Off topic, perhaps, but am I the only one that starts seeing parallels betwen USA/Bush vs Star Wars/The Emperor? It might be just my imaginations and/or one of my mood-swings, but things are getting scary "over there". . . .
If the kids go faster than a certain speed, say 50Mph or so, the stereo shuts down. That way they can either cruise along and listen to their music, or they can go fast and not have that 300 beats-per-minute tune mess with their concentration.
That would probably never work, since there is currently no software capable of recognizing all correct grammar, and I don't think there will ever be such a program. There isn't even a flawless spell checker available. Another issue is people with dyslexia. Most people I know are able to understand what dyslexians (or whatever they are called in english) mean even if they are not that good at typing. I think the idea is good though, to some extent. Running a spell-checker would certainly teach good spelling, but the spellchecker better be correct!
As for speech recognition and only letting clearly pronounciated words pass: ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!?!? Why would you cut off people with speech impediments from using this? And people with different dialects? I come from Norway, a country with many dialects that can be pretty different, and none of them are more "correct" than any of the others just because some dialects are more common than others. That's the beauty of language filtered through the human brain; we are mostly able to understand it even if it doesn't sound the same every time. That is what they should try to be speech recognition software able to do, not filter out everything that doesn't sound exactly the same.
Think about it. We could have an entire society where everyone speaks perfectly clear, grammatically precise day-to-day English (or whatever language you speak in your country)!
Indeed! And we might just start the cloning straight away.
I'd like that, too! And with bar codes on invoices and stuff Internet-bank users like myself wouldn't have to manually punch the account numbers, names, KID-numbers and such if both the phone and the PC has BlueTooth. Which they do.:-)
This should mean that every murder that cannot be linked to a specific game could be linked to "The Sims", then. So instead of banning GTA, CS and so on th prevent the few murders committed because of those games, we'd only have to ban "The Sims", and every other murder would not happen, since noone is playing "The Sims" anymore.
I'd like to se a guide of how I could turn the electronic start-blocker (or whatever it's called in english) from a car into a keyless access to my house. Preferably in a way that would let me unlock the door while the key is still in my pocket. Would be mighty handy when I'm loaded with croceries or furniture.:-)
Actually we have the technology to trick the inner ear, although we cannot put it in a VR-set yet. I saw a TV-show yesterday about a company building flight-simulators for pilot training. Inthem you sit in a "box" with screens that act as windows.
The box is mounted on hydraulics that moves it around, and powerfull computers sync the movement and the output on the screens. In early versions pilots got sick, because there were too much "lag" between the screens and the hydraulics. As soon as they got the delay down to 16/100 of a seconds nobody got sick.
Of course, these sims are $15M units, so they are not for "pleasure". The guy from the factory was pretty sure they sold one unit that was for private use, though.
On a side note, I had a techer that worked on a university where thay made an elevator simulator wich could lift the "fake" elevator about 1 inch up and down. It was made to be one of those glass elevators, except that the window was a big screen. In tests people got sick/dizy if the hydraulics that gave a jolt when the elevator started and stopped were disabled. A fun prank to play was to let people ride a few stories up, give the elevator an extra jolt, and then fast-forward the "down" movie on the screens and listen to the passengers scream.:-D
Wife: How about we pull over here and get some rest so that we don't get in an accident from fatigue? Husband: OK Wife: I think I'll have a nap. Husband: OK Wife: ZZZZZZZzzzzzz Husband: *Flips open notebook* Ahh... WiFi.... Wife: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz Husband: Finally I can download all kinds of weird porn, and nobody can find out it was me. .. Wife: ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz Husband: Oh, a live hidden web-cam in the girl dormatory! Cool! I'll give it five more minutes. .. Wife: ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz Husband: Ok, I'll take a nap now. Oh, wait! That hot redhead is going in the shower! Just two more minutes. .. Wife: Yaaawwwnnnn..... 'Morning, honey. Husband: *Smacks lid on notebook shut* Uh... Umm... 'Morning.... I was just using my notebook for a pillow, by the way. Wife: Should we get going again? Husband: Sure. (Thinking: I can stay awake for another 24 hours, no problem.) Husband: ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz Truck horn: BBBWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR Wife: EEEEEeeeeeee Trucker: G*d d**n! Wife: Husband: Paramedic 1: Bag 'em! Paramedic 2: Things really got bysy after they put up them thar antennas at all the rest stops, I'll say.
I read about this lady that sued Janet and a couple of TV companies after that exposure incident. Now, what the hell is up with that!? Just hearing about that makes me want to go violent! She should be fined ten times whatever amount she gets out of that case for being stupid, and for wasting american tax dollars. And obviously for polluting the gene pool, too. See? It upsets me, and I'm not even american. . .
My guess is that this setup is as much to reduce the danger of being hit by a speeder as it is to "punish" the offender. Kind of like a dynamic speed bump, if you will.
I think such devices would probably be x-rates, since a lot of men would use them, and we would then continously hear brodcasts of guyt thinking about the things than guys think about all the time.
I also think brainfarts might become a problem for people using this kind of equipment.
What ever you do, DON'T send her an XBox! That will just attract guys to her dorm! It would get you off the "talking-hook", but it will eventually rob you of all other "benefits" of having a girlfriend.;-)
I appreciate a silent computer, but since I don't have to see all the falshing lights and neon tubes todays kids stuff their computers with, I'd rather make a small hole in my wall abd have the computer in the next room than spend $1400 on that stuff. I could then use the spare $1395 not used on the drill bit and silicone on beer and strippers - perhaps getting even more silicone. . .
As davejenkins pointed out (although I think he mean to be sarcastic) there are the good (?) and (definately) old tapes. Ten years abou I had a stereo rach with twin tapes and "all the goodies" including a timer to turn on my radio to wake me up. if I pushed the standard buttons REC+Play while the thing was off, it would stat recording the radio program when the timer turned on the radio. Very convenient in the cases where I wanted to tape something while I was at school, or at night while I was sleeping. (I just turned down the sound to avoid being waken up.)
I still have it actually, although I have stopped listening to radio very much. It was produced by JVC, by the way.
Macdonaldus Senex fundum habuit. E-I-E-I-O. Et in hot fundo nonnullas boves domesticas habuitt. E-I-E-O. Cum moo moo hic, et cum moo moo ibi. Hic una moo, ibi una moo, ubique una moo moo. Macdonaldus Senex fundum habuit. E-I-E-I-O
I'm sure you don't have to know a lot of latin to figure this one out.;-)
People falling for this kind of scam just confirms the fact that hydrogen and stupidity are the two most common elements. Not necessarily in the listed order I might add.
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Off topic, perhaps, but am I the only one that starts seeing parallels betwen USA/Bush vs Star Wars/The Emperor? It might be just my imaginations and/or one of my mood-swings, but things are getting scary "over there". . . .
If the kids go faster than a certain speed, say 50Mph or so, the stereo shuts down. That way they can either cruise along and listen to their music, or they can go fast and not have that 300 beats-per-minute tune mess with their concentration.
Don't you think that as more and more people start using Linux, the chance of this crap popping up there to is growing? I think it is.
That would probably never work, since there is currently no software capable of recognizing all correct grammar, and I don't think there will ever be such a program. There isn't even a flawless spell checker available. Another issue is people with dyslexia. Most people I know are able to understand what dyslexians (or whatever they are called in english) mean even if they are not that good at typing. I think the idea is good though, to some extent. Running a spell-checker would certainly teach good spelling, but the spellchecker better be correct!
As for speech recognition and only letting clearly pronounciated words pass: ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!?!? Why would you cut off people with speech impediments from using this? And people with different dialects? I come from Norway, a country with many dialects that can be pretty different, and none of them are more "correct" than any of the others just because some dialects are more common than others. That's the beauty of language filtered through the human brain; we are mostly able to understand it even if it doesn't sound the same every time. That is what they should try to be speech recognition software able to do, not filter out everything that doesn't sound exactly the same.
Think about it. We could have an entire society where everyone speaks perfectly clear, grammatically precise day-to-day English (or whatever language you speak in your country)!
Indeed! And we might just start the cloning straight away.
I'd like that, too! And with bar codes on invoices and stuff Internet-bank users like myself wouldn't have to manually punch the account numbers, names, KID-numbers and such if both the phone and the PC has BlueTooth. Which they do. :-)
This should mean that every murder that cannot be linked to a specific game could be linked to "The Sims", then. So instead of banning GTA, CS and so on th prevent the few murders committed because of those games, we'd only have to ban "The Sims", and every other murder would not happen, since noone is playing "The Sims" anymore.
I'd like to se a guide of how I could turn the electronic start-blocker (or whatever it's called in english) from a car into a keyless access to my house. Preferably in a way that would let me unlock the door while the key is still in my pocket. Would be mighty handy when I'm loaded with croceries or furniture. :-)
Of course at least some gamers will be getting SOME exercise while playing games. :-P
;-D
Whaddayamean!? I get my exercise although I spend my time with my console. I bet my thumbs are like your thighs!
Actually we have the technology to trick the inner ear, although we cannot put it in a VR-set yet. I saw a TV-show yesterday about a company building flight-simulators for pilot training. Inthem you sit in a "box" with screens that act as windows.
:-D
The box is mounted on hydraulics that moves it around, and powerfull computers sync the movement and the output on the screens. In early versions pilots got sick, because there were too much "lag" between the screens and the hydraulics. As soon as they got the delay down to 16/100 of a seconds nobody got sick.
Of course, these sims are $15M units, so they are not for "pleasure". The guy from the factory was pretty sure they sold one unit that was for private use, though.
On a side note, I had a techer that worked on a university where thay made an elevator simulator wich could lift the "fake" elevator about 1 inch up and down. It was made to be one of those glass elevators, except that the window was a big screen. In tests people got sick/dizy if the hydraulics that gave a jolt when the elevator started and stopped were disabled. A fun prank to play was to let people ride a few stories up, give the elevator an extra jolt, and then fast-forward the "down" movie on the screens and listen to the passengers scream.
You know you're a geek if you've ever replied to a tagline.
What do you mean? I do that all the time, what's wrong with that?
Heh..."should be saved to mp3 and portable"...Might as well give a big middle finger to the RIAA.
:-)
Personally I think a heavy boot in the rear end is what the RIAA deserves.
Wife: How about we pull over here and get some rest so that we don't get in an accident from fatigue? . . .
Husband: OK
Wife: I think I'll have a nap.
Husband: OK
Wife: ZZZZZZZzzzzzz
Husband: *Flips open notebook* Ahh... WiFi....
Wife: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz
Husband: Finally I can download all kinds of weird porn, and nobody can find out it was me. .
Wife: ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz
Husband: Oh, a live hidden web-cam in the girl dormatory! Cool! I'll give it five more minutes. .
Wife: ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz
Husband: Ok, I'll take a nap now. Oh, wait! That hot redhead is going in the shower! Just two more minutes. .
Wife: Yaaawwwnnnn..... 'Morning, honey.
Husband: *Smacks lid on notebook shut* Uh... Umm... 'Morning.... I was just using my notebook for a pillow, by the way.
Wife: Should we get going again?
Husband: Sure. (Thinking: I can stay awake for another 24 hours, no problem.)
Husband: ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Truck horn: BBBWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRR
Wife: EEEEEeeeeeee
Trucker: G*d d**n!
Wife:
Husband:
Paramedic 1: Bag 'em!
Paramedic 2: Things really got bysy after they put up them thar antennas at all the rest stops, I'll say.
The Lotec Sirius isn't far behind, although it's not in production yet. You can read about it here. And it looks great, too. :-)
Like in the "good ol' days"?
I read about this lady that sued Janet and a couple of TV companies after that exposure incident. Now, what the hell is up with that!? Just hearing about that makes me want to go violent! She should be fined ten times whatever amount she gets out of that case for being stupid, and for wasting american tax dollars. And obviously for polluting the gene pool, too. See? It upsets me, and I'm not even american. . .
My guess is that this setup is as much to reduce the danger of being hit by a speeder as it is to "punish" the offender. Kind of like a dynamic speed bump, if you will.
I think such devices would probably be x-rates, since a lot of men would use them, and we would then continously hear brodcasts of guyt thinking about the things than guys think about all the time.
I also think brainfarts might become a problem for people using this kind of equipment.
This person isn't very smart. Why didn't he try it on one $20 bill to start with rather than all of them?
:-)
Well, I guess he wanted to try out a Beowulf cluster of them. . .
What ever you do, DON'T send her an XBox! That will just attract guys to her dorm! It would get you off the "talking-hook", but it will eventually rob you of all other "benefits" of having a girlfriend. ;-)
I appreciate a silent computer, but since I don't have to see all the falshing lights and neon tubes todays kids stuff their computers with, I'd rather make a small hole in my wall abd have the computer in the next room than spend $1400 on that stuff. I could then use the spare $1395 not used on the drill bit and silicone on beer and strippers - perhaps getting even more silicone. . .
As davejenkins pointed out (although I think he mean to be sarcastic) there are the good (?) and (definately) old tapes. Ten years abou I had a stereo rach with twin tapes and "all the goodies" including a timer to turn on my radio to wake me up. if I pushed the standard buttons REC+Play while the thing was off, it would stat recording the radio program when the timer turned on the radio. Very convenient in the cases where I wanted to tape something while I was at school, or at night while I was sleeping. (I just turned down the sound to avoid being waken up.)
I still have it actually, although I have stopped listening to radio very much. It was produced by JVC, by the way.
I'd say porn is pretty "repetitive" in itself, and by the way a lot of them seems to have the sound pretty out of sync anyway. . .
Patent lawsuit is what I'd really love to NOT see again. . .
And the all time "classic":
;-)
Macdonaldus Senex fundum habuit. E-I-E-I-O. Et in hot fundo nonnullas boves domesticas habuitt. E-I-E-O. Cum moo moo hic, et cum moo moo ibi. Hic una moo, ibi una moo, ubique una moo moo. Macdonaldus Senex fundum habuit. E-I-E-I-O
I'm sure you don't have to know a lot of latin to figure this one out.
People falling for this kind of scam just confirms the fact that hydrogen and stupidity are the two most common elements. Not necessarily in the listed order I might add.