Hardware Analysis - Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

Re: Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

Sean Costello — 2008-02-23T06:40:34-05:00

lol, it'd be like Short Circuit meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Re: Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

john albrich — 2008-02-23T03:12:33-05:00

Dr. Peaceful said:

...M$ Voice PC: "Sorry, I can not comply."
[Geek banging on the computer with anger.]
M$ Voice PC: "Stop! You are damaging my hardware. Initiate defensive mechanism."
"Aaaaah, you piece of sh..." [Geek tasered and loss consciousness]...

Don't Tase me, T3 !!!

Re: Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

Dragon Peaceful — 2008-02-23T00:00:13-05:00

Here's a glimpse of the Future of computing from Micro$oft, the maker of intelligence voice command PC.

Geek: "Computer, increase CPU clock speed."
M$ Voice PC [in female machine voice]: "Sorry, I can not comply! Increase clock speed outside of my normal operating range will endanger my health."
Geek: "Bullsh*t!"
M$ Voice PC: "I am sorry, I do not understand your last command. Please repeat."
Geek: "Open browser."
M$ Voice PC: "I prefer to be addressed as 'computer', please say again."
Geek: "Okay... Computer! Open browser, goto site 'http://www.xxx.xxx'."
M$ Voice PC: "Please wait. Executing your commands."
M$ Voice PC: "I am sorry, the website you are trying to visit contains pornographic materials. It is not healthy for your mind. May I suggest another site?"
Geek: "What are you a saint? You're a god damn computer. Give me my site!"
M$ Voice PC: "You voice sounded rude. I will ignore your last command."
Geek: "Go f**k yourself, you piece of sh*t! Oh, sorry... Computer, go f**k yourself!!"
M$ Voice PC: "Sorry, I can not comply."
[Geek banging on the computer with anger.]
M$ Voice PC: "Stop! You are damaging my hardware. Initiate defensive mechanism."
"Aaaaah, you piece of sh..." [Geek tasered and loss consciousness]

LOL

Edit: I have no idea that link actually works, it's completely arbitrary as a joke. Now it's appropriately fixed.

Re: Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

john albrich — 2008-02-22T23:34:24-05:00

BTW, I type at about 120wpm, so talking at computer comprehensible speeds is usually a lot slower.

Re: Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

Brendan Gonsalves — 2008-02-22T21:49:20-05:00

Keyboard ftw

Re: Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

Brandon DeCoppel — 2008-02-22T21:04:13-05:00

Sean Costello said:

thats stupid, how do you play games. UNLESS.... VIRTUAL REALITY ON WINDOWS 7!!

Only a dream...

McFly said:

left, forward, forward, SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT!

LOL!

Re: Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

McFly — 2008-02-22T20:58:52-05:00

left, forward, forward, SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT!

Re: Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

Sean Costello — 2008-02-22T20:56:04-05:00

thats stupid, how do you play games. UNLESS.... VIRTUAL REALITY ON WINDOWS 7!!

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FordGT90Concept — 2008-02-22T20:50:26-05:00

*public static void capitalize main left parenthesis string left bracket right bracket arghs backspace backspace backspace "g" "s" right parenthesis return left curly bracket return Console dot WriteLine left parenthesis This sucks exclamation point right parenthesis semicolon return right curly bracket*

:'C

Re: Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

McFly — 2008-02-22T20:49:38-05:00

"Windows Speech Recognition in Windows Vista empowers users to interact with their computers by voice. It was designed for people who want to significantly limit their use of the mouse and keyboard while maintaining or increasing their overall productivity. You can dictate documents and emails in mainstream applications, use voice commands to start and switch between applications, control the operating system, and even fill out forms on the Web."

Speech recognition from the above text:
"But a speech recognition when of the standard the contract with a computer with what results is a legitimate limit their use of natural look in your increase in overall productivity. You can dictate documents in emails in major applications use what commands the start of the cleanup agent and will operate as the result boards on the web or a running back caught up in listening"

Re: Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

McFly — 2008-02-22T20:43:49-05:00

Can you imagine programming via speech recog? lol!

Re: Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

FordGT90Concept — 2008-02-22T20:39:18-05:00

Why has the computer world become so depressing over the past few years? Oh, right.

Gates PUSHING Diminished Role for Keyboards

john albrich — 2008-02-22T19:17:08-05:00

Oh this is just great! Now at work, in the libarary, in the classroom, instead of listening to lots of quiet tapping noise, I have to listen to people talking to their computers.

Thanks a lot, Bill. Not.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080222/gates_goodbye_keyboards.html?.v=2
Gates Sees Diminished Role for Keyboards
Friday February 22, 11:02 am ET
Bill Gates Says Microsoft Is Pushing Touchscreen and Speech Technology to Replace Keyboards

"It's one of the big bets we're making," he said during the final stop of a farewell tour before he withdraws from the company's daily operations in July

edit-add pointer to follow-on thread at
http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71611/
includes Gates statements re: voice and touch-screen interface focus in Win7/Windows 7.