I have a similar problem with writing anything with pen and paper. My handwriting was never very pretty, but now not only is it ugly, I also feel very awkward and uncomfortable whenever I have to actually write anything.
Totally agreed. I use the computer to type and I can't spell anything thanks to spell check. If I don't know how to spell something, I type it and then pick the correct one in the spell check suggestion menu.
Also there is a slight error in the article above:
Quote: "'tibiwangzi,' which means 'take pen, forget paper.'"
However, 'tibiwangzi () means "pick up pen, forget character" or "take pen, forget character". In any case is the logogram for "character" not "paper". In case you were wondering, paper is zhi ().
Seriously, transcribe it manually... automatic speech recognition just doesn't work. And can never work, because much of the time the only reason humans can understand each other is by making informed guesses based on context, which a computer program cannot do.
So true. It doesn't work very well, you'll end up spending the time to fix it. However, if you type extremely slow, then it might be a good idea to "transcribe" the text and then edit.
Now Google voice tries to transcribe the messages you leave on it. Needless to say, it only gets your partly there. You'll have to edit the result. Trust me, it can be pretty disturbing what it comes up with. However, if you can get some sort of software to play your mp3/wav's to Google voice you might get that to translate it for you.
Its only Apple who thinks that one product can be perfect for everyone, from the serious developer and power user to Joe Six-Pack.
See, I always read this on Slashdot, and then I read "I love my iPhone" everywhere else. I don't think Apple ever said they were to be all things to all people. They try to be the important things to most people. And that's how they succeed. They find out what people want to do, focus on those features and make them basically perfect and intuitive, and then disable anything that doesn't work right enough of the time or which gets in the way of the important things. I was sick of buying phones with feature lists the length of my arm--none of which worked reliably enough for me to ever really mess with them. With the iPhone, I actually use those things. I use them because they work. Every time.
Finally, just to put this out there again: I live in Japan; I have had none of the signal/net-speed issues I hear about all over the internet. None. None. Never once a dropped call. It's not the phone; it's the network.
See, the issue is that everyone needs to share some of the blame.
Apple can use less of its egotism and AT&T can use better networks.
I'm still waiting on a way to turn on and off bluetooth, wifi, or 3g without having to navigate a labyrinth of menus under settings. Yeah, SBSettings can do it, but no jailbreak exists for iPhone 4.
And I'm still waiting for AT&T to have 3G signal inside buildings in downtown Chicago on the 42nd floor.
Don't get me wrong, I love my new iPhone 4, I think it's freaking awesome. I have not been able to duplicate the signal losing two bars thing, nor had any issues with the proximity sensor. May be I'm holding it right? But at the end of the day, I'm not going to recommend the iPhone 4 to my friends, because I don't want to be the egoistic b*stard that tells them "you're holding it wrong."
Instructions will be "You're holding it wrong".
Just hold the top closer to your ear, and the bottom further from your mouth.
I was playing with my iPhone 4, and noticed that if you put your finger within 1 cm of the top center of the phone, the screen will go away during a call.
And I'm holding it to my head, if I hold it with the top close to my ear, so that the mic is fairly far from my mouth, the lights go off. But If I do the opposite, the mic closer to the mouth, and the top further from the ear, the screen is back.
This can only mean Apple probably adjusted the distance required to turn off the screen to be too close to the phone, but they'll tell you just hold it so that the mic is 3 inches from your face so that the top is with in 1 cm of your ears.
Most ISP in China will not be able to provide you a connection better than about say 1 Mbits/s. Even if you have an ssl encrypted proxy or vpn set up at home, your connection to your home network in the States will be unbearably slow.
But the openvpn suggestion is going to be your best bet.
I don't see how a Chinese restaurant means corporate espionage. People open Chinese restaurant near big companies because corporate folks love Chinese food for lunch, it's good money. The guy makes it sound like any ethnic restaurant in the middle of no where implies they're doing something suspicious, that's the most bigoted piece of BS I've heard.
Even if China wanted to conduct espionage, they have better ways to do it than opening a restaurant next to a Fortune 500 company.
Oh one more thing, black duck eggs are not exactly a delicacy. Delicacy implies luxury and is something rare. "Black duck eggs" were more of a I need food for the winter, so I will preserve this egg. Now a days, they're just sold everywhere. Anyways, bear paw is a delicacy, black duck eggs pretty common.
If the average speed is 45 mph, and he was stopped at the end (ie speed 0), then at some point he was going above 45. Especially since you can't stop instantaneously. This is like calculus you learn in High School... If the Judge ruled the other way, the future of America would be even in deeper sh*t than it already is.
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I have a similar problem with writing anything with pen and paper. My handwriting was never very pretty, but now not only is it ugly, I also feel very awkward and uncomfortable whenever I have to actually write anything.
Totally agreed. I use the computer to type and I can't spell anything thanks to spell check. If I don't know how to spell something, I type it and then pick the correct one in the spell check suggestion menu. Also there is a slight error in the article above: Quote: "'tibiwangzi,' which means 'take pen, forget paper.'" However, 'tibiwangzi () means "pick up pen, forget character" or "take pen, forget character". In any case is the logogram for "character" not "paper". In case you were wondering, paper is zhi ().
let's set so double the killer delete select all.
Seriously, transcribe it manually... automatic speech recognition just doesn't work. And can never work, because much of the time the only reason humans can understand each other is by making informed guesses based on context, which a computer program cannot do.
So true. It doesn't work very well, you'll end up spending the time to fix it. However, if you type extremely slow, then it might be a good idea to "transcribe" the text and then edit. Now Google voice tries to transcribe the messages you leave on it. Needless to say, it only gets your partly there. You'll have to edit the result. Trust me, it can be pretty disturbing what it comes up with. However, if you can get some sort of software to play your mp3/wav's to Google voice you might get that to translate it for you.
Its only Apple who thinks that one product can be perfect for everyone, from the serious developer and power user to Joe Six-Pack.
See, I always read this on Slashdot, and then I read "I love my iPhone" everywhere else. I don't think Apple ever said they were to be all things to all people. They try to be the important things to most people. And that's how they succeed. They find out what people want to do, focus on those features and make them basically perfect and intuitive, and then disable anything that doesn't work right enough of the time or which gets in the way of the important things. I was sick of buying phones with feature lists the length of my arm--none of which worked reliably enough for me to ever really mess with them. With the iPhone, I actually use those things. I use them because they work. Every time.
Finally, just to put this out there again: I live in Japan; I have had none of the signal/net-speed issues I hear about all over the internet. None. None. Never once a dropped call. It's not the phone; it's the network.
See, the issue is that everyone needs to share some of the blame. Apple can use less of its egotism and AT&T can use better networks. I'm still waiting on a way to turn on and off bluetooth, wifi, or 3g without having to navigate a labyrinth of menus under settings. Yeah, SBSettings can do it, but no jailbreak exists for iPhone 4. And I'm still waiting for AT&T to have 3G signal inside buildings in downtown Chicago on the 42nd floor. Don't get me wrong, I love my new iPhone 4, I think it's freaking awesome. I have not been able to duplicate the signal losing two bars thing, nor had any issues with the proximity sensor. May be I'm holding it right? But at the end of the day, I'm not going to recommend the iPhone 4 to my friends, because I don't want to be the egoistic b*stard that tells them "you're holding it wrong."
Instructions will be "You're holding it wrong". Just hold the top closer to your ear, and the bottom further from your mouth. I was playing with my iPhone 4, and noticed that if you put your finger within 1 cm of the top center of the phone, the screen will go away during a call. And I'm holding it to my head, if I hold it with the top close to my ear, so that the mic is fairly far from my mouth, the lights go off. But If I do the opposite, the mic closer to the mouth, and the top further from the ear, the screen is back. This can only mean Apple probably adjusted the distance required to turn off the screen to be too close to the phone, but they'll tell you just hold it so that the mic is 3 inches from your face so that the top is with in 1 cm of your ears.
Most ISP in China will not be able to provide you a connection better than about say 1 Mbits/s. Even if you have an ssl encrypted proxy or vpn set up at home, your connection to your home network in the States will be unbearably slow. But the openvpn suggestion is going to be your best bet.
Since when is 'dust' a unit of size?
Since they made chopsticks out of monochromatic light.
I don't see how a Chinese restaurant means corporate espionage. People open Chinese restaurant near big companies because corporate folks love Chinese food for lunch, it's good money. The guy makes it sound like any ethnic restaurant in the middle of no where implies they're doing something suspicious, that's the most bigoted piece of BS I've heard. Even if China wanted to conduct espionage, they have better ways to do it than opening a restaurant next to a Fortune 500 company. Oh one more thing, black duck eggs are not exactly a delicacy. Delicacy implies luxury and is something rare. "Black duck eggs" were more of a I need food for the winter, so I will preserve this egg. Now a days, they're just sold everywhere. Anyways, bear paw is a delicacy, black duck eggs pretty common.
If the average speed is 45 mph, and he was stopped at the end (ie speed 0), then at some point he was going above 45. Especially since you can't stop instantaneously. This is like calculus you learn in High School... If the Judge ruled the other way, the future of America would be even in deeper sh*t than it already is.