Re: [Elecraft] OT predictions - "Daisy, Daisy..."
On 6/9/07 12:23, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > Besides, it's hard enough talking to *people* and getting them to > understand... Sorry, what was that again - I don't understand %-) -- The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His. -Roger Ebert, film-critic (1942- ) ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT predictions - "Daisy, Daisy..."
In a message dated 9/5/07 9:15:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Predictions for future: I've seen this sort of thing since I was a kid reading Popular Science. What you don't see is a recap of how wrong so many predictions turn out to be, and how few predictions turn out to be right. For example, it's only taken them 45 years to develop the flatscreen TVs that were "just around the corner" in 1965. And 1975, 1985... Where's my 400 MPH George Jetson flying car? It was supposed to be in showrooms 20 years ago! The flip side of the coin is all the things that we take for granted today, yet which were never predicted at all. > 1. genetically modified animals will be sold as personal helpers. We've had those for thousands of years - dogs, cats, horses. Not going to touch 2. and 3. - they're about politics > > 4. computers that u can easily talk to is the next big break thru in > electronics. > Getting a computer to talk is relatively easy. Getting one to *listen* isn't, because of the variations in how people talk. Getting one to *understand* is even harder, because of the way most human language is so context-dependent. Don't hold your breath waiting for computers to be easy to talk to. Limited voice recognition is a reality now, but making the machine really understand you would require computers that pass the Turing test. Besides, it's hard enough talking to *people* and getting them to understand... -- There's an old joke that someone actually developed simple, high quality voice recognition years ago, but lost all the work when a coworker yelled "FORMAT C:" over the cubicle wall. -- 73 de Jim, N2EY "Open the pod bay doors, Hal" ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT predictions
On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:15:01 +, Charles Harpole wrote: >Predictions for future: >4. computers that u can easily talk to is the next big break >thru in electronics. I talk to my computer all the time. Sometimes I scream in foreign languages. It never answers back, and my wife thinks that I am weird Now when it comes to the K2. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] OT predictions
"Charles Harpole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (09/05/2007 22:15) >Retired now means I have time to send messages like this but should I ? NO!!! John - W2AGN ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] OT predictions
Retired now means I have time to send messages like this but should I ? Predictions for future: 1. genetically modified animals will be sold as personal helpers. 2. the super powers will fight over resources in Africa for the next century. 3. some will realize that democracy does not fit into a society based on the tribalism of kinship-based governance and ease up trying to push Western democracy on others. 4. computers that u can easily talk to is the next big break thru in electronics. 73 Charles Harpole [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get a FREE small business Web site and more from Microsoft® Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0930003811mrt/direct/01/ ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
