...and this is why the Quadra 840/av and its little sibbling the Quadra 660/av were able to do voice recognition before just about any other PC... they had DSPs!
so the answer is pretty simple -- put some high powered DSPs in one of those PDAs, coupled with some decent software, and you would have the very device that you desire!
you are a fool. by distilling a language that is full of the symbolism, beauty, and depth that kanji can provide is like removing half of the vocabulary from the english language. before you start claiming that "this language should be more like english" or other such nonsense, you had better take some time to actually understand and appreciate it for what it is. sure it might be hard for us to learn at first, but once you get the hang of it you realise that by being confined to this one language can have serious limitations on ones cognitive abilities.
in fact these features have been available ever since apple started making laptops. in macos speak it is called "processor cylcing"- in effect throttling the processor in between tasks. it is a great way to save your batteries, without a large degredation in performance. you can manually slow the machine to 1/2 speed if you need even more battery time.
one tip - turn off processor cycling if you are going to use a PCMCIA based USB card in a powerbook with no built-in USB.
when it comes to energy consumption and heat production RISC is just plain better.
the end
let me just start out by saying that you are a total nutcase who doesn't understand some basic facts and history.
if public transportation infrastructure was removed, then that means that it was in use and served a purpose at one point in time. they were in use in the past, when by your own words the US was "even more rural than we are now": so by your logic public transit was used in the past when we were more rural, but then as we became less rural it was all of a sudden ok to pull it out of the ground? i don't think so. those lines were pulled out for one simple reason. the automobile. thats right, not out of any kind of practical reason, no - they were removed because they were interferring with the almighty car. but it wasn't just the automakers who were responsible for this-- their big brother's the oil compaines had a hand in it as well.
if this country would finally drop its fucking oil addiction, perhaps we would see all sorts of new transportation technologies come out of the cracks (which were present the whole time anyways..). don't try and tell me that people will not pay a little extra to get from LA to SF and not have to wait in line at the airport. once the rail right of ways are put back in place (thats right, PUT BACK, they were removed ya know) and the government spends a little less money on subsidisinf cotton crops in the southern Ca desert, CA can be a great place to start the transportation revolution.
it is as simple as this:
1. planes for the long hauls, coast to coast, or anything >600mi.
2. bullet trains to connect the large cities, or anyhting 600mi.
3. local trains to connect every thing else.
4. cars (electric ones) would then be used for personal transportation that fell outsife of the rail system's bounds, or for emergancy situations.
5. bicycles could be used for all local trips. (weather and terrain permitting)
get your head out of your ass.
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...and this is why the Quadra 840/av and its little sibbling the Quadra 660/av were able to do voice recognition before just about any other PC... they had DSPs!
in fact, the Quadra 840/av had 2 ATT DSPs with considerable processing power! there is even some software that will use the DSPs for various calculations!
so the answer is pretty simple -- put some high powered DSPs in one of those PDAs, coupled with some decent software, and you would have the very device that you desire!
the end
you are a fool. by distilling a language that is full of the symbolism, beauty, and depth that kanji can provide is like removing half of the vocabulary from the english language. before you start claiming that "this language should be more like english" or other such nonsense, you had better take some time to actually understand and appreciate it for what it is. sure it might be hard for us to learn at first, but once you get the hang of it you realise that by being confined to this one language can have serious limitations on ones cognitive abilities.
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this has been used for over 10 years now in all apple powerbooks. it is called processor cycling.
turn it on, save your batteries!
the end.
sweet! and i thought that i was a hardcore mac collector! here is part of my collection:. html
http://iici.no-ip.org/old_macs/index
long live the 68k macs!!
in fact these features have been available ever since apple started making laptops. in macos speak it is called "processor cylcing"- in effect throttling the processor in between tasks. it is a great way to save your batteries, without a large degredation in performance. you can manually slow the machine to 1/2 speed if you need even more battery time. one tip - turn off processor cycling if you are going to use a PCMCIA based USB card in a powerbook with no built-in USB. when it comes to energy consumption and heat production RISC is just plain better. the end
or ride a bike. actually it would do a lot of fat americans to get out and ride a bike to work/school sometimes...
let me just start out by saying that you are a total nutcase who doesn't understand some basic facts and history. if public transportation infrastructure was removed, then that means that it was in use and served a purpose at one point in time. they were in use in the past, when by your own words the US was "even more rural than we are now": so by your logic public transit was used in the past when we were more rural, but then as we became less rural it was all of a sudden ok to pull it out of the ground? i don't think so. those lines were pulled out for one simple reason. the automobile. thats right, not out of any kind of practical reason, no - they were removed because they were interferring with the almighty car. but it wasn't just the automakers who were responsible for this-- their big brother's the oil compaines had a hand in it as well. if this country would finally drop its fucking oil addiction, perhaps we would see all sorts of new transportation technologies come out of the cracks (which were present the whole time anyways..). don't try and tell me that people will not pay a little extra to get from LA to SF and not have to wait in line at the airport. once the rail right of ways are put back in place (thats right, PUT BACK, they were removed ya know) and the government spends a little less money on subsidisinf cotton crops in the southern Ca desert, CA can be a great place to start the transportation revolution. it is as simple as this: 1. planes for the long hauls, coast to coast, or anything >600mi. 2. bullet trains to connect the large cities, or anyhting 600mi. 3. local trains to connect every thing else. 4. cars (electric ones) would then be used for personal transportation that fell outsife of the rail system's bounds, or for emergancy situations. 5. bicycles could be used for all local trips. (weather and terrain permitting) get your head out of your ass. the end
and it is people like you, who want to stifle the inovators out there, that is bringing the US closer and closer to orwellian reality. fool
build igloos of course!