UFC...the content fracturing is endless, and soon the aggregated monthly cost to access all the shit you want to watch will be twice as much as cable ever was.
As you say, only if you want to watch all that shit. One can lead a perfectly fulfilled, complete life without accessing all that shit, as you appropriately call it. And save for other undertakings.
For me, at least - I don't use MS Office, and couldn't care less about it. I have been able to use other tools for many years, without any problems whatsoever. And producing more professional-looking documents to boot: most MS Office documents that I have seen look pathetically MS Office.
Another millimeter in a race the distance of which we have yet to understand?
There are far better literary works out there, sci-fi or otherwise, even by Asimov himself. Quite frankly, it's clearly something that he would concoct month by month, with too many disconnects down the line. I guess it must be somebody with clout's night-table book of choice.
Those are two very different things. Almost anyone can become a code-monkey.
Starting about 20 years ago, the commercial airlines business has become a race to the bottom - the goal is to find out who can offer the worst services, while at the same time squeezing as much money as possible out of the passengers, while minimizing the loss of business.
Samsung's modus operandi all too often consists of getting software written by others and add a heck of a lot of bloatware of Samsung's own, rendering the original software almost unusable. Is this what they have done here as well?
You'd need some kind of quantum computer as silicone is a tiny fraction of what the human brain is capable of.
That would be silicon. Silicone is what they use for breast implants. Or they used to.
And take your obnoxious ad things with you.
(most people cannot compute in their heads)
And even those prodigy calculators who can do not stand a chance against a pocket calculator, much less a computer.
It was also AI researchers (top ones, like Minsky) who confidently claimed that human intelligence level were going to be here 30 years ago. These people seem to have forgotten their history, and are about to repeat the same mistakes which made them an academic laughingstock.
The AI field, from the late 60s, has historically been 90% hype and 10% results.
Nobody owns your friend any job in particular. If ads stop working for him, he should move on to do something else - hopefully, something with a better social contribution than just living off ads.
Here is the deal: make ALL the material available, all the time, without constraints, on a per show/movie/documentary/event, etc. basis, at a reasonable cost, with simple, straightforward and convenient mechanisms to accomplish all that, and people will ve onboard big time. Persist in your penchant for creating walled gardens, artificial scarcity, geographic constraints, complicated deals, and unreasonable prices, and you will keep pushing people to resort to torrent downloads. Your call.