On Wednesday, April 02, 2003, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> quoted:
future of work???
THE HUMAN TOUCH WITH A VIRTUAL RECEPTIONIST A virtual receptionist who can read the emotions of visitors and make the appropriate verbal responses has been launched in Japan. According to the Kyodo news agency, the US$15,000 virtual receptionist is is a program residing on a PC at the reception desk.
You know, I'd be very suspicious of articles like this at this time of year. This wouldn't have been first posted yesterday morning, would it? -PV
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I found another part of the original posting more interesting: The problem of every new device needing a different kind of battery. This is an example of the wastefulness of unregulated "competition". Stalin's 5 Year Plans was not the only economic regime to have manufactured waste.
\brad mccormick
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