Let's just hope they don't make them rounded rectangles. Lawsuits incoming...
To those of you who have read about the case and don't understand why this is modded up, the other 24 complaints Apple had about Samsung's design were hidden in the article and not in the summary.
Personally, using voice commands for operating anything inside a car doesn't really interest me. It's probably a generational thing, but using voice commands to control anything makes me feel like a douche. It's nothing but a higher-tech Clapper.
This is a little OT, but I was sold on Siri the moment I said "read me that last text message". It actually tells you the message and you don't need to look at your display. It's as close as I've ever seen to Captain Picard asking the Enterprise's computer a question.
I really can't wait for version 2. Siri right now feels like a poor beta.
Do you mumble and slur like most geek? Try annunciating.
He's probably on AT&T and it's poorly serviced. I have a similar problem, but it's localized. I often tell Siri something as I'm leaving my house. Somehow I manage to always time it so that it's right at that threshold where the phone thinks it's connected to WIFI but I have just gotten out of range. So it sits there and looks dumb until I make the request again, only this time the phone sees that the WIFI is out of range and the cellular signal has taken over.
I f'n hate that Siri is that dependent on an internet connection.
My story isn't much different. Truth be told, the textbook stuff I was taught in high school, with the exception of Math, hasn't turned out to be all that practical in my work life. The stuff I did in my computer classes, even the 'goofing off', had paid off in major ways. In general I am just not a fan of limiting a student's access to the world.
Seems like you need a little more education on how to do basic math and how to recognize things at face value.
You mean I should be like you and make statistics up to suit my own agenda?
Here's a fun fact: I played games instead of doing homework in high school. To this day I use the observations I made playing those games to do my work.
You're confusing the terms 'education' and 'course work'.
That door swings both ways. If you don't know the scope of what's being taught, how can you say Youtube isn't valuable? It's obviously valuable enough that cash-strapped stufdents are findinf their own solutions.
As for the network bogging down over Pandora... seema like a better use of IT's time thab Something Awful, hmm...?
Most corporates and government agencies all apply these so called "draconian" restrictions on thier staff and it isn't because they are all bastards.
This isn't a corporation, it is a facility for education. There are no profits to protect, here, nor is it their job to protect the students from their own habits. It's a waste of time and resources for IT to even be worrying about this.
The word 'draconian' didn't come about just because people's eyebrows are furrowed.
Oh, for f's sake. Im sorry, this is my fault for missing the preview button. No hard feelings for making fun of my incompetence.
In short, let the student fail if he wants to waste time. Policiing the internet is not the job of a University iT dept and the groupthink agreeing with that doesn't make it wrong.
Personnaly I'd rather my tuition and/or tax money not have a bloody thing to do with censoring the internet. Afterall, there are no guarantees anybody will graduate. This is not an issue of fairness.
Sorry, accidently hit submit instead of preview......moddez down for saying it even exists. However, you cannot blame this as a groupthink invention. The maintenance of these restrictions is a waste of resources. If a student pay tuituion and fails, it is not the fault of the IT dept for failing to bl
Maybe the slashbots have been unfairly filtered from being able to do their work before, (I have, on multiple occasions.) Or maybe in this case they'ce seen the damage this sort of resrtiction can cause in the context of education and they do not approve.
I, personaly have issues with the groupthink, Ive even been m
Slashdot Mirror
Because you're not going to put a telephoto lens on a smart phone.
Let's just hope they don't make them rounded rectangles. Lawsuits incoming...
To those of you who have read about the case and don't understand why this is modded up, the other 24 complaints Apple had about Samsung's design were hidden in the article and not in the summary.
But I'm just an armchair slashfag know-it-all.
Hah. If I were a bettin man I'd say you caught the recent story about CERN and the loose cable.
More accurately, you'll believe that people exist that will actually say that.
Personally, using voice commands for operating anything inside a car doesn't really interest me. It's probably a generational thing, but using voice commands to control anything makes me feel like a douche. It's nothing but a higher-tech Clapper.
This is a little OT, but I was sold on Siri the moment I said "read me that last text message". It actually tells you the message and you don't need to look at your display. It's as close as I've ever seen to Captain Picard asking the Enterprise's computer a question.
I really can't wait for version 2. Siri right now feels like a poor beta.
This could be a dangerous approach of Apple to cars... so they will soon patent stuff like, maybe, the car wheels.
Well, that's what the Slashdot headline would say after news got out that Samsung's lawyer tried to get into the wrong car in the parking lot.
If Linux is any indication, it takes about four years for OSS to come up with a usable carbon copy.
Do you mumble and slur like most geek? Try annunciating.
He's probably on AT&T and it's poorly serviced. I have a similar problem, but it's localized. I often tell Siri something as I'm leaving my house. Somehow I manage to always time it so that it's right at that threshold where the phone thinks it's connected to WIFI but I have just gotten out of range. So it sits there and looks dumb until I make the request again, only this time the phone sees that the WIFI is out of range and the cellular signal has taken over.
I f'n hate that Siri is that dependent on an internet connection.
The world does not need more self-absorbed iPhone users talking to the wannabe AI in their phone.
Haterade Addicts think about the iPhone more than Apple fanboys do.
Umm... you're on a site that mainly talks about blinkie things that cost money. The 'first world problems' joke isn't very spicy around here.
My story isn't much different. Truth be told, the textbook stuff I was taught in high school, with the exception of Math, hasn't turned out to be all that practical in my work life. The stuff I did in my computer classes, even the 'goofing off', had paid off in major ways. In general I am just not a fan of limiting a student's access to the world.
Seems like you need a little more education on how to do basic math and how to recognize things at face value.
You mean I should be like you and make statistics up to suit my own agenda?
Here's a fun fact: I played games instead of doing homework in high school. To this day I use the observations I made playing those games to do my work.
You're confusing the terms 'education' and 'course work'.
IT doesn't know what the students are actually doing. It's a stupid solution, which has already been proven.
The iPhone has a lot of satisfied customers. You make it sound irrational, but that is the reality of it. Sorry.
Hey, look! We just got a sneak peek at Samsung's new line of stoves!
That door swings both ways. If you don't know the scope of what's being taught, how can you say Youtube isn't valuable? It's obviously valuable enough that cash-strapped stufdents are findinf their own solutions.
As for the network bogging down over Pandora... seema like a better use of IT's time thab Something Awful, hmm...?
They don't have enough resources to support their students, so blocking somethingawful is the solution?
Most corporates and government agencies all apply these so called "draconian" restrictions on thier staff and it isn't because they are all bastards.
This isn't a corporation, it is a facility for education. There are no profits to protect, here, nor is it their job to protect the students from their own habits. It's a waste of time and resources for IT to even be worrying about this.
The word 'draconian' didn't come about just because people's eyebrows are furrowed.
Oh, for f's sake. Im sorry, this is my fault for missing the preview button. No hard feelings for making fun of my incompetence.
In short, let the student fail if he wants to waste time. Policiing the internet is not the job of a University iT dept and the groupthink agreeing with that doesn't make it wrong.
Personnaly I'd rather my tuition and/or tax money not have a bloody thing to do with censoring the internet. Afterall, there are no guarantees anybody will graduate. This is not an issue of fairness.
Sorry, accidently hit submit instead of preview... ...moddez down for saying it even exists. However, you cannot blame this as a groupthink invention. The maintenance of these restrictions is a waste of resources. If a student pay tuituion and fails, it is not the fault of the IT dept for failing to bl
Maybe the slashbots have been unfairly filtered from being able to do their work before, (I have, on multiple occasions.) Or maybe in this case they'ce seen the damage this sort of resrtiction can cause in the context of education and they do not approve.
I, personaly have issues with the groupthink, Ive even been m
Because youtube and torrents are part of using the internet.
What part of education do you not understand?
Really? I thought it was to bitch about how uselesa the people are that ensure their job security.
No, we care who wins reality TV shows. More people vote for American Idol then for their representatives.
With the decades of bullshit that our politicians put this country through, is it really any surprise?
If everything 'fit the bill', then the cable probably wasn't loose.