Lack of user knowledge (or even the ability to infer) is a common problem in regards to bugs and other tech support related issues.
I do tech support for a local ISP and some of the calls we get are ridiculous.
Me:Okay, Click next. (On 7th screen of 'Internet Connection Wizard') User: Alright, now it wants my username and passowrd. Me: Type them in the appropriate blanks. Make sure password is case-sensitive. User: I thought it was qwExEjv? Me: Pardon me?
Later...
Me: What do you see now? (1235th screen of 'ICW') User: The same thing as I did before, nothing has changed. Is this thing broken? Are you sure you're doing this right? Me: You see the exact same thing? (perplexed) User: YES. Me: Oh. Click Next please. User: Oh, you didn't say to click next.
This is, IMHO, a pretty nice little bone to throw us geeks. Now we can know even more certainly what we have to circumvent in order to continue on in our fair-use of things we buy. However, it also seems to me that this is a rather toothless movement and is almost a 'bone' thrown to people on both sides of the debate regarding piracy.
I'd say IBM has made quite a shift since its inception. Moving from massive, room-filling mainframes to miniature gigabyte pocket drives and Qt-toting PDAs. It's nice to see that ol' Big Blue can still jump through the ever-moving hoops of technology.
That's all fine and dandy but Google is still by far the best way to search the web. It has more features than a geek's leatherman and is faster than Superman on speed.
You're right. And I appreciate your note (and the intent behind it, I'm the same way)
However, I like e^(pi*i) = -1 because you can evaluate the natural log of negative numbers using it. Unfortunately, you get an i in the answer. Still fun though.
Is naming games after the lives of the developers, per Tabula Rasa going to become a trend? Can we look forward to seeing Still No Date and Damn Soda on my Keyboard on store shelves soon?!?
As if the black car sitting outside my house wasn't enough, now I have to deal with this kind of government surveillance too!? At least now I know where they got the pictures of my Anti RIAA boxers from...
Someone mentioned to me that they had read/heard somewhere that Microsoft was going to change the name of.NET to something else. He continued on to mumble something about this being less confusing or something like that.
Probably for the same reason that the original search numbers were different for different people. As others have said, when Google removes the word 'of' it essentially treats it as if there was an 'and' there. If you remove 'of' manually it does the exact same thing.
Guido, my good man, I do believe you have witnessed first hand the not-so-elusive google-dance.
No wonder I couldn't find the website I was looking for! It was in those missing 10,000 websites. If I had only gotten those and checked through them as thoroughly as I checked the other 1,010,000 then I would have certainly found it.
Humor aside, this is pretty interesting. Alot like when you vote in a poll, go back to the main/. page and the poll from last week appears. You'd think the Uber Midgets and Stealth Ninjas could get it right;-)
I heard rumors that the computer technology used in Minority Report exists and is usable but it just hasn't been phased into the mainstream yet. Probably not a big enough target audience or something.
It sure would be nice to just swipe the pr0n off the screen whenever anyone walked into the room;)
Re:go back to school, you moran
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Your weak argument is laced with a drug called the Ad Hominem fallacy.
Re:Other new names...
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I see the obvious joke you are trying to make, but unfortunately you are incorrect. The word robot, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, is defined as:
1) A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.
2)A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.
3)A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others.
Now, none of these three definitions imply a universal ability to move, and as such, the term Immobot does not really fit in with the rest of your "inventions" (by the way, you should try and get some VC for those!)
Sorry for being overly-literal. It's a curse.
Immobots vs. Computers
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I think most of the posters so far are missing the big point. Even having a computer control a function at a water plant still requires a fairly large degree of human supervision. Someone has to make sure the computer is working properly, make sure the control programs don't screw up, and if the programs do screw up, they must fix them. The idea behind immobots seems to take it a bit further than that by actually reducing the amount of control neccessary. I suppose you could say it's just a computer, but then couldn't all things effectivly be reduced to computers (our brains, for exmaple) which certain things in common and certain things different.
The point of this article was that the immobots require almost no human control, whereas a computer still requires a human. Or something like that. Just my 1/2000000000000th of Bill's (estimated) fortune worth.
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At the risk of getting flamed, isn't this similar to what goes on in non-IP related cases similar to thins one.
I mean, don't the police, in theory, launch attacks on those who are breaking laws? Could this be considered akin to a drug raid etc?
Just a thought.
This is excellent! Now, if there was only some way to incorporate those annoying little ringtones into my website...
Lack of user knowledge (or even the ability to infer) is a common problem in regards to bugs and other tech support related issues.
I do tech support for a local ISP and some of the calls we get are ridiculous.
Me:Okay, Click next. (On 7th screen of 'Internet Connection Wizard')
User: Alright, now it wants my username and passowrd.
Me: Type them in the appropriate blanks. Make sure password is case-sensitive.
User: I thought it was qwExEjv?
Me: Pardon me?
Later...
Me: What do you see now? (1235th screen of 'ICW')
User: The same thing as I did before, nothing has changed. Is this thing broken? Are you sure you're doing this right?
Me: You see the exact same thing? (perplexed)
User: YES.
Me: Oh. Click Next please.
User: Oh, you didn't say to click next.
I mean COME ON
This is, IMHO, a pretty nice little bone to throw us geeks. Now we can know even more certainly what we have to circumvent in order to continue on in our fair-use of things we buy. However, it also seems to me that this is a rather toothless movement and is almost a 'bone' thrown to people on both sides of the debate regarding piracy.
I'd say IBM has made quite a shift since its inception. Moving from massive, room-filling mainframes to miniature gigabyte pocket drives and Qt-toting PDAs. It's nice to see that ol' Big Blue can still jump through the ever-moving hoops of technology.
That's all fine and dandy but Google is still by far the best way to search the web. It has more features than a geek's leatherman and is faster than Superman on speed.
So what if sometimes it dances a lil'bit.
Here's a little blurb discussing the differences if anyone's interested
Article
You're probably right considering this technology was first adopted in 1941.
Talk about slow adoption.
Command line browsing at it's best!
;-)
Look out ASCII porn here come the BIOSonly users of the world
...that this isn't the guys at Cornell just trying to capture more bandwidth for themselves? Seems like a good idea to me.
Me: Don't use as much bandwidth and everyone will go faster!
World: Hey! That seems like a good idea.
Me: (aside) Mwuhahahaha
IANAL, but among them there is a saying that goes something like this: "A man who represents himself has a fool for an attorney."
Finally! The black car in front of my house is going to leave!
Here is a link to the story about the lawsuit that could have been prevented.
Lawsuit Link
You're right. And I appreciate your note (and the intent behind it, I'm the same way)
.sig ;-)
However, I like e^(pi*i) = -1 because you can evaluate the natural log of negative numbers using it. Unfortunately, you get an i in the answer. Still fun though.
But thanks for noticing my
Is naming games after the lives of the developers, per Tabula Rasa going to become a trend? Can we look forward to seeing Still No Date and Damn Soda on my Keyboard on store shelves soon?!?
As if the black car sitting outside my house wasn't enough, now I have to deal with this kind of government surveillance too!? At least now I know where they got the pictures of my Anti RIAA boxers from...
Someone mentioned to me that they had read/heard somewhere that Microsoft was going to change the name of .NET to something else. He continued on to mumble something about this being less confusing or something like that.
Anyone else know anything about this?
Probably for the same reason that the original search numbers were different for different people. As others have said, when Google removes the word 'of' it essentially treats it as if there was an 'and' there. If you remove 'of' manually it does the exact same thing.
Guido, my good man, I do believe you have witnessed first hand the not-so-elusive google-dance.
No wonder I couldn't find the website I was looking for! It was in those missing 10,000 websites. If I had only gotten those and checked through them as thoroughly as I checked the other 1,010,000 then I would have certainly found it.
/. page and the poll from last week appears. You'd think the Uber Midgets and Stealth Ninjas could get it right ;-)
Humor aside, this is pretty interesting. Alot like when you vote in a poll, go back to the main
How exactly does a game like Grand Theft Auto accomplish this in any way?
I heard rumors that the computer technology used in Minority Report exists and is usable but it just hasn't been phased into the mainstream yet. Probably not a big enough target audience or something.
;)
It sure would be nice to just swipe the pr0n off the screen whenever anyone walked into the room
Your weak argument is laced with a drug called the Ad Hominem fallacy.
You go back to school.
I agree with you regarding the term robot, but it really boils down to most people's lack of knowledge about the real definition of a robot.
This Post has a literal definition of the word.
Glad we're on, generally, the same page.
I see the obvious joke you are trying to make, but unfortunately you are incorrect. The word robot, as defined by the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, is defined as:
1) A mechanical device that sometimes resembles a human and is capable of performing a variety of often complex human tasks on command or by being programmed in advance.
2)A machine or device that operates automatically or by remote control.
3)A person who works mechanically without original thought, especially one who responds automatically to the commands of others.
Now, none of these three definitions imply a universal ability to move, and as such, the term Immobot does not really fit in with the rest of your "inventions" (by the way, you should try and get some VC for those!)
Sorry for being overly-literal. It's a curse.
I think most of the posters so far are missing the big point. Even having a computer control a function at a water plant still requires a fairly large degree of human supervision. Someone has to make sure the computer is working properly, make sure the control programs don't screw up, and if the programs do screw up, they must fix them. The idea behind immobots seems to take it a bit further than that by actually reducing the amount of control neccessary. I suppose you could say it's just a computer, but then couldn't all things effectivly be reduced to computers (our brains, for exmaple) which certain things in common and certain things different.
The point of this article was that the immobots require almost no human control, whereas a computer still requires a human. Or something like that. Just my 1/2000000000000th of Bill's (estimated) fortune worth.