I grew up with a knock off that My dad purchased ages ago, and even as a knock off, it's my favorite place to sit when I visit his house. Amazon sells real nice looking knock offs for about $600, but I can't vouch for their comfort...
Obviously on the fly translation is only possible in exceptionally small cases. The point I was trying to make, however, is that if the speaker is speaks more than a single sentence, the software should be smart enough to begin translating the completed sentence while the speaker continues to talk, thus minimizing the lag. People don't always communicate back and forth with single sentences...
I think the use of the phrase "real time" is a bit sensational. To me, that suggests that the translation is being heard on the recipient's end while the speaker is still speaking. Obviously there has to be some delay in order to account for sentence structure differences between languages, but the fact that the speaker basically has to complete a paragraph and then wait for it to go through makes it seem like their software is "simply" taking the output of dictation software, piping it into Google translate, then piping it into a speech synthesizer, and then making both parties wait for it to finish speaking. It looks like a promising start, and I'm sure it's not a trivial feat. Star Trek, I suppose, has given me high expecations for how a universal translator will work...
Wow. That's actually quite interesting! Thanks for enlightening me. Well, as superficial as it is, I'm glad the new UI is here. I like it when application refine things to make better use of space.
It's almost entirely caused by the "avoid peanuts during pregnancy" self-fulfilling prophecy (if you do so, chances are the next generation will be more allergic to peanuts).
That's interesting. During my wife's first pregnancy we ate peanuts all the time, and lived on peanut butter sandwiches. The kid nearly died when we first fed him straight-up peanut butter, and had to go to the ER by ambulance and give him steroids and epinephrine.
We've now been living in a peanut-free environment for the second child, yet the second child has no peanut allergy.
Obviously blanket statements like yours are ignorant. People develop allergies for various reasons, not just environment, or not just genetics.
Of course things were less well known back then, but there were also smaller communities, so there were less chances of running into people with allergies. Now we have social sites where we see the communication of thousands of people we've never met in real life. I only know 4 people will peanut allergies personally, and only live near 2 whom I see on a regular basis, yet in this thread, I've already read posts from 10 or more people with the allergy. My point is, just because we didn't hear about it as often back 50 years ago doesn't mean it wasn't a frequent occurrence. Other factors have to be accounted for.
Secondly, I've always wondered if a reason for less prevalence of allergies in the past was due to kids with allergies dying from the allergy without the allergy ever being diagnosed...
From Wookiepedia: "When originally released in 1977, the first film was simply titled Star Wars, as Lucas was not certain if he would follow the film with a sequel. Following The Empire Strikes Back, the film was re-released in 1981 with the subtitle 'Episode IV: A New Hope'. The original version, without the subtitle, was not released until the 2006 limited edition DVDs. "
Assuming I don't die an untimely, unforeseen death, I had always planned on consolidating my data, and preparing it to be buried with me. I don't want to burden my family with having to sort through things. Plus in the future, in the case that reanimation is made possible I can have my stuff again, or in the more likely event that future paleontologists dig me up, they will have lots of history/information to figure out what made us primitive humans tick.
running Apple DOS 3.3.
http://porkrind.org/a2/
For those interested in reliving the memories of Apple DOS.... This emulator is all written in javascript. There seem to be quite a few ROMs present as well to try.
Well, shoot. I came to tell you that you were correct.... However, although Mac OS X 10.0 was introduced in 2001 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X and Project Looking Glass wasn't displayed publicly till 2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Looking_Glass , one must point out that Mac OS X didn't adopt the 3D "shelf" look until 10.5 which came out in 2007... It was a flat rectangle before that, which i had completely forgotten....
I think he's referring to the original theatrical release where the episode number and title were not present. It was presented as "Star Wars". If I am not mistaken, the episode number and title, A New Hope, we added on subsequent at-home releases.
I suppose that is a good point. I personally define creationism a little more loosly as the entire process employeed by God (or whomever you prefer) to get from "nothing" to what we now have, whether that be through evolution, big bang, or what-have-you.
Perhaps to be more correct, I should have said that I believe many religious people realize that the science of evolution does not discount the involvement of a diety.
I recall reading a story a few months ago on this subject, and was surprised to see how large a percentage of religious americans accepted evolution as compatible with their religious beliefs. Before then, it seemed all I heard about were the extremists who fight against evolution whole-heartedly. This is what prompted my initial comment.
Totally agree. I feel like majority of religious people are rational enough to realize that creationism and evolution can go hand in hand, unfortunately, it's the ones who can't accept the idea of God using science that are the loudest people out there...
My thoughts exactly. Sure, the part that we see is moving and blending in to its environment, but if the whole system can't be self contained and camouflaged as well, it's rather pointless. However, this is just a tech demo, so maybe we'll see truly autonomous robots that can blend in and hide from their human masters in a few years...
My favorite Video Game is "Arkanoid." It's a good breakout type game that Taito made in the 80s. I actually liked it so much, i made a cocktail cabinet for it. You can see pictures of it here if you wish.
BTW My brother bought a Black Tiger upright arcade cabinet a few years ago. That game is pretty dang fun!
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Came here to say this. Glad to see others agree.
I grew up with a knock off that My dad purchased ages ago, and even as a knock off, it's my favorite place to sit when I visit his house. Amazon sells real nice looking knock offs for about $600, but I can't vouch for their comfort...
Obviously on the fly translation is only possible in exceptionally small cases. The point I was trying to make, however, is that if the speaker is speaks more than a single sentence, the software should be smart enough to begin translating the completed sentence while the speaker continues to talk, thus minimizing the lag. People don't always communicate back and forth with single sentences...
I think the use of the phrase "real time" is a bit sensational. To me, that suggests that the translation is being heard on the recipient's end while the speaker is still speaking.
Obviously there has to be some delay in order to account for sentence structure differences between languages, but the fact that the speaker basically has to complete a paragraph and then wait for it to go through makes it seem like their software is "simply" taking the output of dictation software, piping it into Google translate, then piping it into a speech synthesizer, and then making both parties wait for it to finish speaking. It looks like a promising start, and I'm sure it's not a trivial feat.
Star Trek, I suppose, has given me high expecations for how a universal translator will work...
Wow. That's actually quite interesting! Thanks for enlightening me. Well, as superficial as it is, I'm glad the new UI is here. I like it when application refine things to make better use of space.
So... It looks like chrome now?
Don't get me wrong... I like the look, but it seems somehow.... unfirefoxy...
No worries. I keep an old machine around on Tiger instead of Leopard just so I can run old apps when I'm feeling nostalgic...
No, Leopard (10.5) was the last version to support PPC. Snow Leopard was the first to be Intel only.
It's almost entirely caused by the "avoid peanuts during pregnancy" self-fulfilling prophecy (if you do so, chances are the next generation will be more allergic to peanuts).
That's interesting. During my wife's first pregnancy we ate peanuts all the time, and lived on peanut butter sandwiches. The kid nearly died when we first fed him straight-up peanut butter, and had to go to the ER by ambulance and give him steroids and epinephrine.
We've now been living in a peanut-free environment for the second child, yet the second child has no peanut allergy.
Obviously blanket statements like yours are ignorant. People develop allergies for various reasons, not just environment, or not just genetics.
Unheard of != did not exist.
Of course things were less well known back then, but there were also smaller communities, so there were less chances of running into people with allergies. Now we have social sites where we see the communication of thousands of people we've never met in real life. I only know 4 people will peanut allergies personally, and only live near 2 whom I see on a regular basis, yet in this thread, I've already read posts from 10 or more people with the allergy. My point is, just because we didn't hear about it as often back 50 years ago doesn't mean it wasn't a frequent occurrence. Other factors have to be accounted for.
Secondly, I've always wondered if a reason for less prevalence of allergies in the past was due to kids with allergies dying from the allergy without the allergy ever being diagnosed...
No, he's right... There is a heading in Wikipedia about their past names (Pheonix, Firebird) in the "History of Firefox" article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Firefox#Naming
I remember using Pheonix when it first came out. It was quite nice at the time. It felt really lightweight compared to Mozilla.
It did not. It was added on in 1981 after ESB was released. Here is an article on Wookiepedia that explains it. http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Opening_crawl
From Wookiepedia: "When originally released in 1977, the first film was simply titled Star Wars, as Lucas was not certain if he would follow the film with a sequel. Following The Empire Strikes Back, the film was re-released in 1981 with the subtitle 'Episode IV: A New Hope'. The original version, without the subtitle, was not released until the 2006 limited edition DVDs. "
Thank you for posting that. I was having a hard time accepting that nonsense about black and white TVs.
Is extrapolating your hobby? XKCD
Assuming I don't die an untimely, unforeseen death, I had always planned on consolidating my data, and preparing it to be buried with me. I don't want to burden my family with having to sort through things. Plus in the future, in the case that reanimation is made possible I can have my stuff again, or in the more likely event that future paleontologists dig me up, they will have lots of history/information to figure out what made us primitive humans tick.
running Apple DOS 3.3.
http://porkrind.org/a2/
For those interested in reliving the memories of Apple DOS.... This emulator is all written in javascript. There seem to be quite a few ROMs present as well to try.
I don't think they exist...
That's a Mac thing. Any program that uses Apple's built-in printer dialog can do it. So handy!
Well, shoot. I came to tell you that you were correct.... However, although Mac OS X 10.0 was introduced in 2001 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X and Project Looking Glass wasn't displayed publicly till 2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Looking_Glass , one must point out that Mac OS X didn't adopt the 3D "shelf" look until 10.5 which came out in 2007... It was a flat rectangle before that, which i had completely forgotten....
I think he's referring to the original theatrical release where the episode number and title were not present. It was presented as "Star Wars". If I am not mistaken, the episode number and title, A New Hope, we added on subsequent at-home releases.
http://www.annarbor.com/entertainment/whirlydoodle-project/#.UGXXtuewdvw
I suppose that is a good point. I personally define creationism a little more loosly as the entire process employeed by God (or whomever you prefer) to get from "nothing" to what we now have, whether that be through evolution, big bang, or what-have-you.
Perhaps to be more correct, I should have said that I believe many religious people realize that the science of evolution does not discount the involvement of a diety.
I recall reading a story a few months ago on this subject, and was surprised to see how large a percentage of religious americans accepted evolution as compatible with their religious beliefs. Before then, it seemed all I heard about were the extremists who fight against evolution whole-heartedly. This is what prompted my initial comment.
Totally agree. I feel like majority of religious people are rational enough to realize that creationism and evolution can go hand in hand, unfortunately, it's the ones who can't accept the idea of God using science that are the loudest people out there...
Here in the boudoir the gourmand metamorphosizes into the voluptuary!
My thoughts exactly. Sure, the part that we see is moving and blending in to its environment, but if the whole system can't be self contained and camouflaged as well, it's rather pointless. However, this is just a tech demo, so maybe we'll see truly autonomous robots that can blend in and hide from their human masters in a few years...
My favorite Video Game is "Arkanoid." It's a good breakout type game that Taito made in the 80s. I actually liked it so much, i made a cocktail cabinet for it. You can see pictures of it here if you wish.
BTW My brother bought a Black Tiger upright arcade cabinet a few years ago. That game is pretty dang fun!