Yes, and I use it to record notes in my lab book I use at work. I record all sorts of things I discover there. Some entries are several pages long with charts and graphs and tables and diagrams. Try doing that in a few minutes in Word or OpenOffice.
Well actually you can in Word 2003 or, more handily, with OneNote http://www.onenote.com/, with dual text and handwriting support... and both are searchable.
The link provided is from the WMP beta (note the URL is at a beta address), not the released product.
In the released product, the PRivacy link gives you this very long statement: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10/privacy.aspx?locale=409&geoid=c&version=10.0.0.36 46&userlocale=c09
You seem to be conflating spell-checkers and other tools.
Microsoft does not produce the Spanish spell-checker and lexicon: it is licensed sealed and intact from other companies (check the copyright notice on the files). There is no machine translation of any kind involved.
Stuff is going to get through since checking all of the hundreds of thousands of words in a lexical resource is time consuming. These resources are commissioned from companies IN Spanish speaking countries, just as the infamous "Anti-Arabes" spel-checker suggestion was generated by a DLL written by a French company. None of these companies stood up to take responsibility for the stuff they licensed to Microsoft.
Not all Microsoft's employees are US-born/educated. Often these mistakes are pointed out by their overseas-born/educated employees, but their US-born marketing folks override them because they just can't comprehend what it means to be part of a different culture. As soon as you start talking to them about such issues, they switch off until your mouth stops moving, then they continue on as if nothing had been said.
On the flip-side, some of the worst "Microsoft" sins have been perpetrated by contractors or licensors in other countries who do not stand behind their work when the shit hits the fan.
I have dropped my Motion m1300 slate tablet a number of times over the last year, without any ill consequences. It has yet to get a single scratch on the screen. I still haven't replaced the original nib on the pen, even with a year of daily use.
At home, it's my main computer and I have a docking station for it, but I also roam around the house and elsewhere doing things like:
* surfing the web wirelessly while sitting/lying in a comfortable position
* using ink in MSN Messenger, which is just SO COOL. There is nothing like ink to personalize a message and allow you to reply graphically rather than in boring text
* I wirelessly manage music playing in my house
* I have literally thousands upon thousands of pieces of music on my computer in PDF format. I can sit my tablet on my piano sheet music rest and play from there without having mountains of paper everywhere (regardless of where i travel)
* I can also plug the MIDI output from my piano into the Tablet, so I can compose and edit music interactively at the piano (my piano has a MIDI retrofit)
*... and so much more.. most of which has little to do with handwriting recognition, but absolutely needs the tablet form factor and/or ink.
And Apple uses the iTunes install to push Quicktime. Even when you deselect the option for QT to take over play-back options, it still puts QT junk all over your system.
Is it possible that people are now watching DVDs instaead of listening to CDs? Why hasn't the music industry stepped up to the opportunity of creating more hours in the week... or for that matter, of creating more music that I'd want to buy?
Once upon a time WP had the resources of a grammar-checking product of their own but that got scattered to the wind with other assets as WordPerfect moved from company to company. Now they'd have to find those resources elsewhere.
I really doubt they could rely on any profits from the other items listed.
Messenger pop-ups can be turned off with a click of a checkbox. QuickTime popups require that you pay to upgrade first.
I still don't buy an argument that "the browser creates a massive pop up problem". An element of responsibility lies with the page creators. I'm sure if IE had a built-in pop-up blocker long-ago, then it would have been decried for blocking free speech or an essential feature allowed in other browsers.
Robert Moore, Founder and President of 321 Studios. "There is no difference between making a copy of a music CD for personal use and making a backup of a DVD movie for personal use."
Has anyone noticed that if often costs more to buy the CD of a movie soundtrack than the DVD of the movie?
America often ends up with an inferior early implementation (NTSC anyone?). Digital cable is going out over an aging cable infrastructure; in Australia it's probably over fibre-optic to the curb/kerb.
Having lived and worked in several countries I especially noticed that the US electronic banking, bill payment and telephone systems are way behind other first-world countries. Often there's a web-based front-end to a very slow and messy paper-based system.
Not all of the possible costs apply to every transaction. Import duties are unlikely to be paid on an unboxed laptop. The "plug" will cost a couple of bucks as laptop transformers are usually 100-240V. The same good will cost the same in one country as in another if you take into account all costs, NO MATTER WHAT THE EXCHANGE RATE.
From Sydney I used to order Australian CDs from a UK supplier by email or fax. The CDs would be airmailed to me for 1-2 GBP and I would generally have them within 5 business days. I would generally save myself 30% on the cost of buying from a local store. This is true of any number of international purchases I have conducted between US, UK and Australia. I've probably tried every combination of inter-country orders there.
No it [QuickTime - on Windows or OS X] doesn't [suck]. And you are complaining about pop ups? I certainly hope you aren't using IE as your browser of choice...
So let me follow this: "Apple's Quicktime pop-ups are good, and Microsoft is bad for not making IE block other companies' pop-ups." I think that is your argument.
Corel, LOtus/IBM and OpenOffice's products have been opening Microsoft Office file formats for years. What's the issue? OpenOffice even claims to open many MS documents better than Office does.
Maybe someone should also force all those nasty companies that own more widely used image formats like GIF, TIFF etc to release their work to public domain?
OR: Years and years from now, there will be discussions in history books about US corporations and all the good/evil things that came about from their aggressive domination of global industries. This EU judgment may even be cited... "Us corporations began to lose power in the early 21st century as they fell victim to a barrage of heavy fines for trade issues...it set a precedent that other countries soon followed."
When the EU starts fining other US companies as payback for perceived inequities, then a different pattern will emerge.
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Um, Office XP is a Windows-only release. What does this have to do with the topic?
...and you're forgetting the majority of small penises. No wonder the cars are so big!
Google should trademark the word "employee" or "search-result".
Tom Cruise isn't technically a midget.
Well actually you can in Word 2003 or, more handily, with OneNote http://www.onenote.com/, with dual text and handwriting support ... and both are searchable.
The link provided is from the WMP beta (note the URL is at a beta address), not the released product. In the released product, the PRivacy link gives you this very long statement: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/mp10 /privacy.aspx?locale=409&geoid=c&version=10.0.0.36 46&userlocale=c09
You seem to be conflating spell-checkers and other tools. Microsoft does not produce the Spanish spell-checker and lexicon: it is licensed sealed and intact from other companies (check the copyright notice on the files). There is no machine translation of any kind involved.
insightful? And a computer is a person who adds up numbers. Tunnel vision is not insight.
Stuff is going to get through since checking all of the hundreds of thousands of words in a lexical resource is time consuming. These resources are commissioned from companies IN Spanish speaking countries, just as the infamous "Anti-Arabes" spel-checker suggestion was generated by a DLL written by a French company. None of these companies stood up to take responsibility for the stuff they licensed to Microsoft.
Not all Microsoft's employees are US-born/educated. Often these mistakes are pointed out by their overseas-born/educated employees, but their US-born marketing folks override them because they just can't comprehend what it means to be part of a different culture. As soon as you start talking to them about such issues, they switch off until your mouth stops moving, then they continue on as if nothing had been said. On the flip-side, some of the worst "Microsoft" sins have been perpetrated by contractors or licensors in other countries who do not stand behind their work when the shit hits the fan.
It's customary to post spoiler warnings when divulging the details of movies we haven't seen. I needn't bother seeing Alien vs Predator now.
I have dropped my Motion m1300 slate tablet a number of times over the last year, without any ill consequences. It has yet to get a single scratch on the screen. I still haven't replaced the original nib on the pen, even with a year of daily use.
At home, it's my main computer and I have a docking station for it, but I also roam around the house and elsewhere doing things like: * surfing the web wirelessly while sitting/lying in a comfortable position * using ink in MSN Messenger, which is just SO COOL. There is nothing like ink to personalize a message and allow you to reply graphically rather than in boring text * I wirelessly manage music playing in my house * I have literally thousands upon thousands of pieces of music on my computer in PDF format. I can sit my tablet on my piano sheet music rest and play from there without having mountains of paper everywhere (regardless of where i travel) * I can also plug the MIDI output from my piano into the Tablet, so I can compose and edit music interactively at the piano (my piano has a MIDI retrofit) * ... and so much more .. most of which has little to do with handwriting recognition, but absolutely needs the tablet form factor and/or ink.
and a new free update to Tablet O/S that comes with XP SP2 raises the bar even further with even better recognition, even with writing at an angle.
And Apple uses the iTunes install to push Quicktime. Even when you deselect the option for QT to take over play-back options, it still puts QT junk all over your system.
Is it possible that people are now watching DVDs instaead of listening to CDs? Why hasn't the music industry stepped up to the opportunity of creating more hours in the week ... or for that matter, of creating more music that I'd want to buy?
Once upon a time WP had the resources of a grammar-checking product of their own but that got scattered to the wind with other assets as WordPerfect moved from company to company. Now they'd have to find those resources elsewhere. I really doubt they could rely on any profits from the other items listed.
But sadly TV shows are not likely to make it to DVD unless they've had some measure of success as broadcast shows.
Still waiting for a DVD of Jay Mohr's "Action"...
Messenger pop-ups can be turned off with a click of a checkbox. QuickTime popups require that you pay to upgrade first. I still don't buy an argument that "the browser creates a massive pop up problem". An element of responsibility lies with the page creators. I'm sure if IE had a built-in pop-up blocker long-ago, then it would have been decried for blocking free speech or an essential feature allowed in other browsers.
Robert Moore, Founder and President of 321 Studios. "There is no difference between making a copy of a music CD for personal use and making a backup of a DVD movie for personal use."
Has anyone noticed that if often costs more to buy the CD of a movie soundtrack than the DVD of the movie?
America often ends up with an inferior early implementation (NTSC anyone?). Digital cable is going out over an aging cable infrastructure; in Australia it's probably over fibre-optic to the curb/kerb. Having lived and worked in several countries I especially noticed that the US electronic banking, bill payment and telephone systems are way behind other first-world countries. Often there's a web-based front-end to a very slow and messy paper-based system.
Not all of the possible costs apply to every transaction. Import duties are unlikely to be paid on an unboxed laptop. The "plug" will cost a couple of bucks as laptop transformers are usually 100-240V.
The same good will cost the same in one country as in another if you take into account all costs, NO MATTER WHAT THE EXCHANGE RATE.
From Sydney I used to order Australian CDs from a UK supplier by email or fax. The CDs would be airmailed to me for 1-2 GBP and I would generally have them within 5 business days. I would generally save myself 30% on the cost of buying from a local store. This is true of any number of international purchases I have conducted between US, UK and Australia. I've probably tried every combination of inter-country orders there.
No it [QuickTime - on Windows or OS X] doesn't [suck]. And you are complaining about pop ups? I certainly hope you aren't using IE as your browser of choice...
So let me follow this: "Apple's Quicktime pop-ups are good, and Microsoft is bad for not making IE block other companies' pop-ups." I think that is your argument.
Corel, LOtus/IBM and OpenOffice's products have been opening Microsoft Office file formats for years. What's the issue? OpenOffice even claims to open many MS documents better than Office does. Maybe someone should also force all those nasty companies that own more widely used image formats like GIF, TIFF etc to release their work to public domain?
OR: Years and years from now, there will be discussions in history books about US corporations and all the good/evil things that came about from their aggressive domination of global industries. This EU judgment may even be cited... "Us corporations began to lose power in the early 21st century as they fell victim to a barrage of heavy fines for trade issues...it set a precedent that other countries soon followed." When the EU starts fining other US companies as payback for perceived inequities, then a different pattern will emerge.