Come on - when you need to know where you're going, do you pull a globe out of your glove box? Of course not - you look at a FLAT map! I wish people would get their heads out the clouds and use a bit of COMMON SENSE.
No matter how polished VUIs get, they'll certainly never be any good for gaming. Maybe for the old Hitchhiker's Guide game, but how about shoot'em'ups like Doom and Quake?
"Left...left...up....shoot...hurry...right...now down...no, up...oh, shit..." (view goes red with your character's blood)
I happen to be damned good at Minesweeper, but there's no way I'm going to get 70-second times for Expert having to speak each movement and click. Voice operation will have its role, but it'll never replace the GUI.
I think you're underrating Bruce. If you saw him on the Homicide:Life on the Streets 2-parter, he was utterly convincing as an cocksure, anger-driven cop. I was grinning when he first came onscreen (expecting "gimme some sugar, baby!"), but not for long!
Obviously, you have the series name now, but you should watch TNT on Saturday mornings - they're still showing Brisco County episodes. Back on topic, if they put Bruce on, I'd finally become a regular viewer of X-Files (just never got the habit before).
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The books you're describing are Greg Bear's: The Forge of God and its sequel Anvil of Stars.
This is accurate, but off-topic - we're discussing Dyson's quote, which does use it as a negative term (which is the common usage, anyway).
"Left...left...up....shoot...hurry...right...now down...no, up...oh, shit..." (view goes red with your character's blood)
I happen to be damned good at Minesweeper, but there's no way I'm going to get 70-second times for Expert having to speak each movement and click. Voice operation will have its role, but it'll never replace the GUI.
I think you're underrating Bruce. If you saw him on the Homicide:Life on the Streets 2-parter, he was utterly convincing as an cocksure, anger-driven cop. I was grinning when he first came onscreen (expecting "gimme some sugar, baby!"), but not for long!
Obviously, you have the series name now, but you should watch TNT on Saturday mornings - they're still showing Brisco County episodes. Back on topic, if they put Bruce on, I'd finally become a regular viewer of X-Files (just never got the habit before).
No, no, it's right there in front of you...he's a crank!