One of the things I'm really anticipating is such a speech-to-text processor that can work with OpenCyc's Natural Language Processor, so that we could interract with a truely intelligent system. Imagine, you say, "Computer, Earl Gray, Hot," and the computer responds with, "There are a number of meanings for what you said. Based on your previous queries, I expect you want the Tea Machine to steep you a cup of Earl Gray Tea. Is this correct?"
Of course, using such a processor, OpenCyc would also be able to use the video camera at your front door to ID you as you approach, open the door for you, and say "You have 5 new voicemail messages, one from 555-6789, from someone who sounded like your mother. Her tone was urgent. Would you like to listen to this message first?"
I haven't even got to Google integration yet, but that was mainly added as a way to get people to read this;) OpenCyc can already do independent Google searches and collate the results.
Haven't you seen the Truman Show? The universe as we know it probably ends just outside our solar system. I just hope the real Universal Studios doesn't drop any of their lighting apparatus on us.
Since the maximize answer has already been provided, I'll answer the file tree one. Set your finder window default to column view, and you'll never want another tree-view again. Remember to drop your commonly used folders onto the left hand side, and your commonly used apps onto the top toolbar (which is found by hitting the pill-shaped widget in the top bar). I find that with two of these windows open in the Finder all the time, I don't need anything else.
Also, you can drag and drop between dialog boxes and finder windows -- and make sure to maximize your dialog boxes; the default 'minimal' view can confuse some switchers until they find the expand button.
If you really want the unwieldy tree view from Windows Explorer, or anything else you don't see by default in the finder, check here.
As the main maintainer of emulation.net, I'd like to point to my URL -- we're having problems with the emulation.net domain, so that site hasn't been updated since January. Also, you might want to look at Mac EmuScene until the domain gets sorted out. Currently it involves hand-modifying your hosts file to access emulation.net's current state.
One of the wonderful things about OS X is that it plays nicely with all the Linux software that was written to support legacy devices.
Gimp-Print for OS X provides printer drivers for hundreds of legacy printers. Basicly, if you have some way to connect it (USB, or parallel with a USB converter), it'll probably work with OS X.
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Ballmer wasn't trying to spread FUD; he was just trying to instigate it. Leave it to the journalists to spread it.
Funny; I bought a Rev D iMac -- it was also my last.
However, in my case, that's because it is the computer I still use every day -- It has had a hard drive upgrade, a memory upgrade, and an OS upgrade; now it is comparatively more useful and more powerful than it was when I bought it.
The only time I experience this on IAx86 computers is when I remove MS Windows and install a lightweight Linux. And that experience pales in comparison to the empowering experience of upgrading from OS 9 to OS X.
Parsec(mirror) is a perfect example of what happens when you get a group of talented people coming up with a new game idea -- they started it out as closed source freeware because they didn't want the fizzle associated with OSS games; then when it fizzled anyway, they decided to opensource it.
Now, well, it's still in progress, and there are lots of other commercial games that have caught up with it and surpassed it. I guess one of the main issues is that OSS takes time to gain momentum, and Games that are Cutting Edge have a very short life. So, OS Games have to be either knockoffs, or out of date by the time they're released; the only exception I can see is when the game is a spinoff from some other game that meets one of the above criteria.
Actually, WINE does almost work on the PowerPC, thanks to the DarWINE project.
Also, both Windows and Linux x86 can be run on OS X under BOCHS (slow), and QEmu (quick). QEmu has the added benefit of both being a hardware and pure-cpu level emulator for a wide range of (target and host) systems.
I just use my Remote Wonder to control iTunes. It has the added benefit of also controlling everything else on my mac; makes a perfect DVD remote, handles changing channels on my TV card, and can even be used to play games. Of course, the only things I use it for when not in the same room is iTunes and sleeping the computer.
Garcia insisted the Democrats have the computer security situation well in hand, with the help of security specialists from Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. ''People can rest assured that we are aware of the need for a strong security system for our technology infrastructure," said Garcia, reading from a prepared statement, ''and we are working with our partners, Cisco and Microsoft, to ensure that our systems remain secure."
Why doesn't someone just develop an OSS version of Open Firmware?
The specifications already exist, it's compatible with Apple and Sun hardware already, and is the direction the x86 world has stated they're planning to move in (aside from the DRM stuff). Seems like the obvious solution.
Way to engender yourselves to your biggest customer base.
I never realised that university bureaucracy was their biggest customer base -- if you're arguing that it's bad from the average student's perspective, it isn't really such a bad thing.
From the perspective of anyone in the CS/Engineering/Communications/Law departments of course, it is. But then, because of the gag order, the universities can't discuss it, which kind of makes it hard to argue with them.
I guess it's time for me to try for a double-whammy and incorporate myself as Lycrasoft - I'd sell a compiled version of XWindows for the final result of:
Think about it... this isn't really in a terrorist's best interest.
If I were going to try to spread terror, why would I cut off a country's means of communication? Terror spreads by making intentional disasters seem close to home. The only time I could see this being effective is if the terror being spread were pure FUD... Hmm... Who would be spreading terror through FUD? Not Al Qaeda.
More like saying that DOSing George Bush's website is the same as sticking duct tape over his mouth. A movie is an expressive way of communicating an idea; a car is a physical object. Ideas cannot be stolen, they can only have their uniqueness devalued.
The universe was either created by some autonomous being who can exist outside our space/time continuum, or it wasn't, and happened by some set of evolving (or fixed, depending on your bent) rules that just happen to exist in some sort of flux. The burden of proof for either argument lies with the individual who wants to convert others to their way of thinking.
Then again, browbeating seems to gain as many converts as logical reasoning, for both arguments.
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Of course, using such a processor, OpenCyc would also be able to use the video camera at your front door to ID you as you approach, open the door for you, and say "You have 5 new voicemail messages, one from 555-6789, from someone who sounded like your mother. Her tone was urgent. Would you like to listen to this message first?"
I haven't even got to Google integration yet, but that was mainly added as a way to get people to read this ;) OpenCyc can already do independent Google searches and collate the results.
Haven't you seen the Truman Show? The universe as we know it probably ends just outside our solar system. I just hope the real Universal Studios doesn't drop any of their lighting apparatus on us.
Exactly... Downloading music is more like asking your neighbour to turn up their music so you can hear it too.
Then, you just get a symbolic link (alias) to the path at the other location, and it will pick up any future updates that come your way.
Or vice versa -- too bad it's the lawyers that win, not the consumers.
I think you need to put some video of your kitten on that site too -- along with a caption of what you were doing when the footage was taken.
Also, you can drag and drop between dialog boxes and finder windows -- and make sure to maximize your dialog boxes; the default 'minimal' view can confuse some switchers until they find the expand button.
If you really want the unwieldy tree view from Windows Explorer, or anything else you don't see by default in the finder, check here.
As the main maintainer of emulation.net, I'd like to point to my URL -- we're having problems with the emulation.net domain, so that site hasn't been updated since January. Also, you might want to look at Mac EmuScene until the domain gets sorted out. Currently it involves hand-modifying your hosts file to access emulation.net's current state.
Gimp-Print for OS X provides printer drivers for hundreds of legacy printers. Basicly, if you have some way to connect it (USB, or parallel with a USB converter), it'll probably work with OS X.
Ballmer wasn't trying to spread FUD; he was just trying to instigate it. Leave it to the journalists to spread it.
However, in my case, that's because it is the computer I still use every day -- It has had a hard drive upgrade, a memory upgrade, and an OS upgrade; now it is comparatively more useful and more powerful than it was when I bought it.
The only time I experience this on IAx86 computers is when I remove MS Windows and install a lightweight Linux. And that experience pales in comparison to the empowering experience of upgrading from OS 9 to OS X.
Now, well, it's still in progress, and there are lots of other commercial games that have caught up with it and surpassed it. I guess one of the main issues is that OSS takes time to gain momentum, and Games that are Cutting Edge have a very short life. So, OS Games have to be either knockoffs, or out of date by the time they're released; the only exception I can see is when the game is a spinoff from some other game that meets one of the above criteria.
For those who don't care about the MM of ORPGs, why not try out MUME? It's been around for years, and just keeps getting better.
Also, both Windows and Linux x86 can be run on OS X under BOCHS (slow), and QEmu (quick). QEmu has the added benefit of both being a hardware and pure-cpu level emulator for a wide range of (target and host) systems.
I just use my Remote Wonder to control iTunes. It has the added benefit of also controlling everything else on my mac; makes a perfect DVD remote, handles changing channels on my TV card, and can even be used to play games. Of course, the only things I use it for when not in the same room is iTunes and sleeping the computer.
The specifications already exist, it's compatible with Apple and Sun hardware already, and is the direction the x86 world has stated they're planning to move in (aside from the DRM stuff). Seems like the obvious solution.
Just thought I'd point out that thinking of nothing is not the same thing as not thinking about what you're doing.
I never realised that university bureaucracy was their biggest customer base -- if you're arguing that it's bad from the average student's perspective, it isn't really such a bad thing.
From the perspective of anyone in the CS/Engineering/Communications/Law departments of course, it is. But then, because of the gag order, the universities can't discuss it, which kind of makes it hard to argue with them.
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Think I could get DuPont to give me money too?
1. $11/hr CAD = $8.40 USD
2. Kamloops isn't what I'd call a small town; it's a small city. Merritt is a small town.
If I were going to try to spread terror, why would I cut off a country's means of communication? Terror spreads by making intentional disasters seem close to home. The only time I could see this being effective is if the terror being spread were pure FUD... Hmm... Who would be spreading terror through FUD? Not Al Qaeda.
More like saying that DOSing George Bush's website is the same as sticking duct tape over his mouth. A movie is an expressive way of communicating an idea; a car is a physical object. Ideas cannot be stolen, they can only have their uniqueness devalued.
Then again, browbeating seems to gain as many converts as logical reasoning, for both arguments.
Ever tried? People will buy anything -- and if you make sure they know that the buyer pays S&H, you're in the clear.