Wal-Mart will use the technology to eliminate all their check-out people. You just walk up to a thing and scan your credit card and it figures out the crap you got.
If this means I don't have to stand behind 3 morons with insufficient ID who are each trying to pay for $3.58 worth of crap with a check, or eliminates waiting in line while a 350-lb mouthbreather tries to scan each item, then I'm all for it.
Seriously, the worst part of Wal-Mart is the hassle in getting through the checkout line.
Ok, you're driving the speed limit on a two lane road, which is 55 mph. You're being stupid driving that fast while it's raining, but you feel like you can handle it.
Dude, if you're near the threshold of hydroplaning at 55 in anything less than 1/2" of standing water, it's either time to buy some new tires or to sell the ol' Ford Aspire.
You're asking to prove a negative. It's kind of hard to say. Given the USPTO's penchant for handing out patents in spite of ample evidence of prior art, who is to say that down the road someone won't pull a patent for "A method to represent full-motion video via a mathematical function" out of their orfice and file suit...
WMA7 was a joke, sure, but WMA9 *is* very nice. Granted, you can't play it on anything but windows, but it sounds damn good even at 128kbps. I do need to spend more time with it on "tough" material (orchestral, opera, etc.).
I've also been playing with their latest video codec at HD resolutions, and frankly, it's wiping DIVX and XVID's butt at everything except encoding speed. Damn, they've actually done something almost right (the encoder app sucks, however).
IIRC, he not only has a jet pack (hell, a whole albeit small military at his fingertips), but warehouses full of American corn and tens of thousands of starving subjects. What's wrong with that picture.
Assuming that the plural, possessive, and plural possessive forms of acromyms follow the same form as for ordinary nouns, then the use of an apostrophe depends on the usage. For the plural form, of course no apostrophe should be used. There can be an apostrophe in CPUs if you are referring to some property belonging to the CPU, as in "The CPU's instructions are well designed."
If you are describing a property beloning to a group of CPUs then the largely ignored plural possessive form of "CPUs'" should likely be used. Usually reworking the sentence structure can eliminate the need for this form.
Now lets discuss the combined slashdot editors' frightful confusion regarding homonyms, shall we?
I believe it was the Satellite Home Viewers Act that originally made decrypting a satellite broadcast illegal. This was back in the "Big Dish" days, BTW, when the video was analog (just inverted and sync-supressed) and the audio was digitally encrypted. The DCMA later extended this protection to _any_ digital content.
Yes, never mind that anyone with suitable off-the-shelf hardware can receive the data stream, and never mind that with sufficient cleverness the data-stream can be reverse engineered and decrypted. It's illegal because the satellite and cable companies were successful in lobbying Congress.
IMO, there is little difference between Skylarov and these guys. Both were decrypting digital content, both had a profit motive. Both were indicted under a flawed law. However Skylarov supposedly followed all the "proper" reverse-engineering protocols. These guys hacked around with access cards until they found a way to fool it into returning the correct decryption key.
My MSN page looks exactly like that using IE6 and WebWasher. I have WebWasher configured to change the user-agent string to "Webwasher! Surfing advertisement free since 2001."
...and they all said Clinton was the environmentally conscious one.
Beef needs to age before butchering...
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A side of beef needs to hang in the cooler for a few weeks for enzymes in the meat to do their magic -- breaking down tough fibres and the like. Generally it is hung as a whole side. It doesn't taste right and it's tough if this isn't done. It your roast or steak tastes liver-ish it didn't age long enough. The best beef hangs the longest (up to 4 weeks for Certified Angus Beef).
"One 29-year-old engineer recently caught in Nortel Network's layoffs said "I spent seven years in school, and it resulted in a six-year career."
One free clue, redeemable at any time.
If the company stock price gets cut in half, it's time to start looking for other work.
If you're still haven't started looking when it's been cut by a factor of 10, you must want to get laid off.
If you're still there when the company stock has been cut by 20x, then you're obviously too lazy to look out for your own interests, and so why the hell would I want you to be working for me?
Failing corporations don't reward loyalty. They do punish inaction though.
DVB-S works fine in North America too. I'm pulling down something like 100 in-the-clear channels from C-band, and I could probably triple that if I slapped on an international feedhorn and a Ku LNB.
Big aimable satellite dishes are still WAY useful.
Cutting tax rates increases government revenue, although it can take a while for an economy as large as the United States' to turn. It worked in the '60's, it worked in the '80's, and it's going to work again this time.
Major reason: Learnout & Hauspie's corporate d
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Using PDAs for Dictation?
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In the late 90's there were 3 major SpeechWreck vendors: IBM, Lernout & Hauspie and Dragon Systems.
Microsoft poured a bunch of cash into L&H.
L&H eliminated some competition by purchasing Dragon.
L&H did some highly irregular accounting tricks, got themselves thrown in jail, and took their comapny down with them.
End result: There is only really one speech recognition vendor at this time, IBM, and they are just useless at marketing consumer products.
Keep an eye on Phillips. They are currently spending big bucks developing their Speech Magic engine.
Your other option is to find a copy of Dragon Mobile. Record an audio file on your mobile, then have it recognized on your PC.
WB East and West feeds are FTA MPEG-DVB on Galaxy 11, C-Band.
UPN MPEG-DVB feeds used to be on Telstar 5, also C-Band, but I think they've moved recently.
The Big Useful Dish wins over Cable On A Stick yet again.
http://www.lyngsat.com/america.shtml
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If this means I don't have to stand behind 3 morons with insufficient ID who are each trying to pay for $3.58 worth of crap with a check, or eliminates waiting in line while a 350-lb mouthbreather tries to scan each item, then I'm all for it.
Seriously, the worst part of Wal-Mart is the hassle in getting through the checkout line.
Dude, if you're near the threshold of hydroplaning at 55 in anything less than 1/2" of standing water, it's either time to buy some new tires or to sell the ol' Ford Aspire.
Seriously.
"Agent Smith, no I mean Elrond, is an immortal Elf and many thousands of years old."
Half-Elf, actually. He and his brother were given the choice of a mortal or an immortal life. Quenta Silmarillion...
Nit-picky, I know...
"They didn't have sarcasm on Betelguese, and Ford often failed to notice it unless he was concentrating." - D. Adams.
You're asking to prove a negative. It's kind of hard to say. Given the USPTO's penchant for handing out patents in spite of ample evidence of prior art, who is to say that down the road someone won't pull a patent for "A method to represent full-motion video via a mathematical function" out of their orfice and file suit...
"No action may be brought under this title..."
That doesn't preclude bringing action under another title.
Why was this modded as flamebait?
WMA7 was a joke, sure, but WMA9 *is* very nice. Granted, you can't play it on anything but windows, but it sounds damn good even at 128kbps. I do need to spend more time with it on "tough" material (orchestral, opera, etc.).
I've also been playing with their latest video codec at HD resolutions, and frankly, it's wiping DIVX and XVID's butt at everything except encoding speed. Damn, they've actually done something almost right (the encoder app sucks, however).
I wonder if Linthicum's zoning board allows bulk mail business to operate out of a residential zoned area?
You realize that would be an improvement, right?
Tell it to Robert Mugabe...
IIRC, he not only has a jet pack (hell, a whole albeit small military at his fingertips), but warehouses full of American corn and tens of thousands of starving subjects. What's wrong with that picture.
Assuming that the plural, possessive, and plural possessive forms of acromyms follow the same form as for ordinary nouns, then the use of an apostrophe depends on the usage. For the plural form, of course no apostrophe should be used. There can be an apostrophe in CPUs if you are referring to some property belonging to the CPU, as in "The CPU's instructions are well designed."
If you are describing a property beloning to a group of CPUs then the largely ignored plural possessive form of "CPUs'" should likely be used. Usually reworking the sentence structure can eliminate the need for this form.
Now lets discuss the combined slashdot editors' frightful confusion regarding homonyms, shall we?
I believe it was the Satellite Home Viewers Act that originally made decrypting a satellite broadcast illegal. This was back in the "Big Dish" days, BTW, when the video was analog (just inverted and sync-supressed) and the audio was digitally encrypted. The DCMA later extended this protection to _any_ digital content. Yes, never mind that anyone with suitable off-the-shelf hardware can receive the data stream, and never mind that with sufficient cleverness the data-stream can be reverse engineered and decrypted. It's illegal because the satellite and cable companies were successful in lobbying Congress. IMO, there is little difference between Skylarov and these guys. Both were decrypting digital content, both had a profit motive. Both were indicted under a flawed law. However Skylarov supposedly followed all the "proper" reverse-engineering protocols. These guys hacked around with access cards until they found a way to fool it into returning the correct decryption key.
My MSN page looks exactly like that using IE6 and WebWasher. I have WebWasher configured to change the user-agent string to "Webwasher! Surfing advertisement free since 2001."
Ever heard of the Earned Income Tax Credit? It does exactly that. Many people who qualify can claim back more than the total amount they paid in.
It is also a disincentive to look for a better job.
...and they all said Clinton was the environmentally conscious one.
A side of beef needs to hang in the cooler for a few weeks for enzymes in the meat to do their magic -- breaking down tough fibres and the like. Generally it is hung as a whole side. It doesn't taste right and it's tough if this isn't done. It your roast or steak tastes liver-ish it didn't age long enough. The best beef hangs the longest (up to 4 weeks for Certified Angus Beef).
I wonder if this lab beef will age properly.
Sort of. Sounds like MS is *finally* implementing some of the best features of OS/2.
council != counsel
...and I won't even begin to bring up Clinton's preferred way of dealing with "enemies."
brought
"One 29-year-old engineer recently caught in Nortel Network's layoffs said "I spent seven years in school, and it resulted in a six-year career." One free clue, redeemable at any time.
If the company stock price gets cut in half, it's time to start looking for other work.
If you're still haven't started looking when it's been cut by a factor of 10, you must want to get laid off.
If you're still there when the company stock has been cut by 20x, then you're obviously too lazy to look out for your own interests, and so why the hell would I want you to be working for me?
Failing corporations don't reward loyalty. They do punish inaction though.
DVB-S works fine in North America too. I'm pulling down something like 100 in-the-clear channels from C-band, and I could probably triple that if I slapped on an international feedhorn and a Ku LNB.
Big aimable satellite dishes are still WAY useful.
Cutting tax rates increases government revenue, although it can take a while for an economy as large as the United States' to turn. It worked in the '60's, it worked in the '80's, and it's going to work again this time.
In the late 90's there were 3 major SpeechWreck vendors: IBM, Lernout & Hauspie and Dragon Systems.
Microsoft poured a bunch of cash into L&H. L&H eliminated some competition by purchasing Dragon.
L&H did some highly irregular accounting tricks, got themselves thrown in jail, and took their comapny down with them.
End result: There is only really one speech recognition vendor at this time, IBM, and they are just useless at marketing consumer products.
Keep an eye on Phillips. They are currently spending big bucks developing their Speech Magic engine.
Your other option is to find a copy of Dragon Mobile. Record an audio file on your mobile, then have it recognized on your PC.
The Weather Channel is like $5 a year.
HBO is about $150
http://www.cssnps.com/
Pick and choose what channels you want, and even who you want to buy them from.
Of course, you have to have this giant mobile birdbath on your roof.
WB East and West feeds are FTA MPEG-DVB on Galaxy 11, C-Band.
UPN MPEG-DVB feeds used to be on Telstar 5, also C-Band, but I think they've moved recently.
The Big Useful Dish wins over Cable On A Stick yet again.
http://www.lyngsat.com/america.shtml
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