Massive leaps don't mean much. The leap from a fertilized egg to a babbling infant is massive too, yet nobody would seriously consider using a three year old as a "personal assistant".
Current Speech recognition technology is still at the babbling three year old stage, cloud or no cloud. Don't be fooled, the AI is fundamentally hard, no matter how much journalists hype the latest Apple press release.
I like it. That's the same insight Microsoft had with Windows. Make sure it's accessible to the masses, as easy to use as possible, even if security suffers.
Because dialing easy to use to zero means you have no Windows to sell, but dialing security to zero you can still sell an OS...
Of course. My firefox is set up with adblock plus, flashblock, ghostery, and firemacs, but I still find the noise with graphical browsing higher than with a text browser: Pages take longer to load, they often assume some implicit width and height that requires either scrolling or a larger window than I'm happy with, the content is laid out in many different ways from one site to the next, font sizes vary for headings and content paragraphs, the text boxes don't have real editing capability (compared with emacs/vi) etc etc. I just find text browsing superior when it's possible (for heavy javascript pages or shopping it's not).
I've used a text browser (w3m) for a decade now, and I have a similar experience whenever I have to use firefox. Any form of advertising makes a webpage unusable as far as I'm concerned. The other nice thing about text browsers is that they'll usually ignore the website's graphical layout. That's a more subtle point, but even without ads on the page, most "webdesigners" have appalling graphical layout skills. The funny thing is the first time I tried text browsing, the experience seemed amateurish and media poor. But by reducing the intensity of information being displayed, it actually improved the signal to noise ratio enormously, and I keep using it because I haven't come across a browser with a higher ratio yet.
Why not send ant colonies into space? They're cheaper than robots, and more adaptable than humans. The individual ants are easily dispensable, and with their fast breeding cycle we just let evolution do the mission design work for us. There's really no downside once you think about it for a minute, citizen.
Sorry, but the French revolution used a guillotine.
The correct quote is
actually by Arnaud Amalric, "kill them all, and let God sort them out". This was during the time of the Crusades, and he was an inquisitor sent by the Pope, talking about killing heretics.
My question is how do they recruit dishonest people without being turned in
by the honest people who they approach?
Using the Triple Handshake?
The banker first offers to shake the candidate's right hand, then at the same time the candidate tries to steal the banker's wallet using his left hand, and then the banker blocks the attempt with a practiced move of his own left hand.
They both look into each others' eyes, and the guy is hired on the spot.
There are some "what if" scenarios that just make you look stupid if you voice them out loud.
Example: If we could develop better coal mining equipment, then we might be able to cut in half the round trip to Mars.
It makes no sense. Just like what this WIPO guy is imagining.
He deserves the ridicule that he gets for bringing this up in public.
Thanks, I was going to point this out too. Belgium uses civil law which is very different from the English common law that Americans have copied. What a Belgian judge decides cannot be meaningfully interpreted as a precedent in American terms.
I disagree. These roots you are talking about are evil. Technological progress is better served through organic growth, where companies spend relatively little capital upfront and grow as the market demands. This is how industries and communities become strong and robust.
Your idea of a single company playing lone inventor for an uncertain payoff that must be protected through patents is more akin to gambling than progress.
It's an aberration that must not be *encouraged*.
History is full of examples of communities and industries that have grown strong and vibrant without patent protection of any sort. There really is no need for a patent system.
We need a cleansing fire. The patent office and all their data should burn
down, and all employees should be replaced. The patent system needs to be
eradicated forever.
That raises the question: are we supposed to be praising companies for their success, or for the quality of their products? Microsoft (and Apple) are extremely successful, and both are genius level at marketing. But on technical merit, we all know the quality of Windows.
I've never visited the place, but I hope they don't just show the English side
though. The great efforts and ingenuity of the German scientists whose work was used by the other team deserves to not be forgotten either.
I always wonder how they did that. Did they record him reading the script first, and then she just repeated it all in his voice? Or did she have an earbud and repeated his words "live"? That's two levels of fake accents since she's an Australian
Reminds me of an episode of Farscape where all the characters were "switched", which I always thought must have been hilarious on the set.
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Current Speech recognition technology is still at the babbling three year old stage, cloud or no cloud. Don't be fooled, the AI is fundamentally hard, no matter how much journalists hype the latest Apple press release.
Because dialing easy to use to zero means you have no Windows to sell, but dialing security to zero you can still sell an OS...
Of course. My firefox is set up with adblock plus, flashblock, ghostery, and firemacs, but I still find the noise with graphical browsing higher than with a text browser: Pages take longer to load, they often assume some implicit width and height that requires either scrolling or a larger window than I'm happy with, the content is laid out in many different ways from one site to the next, font sizes vary for headings and content paragraphs, the text boxes don't have real editing capability (compared with emacs/vi) etc etc. I just find text browsing superior when it's possible (for heavy javascript pages or shopping it's not).
I've used a text browser (w3m) for a decade now, and I have a similar experience whenever I have to use firefox. Any form of advertising makes a webpage unusable as far as I'm concerned. The other nice thing about text browsers is that they'll usually ignore the website's graphical layout. That's a more subtle point, but even without ads on the page, most "webdesigners" have appalling graphical layout skills. The funny thing is the first time I tried text browsing, the experience seemed amateurish and media poor. But by reducing the intensity of information being displayed, it actually improved the signal to noise ratio enormously, and I keep using it because I haven't come across a browser with a higher ratio yet.
China: "No I'm not"
Or, we could just call House. He's out of prison, you know.
Do you have the option of not abiding by unconstitutional laws with impunity?
Why not send ant colonies into space? They're cheaper than robots, and more adaptable than humans. The individual ants are easily dispensable, and with their fast breeding cycle we just let evolution do the mission design work for us. There's really no downside once you think about it for a minute, citizen.
Isn't C++ portable, can be used everywhere, is easy to migrate to and is distributed by a very permissive license?
Sorry, but the French revolution used a guillotine.
The correct quote is actually by Arnaud Amalric, "kill them all, and let God sort them out". This was during the time of the Crusades, and he was an inquisitor sent by the Pope, talking about killing heretics.
Using the Triple Handshake?
The banker first offers to shake the candidate's right hand, then at the same time the candidate tries to steal the banker's wallet using his left hand, and then the banker blocks the attempt with a practiced move of his own left hand.
They both look into each others' eyes, and the guy is hired on the spot.
Similarly, if I steal your login, I can read your mail, rewrite your documents, etc. Your login is the proof of your identity.
Example: If we could develop better coal mining equipment, then we might be able to cut in half the round trip to Mars. It makes no sense. Just like what this WIPO guy is imagining. He deserves the ridicule that he gets for bringing this up in public.
Luckily, there's a simple test for that. Does the virus bring up the following dialog box?
[Virus Message]
This is not a drill.
[OK] [Cancel]
If so, then it's definitely a DoD virus.
Thanks, I was going to point this out too. Belgium uses civil law which is very different from the English common law that Americans have copied. What a Belgian judge decides cannot be meaningfully interpreted as a precedent in American terms.
Your idea of a single company playing lone inventor for an uncertain payoff that must be protected through patents is more akin to gambling than progress. It's an aberration that must not be *encouraged*.
History is full of examples of communities and industries that have grown strong and vibrant without patent protection of any sort. There really is no need for a patent system.
No, but if you love your grandma, then you prioritize her over some other stuff...
There, FTFY.
The other place money is going is pointless wars across the world. That money could help the middle and lower classes substantially.
So what you're really saying is: The following diagram commutes in the opposite
category? Why didn't you just say so?
Rohit Gupta --------------> Proof
| |
| |
\/ \/
Riemann Hypothesis <------- Workshop
That raises the question: are we supposed to be praising companies for their success, or for the quality of their products? Microsoft (and Apple) are extremely successful, and both are genius level at marketing. But on technical merit, we all know the quality of Windows.
I've never visited the place, but I hope they don't just show the English side though. The great efforts and ingenuity of the German scientists whose work was used by the other team deserves to not be forgotten either.
"Car Smash Record!"
Technically he might have been married several times in succession, while staying on good terms with the cousins...
Reminds me of an episode of Farscape where all the characters were "switched", which I always thought must have been hilarious on the set.