Seriously - their most popular plan has a 2gig limit for "only" $40 a month - with excess usage charged at 15c a meg. That's over $2,000 a gig! Both up and down are counted.
People who use bigpond are seriously deluded. Considering rivals offer 130gig a month for $40, no excess usage charges, and only downloads count...
Now that the 10% barrier has been reached, people have 30 days to submit their final results. At the end of the 30 days, whoever has the best result wins.
But really - I'm quite happy to let the USA (and other countries) spend the money on space. It needs to be done. It's good it's being done. But for the time being - I'm happy to sit and watch.
Of course - if we think we can make this a commercially sound venture - go for your life.
I've never heard of the exact thing you're talking about - I suspect it's a USA only thing.
But we were given the chance to donate the umbilical cord blood to help with research (Stem Cell in particular). And why wouldn't we do it? Helps others, and something we obviously won't be using ourselves. That was 11 months ago.
I suspect what you're talking about is some sort of scheme where a third party stores the blood "just in case" (the same sort of "just in case" as freezing your body when you die) - the hope is that possibly in the future it will help your child - though currently there's no known proven benefits.
If that's the case - may I suggest donating the blood to the appropriate people. That way - we all benefit. And you're not ripped off.
Hah, It would be interesting to see how strong the age/uid correlation would be. I'm probably a hundred years old by slashdot standards.
At a guess - you got an ID in the first week or so that Slashdot had them. Perhaps even the first day. This means you had access to the internet during the day. And had plenty of time. So - perhaps you were at Uni (college). Say 19 years old.
Hah, It would be interesting to see how strong the age/uid correlation would be. I'm probably a hundred years old by slashdot standards.
At a guess - you got an ID in the first week or so that Slashdot had them. Perhaps even the first day. This means you had access to the internet during the day. And had plenty of time. You were at Uni (college). Say 19 years old.
The critical flaw of cloud computing is that you entrust your data to a third party. If you are at all concerned with privacy you will think cloud computing is a terrible idea.
Not really. There are two issues you raise 1) Entrusting your data to a third party. 2) Privacy concerns.
1) In some cases, a third party will do a better job at backing up your data then yourself or your company. This is the real world - outsourcing sometimes is a good idea. But be careful. Everyone stuffs up - who is more likely to stuff up?
2) Privacy concerns depends on a whole lot of things. Including how sensitive your data is, and if the data is encrypted by you before submitting it to the cloud. So it could be a problem - not not necessarily so.
So neither are "critical" flaws - it all depends on your own situation, who you are entrusting your data to, and how you are entrusting it to them.
What you are thinking of is "Dragon Power Secretary" which was available for early Macs in the early 90s - but dropped (way before OS X). The WWDC announcement came when OS X was also being announced in 1999. The announced product at WWDC never came out.
I was able to find this press release:
WWDC--SAN JOSE, Calif. and NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1999--
Photo will be available at 2:30 pm EST on Associated Press via Business Wire
Dragon Systems, Inc. and Apple(R) Computer, Inc. today announced that Dragon Systems will create and market Macintosh-compatible products based on Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the top selling retail speech product in the U.S.(a) Dragon Systems Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder Janet Baker, Ph.D. announced the company's plans during the keynote presentation at Apple's annual World Wide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in San Jose.
"It's great news for our customers that Dragon is bringing their world-class speech recognition software out on Macintosh," said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO. "The underlying architecture of the Mac platform, with fast PowerPC processors and outstanding audio support, will make Macintosh the premier platform for Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Dragon's return to the Mac market is more evidence of the great business opportunities available on Macintosh for innovative developers."
"We have received many requests for a Macintosh version of Dragon Naturally Speaking and working with Apple we're going to deliver a high quality speech solution for Macintosh users," said Dragon Systems Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder Janet Baker, Ph.D. "Over the last year we have seen Apple bring out some very innovative products and we think Dragon Systems will offer the ideal speech recognition solution for anyone who wants to extend the capabilities of their iMac, Power Macintosh G3, or PowerBook G3."
Dragon Systems' products for the Macintosh are planned initially for both American and British English, with the first U.S. product to be released later this year. French, German, and Japanese are also scheduled. Pricing, system requirements, and product specifications will be announced at product introduction.
Dragon Systems has a long history of supporting products for the Macintosh platform. Previously, Dragon Systems offered Dragon PowerSecretary(tm), a discrete recognition dictation system for the Macintosh.
I was at the Apple Dev conference in 1999 (or so) when the CEO of Dragon got up during Steve's keynote and announced that they were going to develop a Mac version of Dragon.
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oops - yep, my Maths was way off - not sure where I got that number from. But as you said - $154 a gig is still silly.
And appologies to those who have no other choice. Sucks to be stuck on Bigpond - my heartfelt sympathy.
10 gig or 25 gig a month? They're the luck users!
Seriously - their most popular plan has a 2gig limit for "only" $40 a month - with excess usage charged at 15c a meg. That's over $2,000 a gig! Both up and down are counted.
People who use bigpond are seriously deluded. Considering rivals offer 130gig a month for $40, no excess usage charges, and only downloads count...
no linux user users bigpond.
Friends don't let friends use bigpond.
Both these statements can't be true. If the glasses sync automatically, then there is such a thing as syncing 3D glasses.
The real question is, considering that the glasses sync automatically, should they be advertise this as a service they provide.
Most likely not.
Quick and dirty tests are not good enough to test this.
We need significant sample sizes, double blind testing, and appropriately rigorous scientific methodology.
dude - seriously...there's already been a three digit posted in a parent.
Time for us four digits to go outside to play.
Automotive stories may be few, but automotive illustrations on the other hand....
Do you reckon we'll get natural speech recognition first?
Well done Bellkor.
But now the real race begins.
Now that the 10% barrier has been reached, people have 30 days to submit their final results. At the end of the 30 days, whoever has the best result wins.
This is going to be a great month!
We basically just beg the americans for everything at the moment. If they cut off our surveillance imaging we just don't have any options.
Google maps? Ok - maybe not.
We need it for defence? dang.
I'm an Aussie. I love space.
But really - I'm quite happy to let the USA (and other countries) spend the money on space. It needs to be done. It's good it's being done. But for the time being - I'm happy to sit and watch.
Of course - if we think we can make this a commercially sound venture - go for your life.
I've never heard of the exact thing you're talking about - I suspect it's a USA only thing.
But we were given the chance to donate the umbilical cord blood to help with research (Stem Cell in particular). And why wouldn't we do it? Helps others, and something we obviously won't be using ourselves. That was 11 months ago.
I suspect what you're talking about is some sort of scheme where a third party stores the blood "just in case" (the same sort of "just in case" as freezing your body when you die) - the hope is that possibly in the future it will help your child - though currently there's no known proven benefits.
If that's the case - may I suggest donating the blood to the appropriate people. That way - we all benefit. And you're not ripped off.
Mike
true - so they're not idiots ALL the time! :-)
Mike
mind you - in the past they've been known to be stupidly slow realising something was worth having. IDE
Though I suspect they've got their finger more on the pulse now - even leading the pulse.
Mike
If it's a killer app that threatens the iPhone - Apple will make sure it comes to the iPhone.
They're not idiots - and have been known in the past to purchase applications or provide alternatives if they believe it is needed on their platforms.
Mike
I hope they put some sort of DRM on it - this could be dangerous if it falls into the wrong hands!
Hah, It would be interesting to see how strong the age/uid correlation would be. I'm probably a hundred years old by slashdot standards.
At a guess - you got an ID in the first week or so that Slashdot had them. Perhaps even the first day. This means you had access to the internet during the day. And had plenty of time. So - perhaps you were at Uni (college). Say 19 years old.
add 10 years - at a guess - 29 years old now?
Am I close?
Hah, It would be interesting to see how strong the age/uid correlation would be. I'm probably a hundred years old by slashdot standards.
At a guess - you got an ID in the first week or so that Slashdot had them. Perhaps even the first day. This means you had access to the internet during the day. And had plenty of time. You were at Uni (college). Say 19 years old.
add 10 years - at a guess - 29 years old now?
Am I close?
go home kids. You can come back and play in the morning.
The critical flaw of cloud computing is that you entrust your data to a third party. If you are at all concerned with privacy you will think cloud computing is a terrible idea.
Not really. There are two issues you raise 1) Entrusting your data to a third party. 2) Privacy concerns.
1) In some cases, a third party will do a better job at backing up your data then yourself or your company. This is the real world - outsourcing sometimes is a good idea. But be careful. Everyone stuffs up - who is more likely to stuff up?
2) Privacy concerns depends on a whole lot of things. Including how sensitive your data is, and if the data is encrypted by you before submitting it to the cloud. So it could be a problem - not not necessarily so.
So neither are "critical" flaws - it all depends on your own situation, who you are entrusting your data to, and how you are entrusting it to them.
Mike
Do you oldfags. I mean, long time members just lurk and wait for posts like this?
yes.
I never realised Gummy bears were so toxic!
What you are thinking of is "Dragon Power Secretary" which was available for early Macs in the early 90s - but dropped (way before OS X). The WWDC announcement came when OS X was also being announced in 1999. The announced product at WWDC never came out.
I was able to find this press release:
WWDC--SAN JOSE, Calif. and NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1999--
Photo will be available at 2:30 pm EST on Associated Press via Business Wire
Dragon Systems, Inc. and Apple(R) Computer, Inc. today announced that Dragon Systems will create and market Macintosh-compatible products based on Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the top selling retail speech product in the U.S.(a) Dragon Systems Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder Janet Baker, Ph.D. announced the company's plans during the keynote presentation at Apple's annual World Wide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in San Jose.
"It's great news for our customers that Dragon is bringing their world-class speech recognition software out on Macintosh," said Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO. "The underlying architecture of the Mac platform, with fast PowerPC processors and outstanding audio support, will make Macintosh the premier platform for Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Dragon's return to the Mac market is more evidence of the great business opportunities available on Macintosh for innovative developers."
"We have received many requests for a Macintosh version of Dragon Naturally Speaking and working with Apple we're going to deliver a high quality speech solution for Macintosh users," said Dragon Systems Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder Janet Baker, Ph.D. "Over the last year we have seen Apple bring out some very innovative products and we think Dragon Systems will offer the ideal speech recognition solution for anyone who wants to extend the capabilities of their iMac, Power Macintosh G3, or PowerBook G3."
Dragon Systems' products for the Macintosh are planned initially for both American and British English, with the first U.S. product to be released later this year. French, German, and Japanese are also scheduled. Pricing, system requirements, and product specifications will be announced at product introduction.
Dragon Systems has a long history of supporting products for the Macintosh platform. Previously, Dragon Systems offered Dragon PowerSecretary(tm), a discrete recognition dictation system for the Macintosh.
I was at the Apple Dev conference in 1999 (or so) when the CEO of Dragon got up during Steve's keynote and announced that they were going to develop a Mac version of Dragon.
Almost 10 years later - and it's finally here!
Or at least a follow up announcement is here.
no worries :-) And thanks for the reply.
Mike