.. then some government agency needs to step in and verify that said software is safe for use, whether it's an app that diagnoses a heart condition in your grannie, or a pilot who relies upon an iPad for flight manuals. It was a few years before the FAA permitted iPads to be used in the cockpit and not just because of the supposed electronic interference.
Been there done that. It's too expensive now. Don't get me wrong. I LOVED flying my wherever I wanted to, just for the hell of it. Heck, I even took a girl hitch-hiking at the Aspen airport to Denver (and no, there was no mile-high club on that flight). Wonderful times *sigh*
My last employer used Nuance for voice recognition of 411 (information) requests from cellular providers. If we got a 40% recognition rate, we were doing pretty good. Keep in min that we were limited by such things as an 8kb bandwidth, environmental noise (radio, road noise, etc.) and various speaker accents. All together, 40% was pretty darned good at the time (5 years ago).
Only a few years back, the only viable option WAS dialup. I didn't want to pay $90/mo for satellite service and the propagation delay would make ssh sessions unbearable. So now I have a 900Mhz Motorola Canopy antenna pointing across the valley to a repeater which goes to another tower, etc. I get 1Mbs and I'm happy with that. Happier than dialip, for sure. And I can handle the $40 per month for this service.
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Obligatory George Carlin quote:
"Saliva causes stomach cancer, but only when swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time."
to compliment their earlier unpowered glide flights
Wow, that was a REALLY GREAT unpowered glide flight!!
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"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines".
But this weasel can FLY!
A site about proctologists???
In space, no one can hear you blow up.
Obligatory xkcd link
And next you're going to tell me that Kepler didn't invent the space telescope.
... when they get a robot to perform nipple clamping.
So, the only thing "stock" is the lug nuts?
xyzzy
Will it turn off its turn signal?
.. then some government agency needs to step in and verify that said software is safe for use, whether it's an app that diagnoses a heart condition in your grannie, or a pilot who relies upon an iPad for flight manuals. It was a few years before the FAA permitted iPads to be used in the cockpit and not just because of the supposed electronic interference.
Been there done that. It's too expensive now. Don't get me wrong. I LOVED flying my wherever I wanted to, just for the hell of it. Heck, I even took a girl hitch-hiking at the Aspen airport to Denver (and no, there was no mile-high club on that flight). Wonderful times *sigh*
Where's my mod +1 funny when I need one?
BINGO!
That's covered in the afternoon lecture.
Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.
In fact, it's cold as hell.
Twitter didn't build that.
This was entirely US based calls. The dictionary was comprised of millions of names.
I'm reminded of this this - especially around the 3:40 mark.
My last employer used Nuance for voice recognition of 411 (information) requests from cellular providers. If we got a 40% recognition rate, we were doing pretty good. Keep in min that we were limited by such things as an 8kb bandwidth, environmental noise (radio, road noise, etc.) and various speaker accents. All together, 40% was pretty darned good at the time (5 years ago).
"Great Britain"? Ohh. I saw GB and thought "George Bush" and wondered how they were gonna pin that one on him when he was only 7.
We're gonna need a bigger mouth.
Three chords and the truth.
Wow! The Usenet Oracle has joined /. !!!
Only a few years back, the only viable option WAS dialup. I didn't want to pay $90/mo for satellite service and the propagation delay would make ssh sessions unbearable. So now I have a 900Mhz Motorola Canopy antenna pointing across the valley to a repeater which goes to another tower, etc. I get 1Mbs and I'm happy with that. Happier than dialip, for sure. And I can handle the $40 per month for this service.
Yes, this is rural.