Currently applications for University places in CS in the UK have dropped about 40% in two years. This is also true for Europe I believe. (I deal with admitting students to a CS course so I can confirm that this figure is accurate)
This is complete nonsense. The story that the QWERTY layout is to do with keys not jamming is an urban myth. As is the story that the Dvorak keyboard is much faster - the famous tests that show this "fact" were run by Dvorak and are entirely skewed. If Dvorak is so fast how come all the typing speebd records are held by QWERTY users. If QWERTY layout is to stop keys jamming how come the longest English word you can get out of the topline only is "typewriter" (the name of the company that introduced QWERTY)
Learn some history, don't just pass on mis-information!!!!!
A simple hardware solution is not enough - the hardware needs to be permanently fixed to the same location as the person (i.e. physically embedded and all that that implies) and needs to be non-spoofable. Embedded solutions present the rather daunting prospect of spoofers removing the apparatus.... (Think Leila in Futurama and her job chip)
The only other way to achieve position guarantees would involve trusted 3rd parties (postion escrow anyone?) and we all know how much we trust those kinds of solutions! (Unless we are talking about people who are detained at the government's pleasure)
May I humbly suggest that people design to the standard rather than to a particular browser. The reason we have all the problems is because people insist on playing along with manufacturers' ad hoc extensions!
This is great news. I have used Naturally Speaking on W*****s as a wrist saving device and it is very impressive. A Linux system will be a god send if it is as good. (I don't know how good ViaVoice is, but IBM's track record in this area is good)
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Currently applications for University places in CS in the UK have dropped about 40% in two years. This is also true for Europe I believe. (I deal with admitting students to a CS course so I can confirm that this figure is accurate)
Don't confuse "used because there is no alternative" with "popular"
In fact you already do. The average number of legs possessed by the population is something like 1.7 (and increasing slowly)
This is complete nonsense. The story that the QWERTY layout is to do with keys not jamming is an urban myth. As is the story that the Dvorak keyboard is much faster - the famous tests that show this "fact" were run by Dvorak and are entirely skewed. If Dvorak is so fast how come all the typing speebd records are held by QWERTY users. If QWERTY layout is to stop keys jamming how come the longest English word you can get out of the topline only is "typewriter" (the name of the company that introduced QWERTY)
Learn some history, don't just pass on mis-information!!!!!
A simple hardware solution is not enough - the hardware needs to be permanently fixed to the same location as the person (i.e. physically embedded and all that that implies) and needs to be non-spoofable. Embedded solutions present the rather daunting prospect of spoofers removing the apparatus.... (Think Leila in Futurama and her job chip)
The only other way to achieve position guarantees would involve trusted 3rd parties (postion escrow anyone?) and we all know how much we trust those kinds of solutions! (Unless we are talking about people who are detained at the government's pleasure)
May I humbly suggest that people design to the standard rather than to a particular browser. The reason we have all the problems is because people insist on playing along with manufacturers' ad hoc extensions!
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Well, I get 98-99% accuracy all the time.....
This is great news. I have used Naturally Speaking on W*****s as a wrist saving device and it is
very impressive. A Linux system will be a god send if it is as good. (I don't know how good ViaVoice is, but IBM's track record in this area is good)