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From: Suzie-Q on 25 Apr 2008 02:17
In article <240420081950353886%dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
Dave Balderstone <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:

> In article <sme617x-375172.20350124042008(a)news.giganews.com>, Suzie-Q
> <sme617x(a)embarqmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In article <240420081908343150%dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca>,
> > Dave Balderstone <dave(a)N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
> >
> > > In article <sehix-F37B1E.18034324042008(a)news.speakeasy.net>, Steve Hix
> > > <sehix(a)NOSPAMspeakeasy.netINVALID> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <tph-7DE545.18290424042008(a)localhost>,
> > > > Tom Harrington <tph(a)pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > In article
> > > > > <764bbdad-75fd-471b-b876-c98f7c6c11fa(a)l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
> > > > > "Jared \"J.P.\" Perdue" <jaredperdue(a)trashmail.net> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > X-No-Archive: Yes
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Here are mine:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 1. voice recognition
> > > > > > 2. face recognition
> > > > > > 3. talking computer
> > > > > > 4. thin screens
> > > > > > 5. flexible screens
> > > > > > 6. (much) longer battery life
> > > > > > 7. (much) more hard drive capacity
> > > > > > 8. shock-proof
> > > > > > 9. nintendo wii-remote
> > > > > > 10. ubiquitous wireless access
> > > > > >
> > > > > > what are yours?
> > > > >
> > > > > 11. Free magic pony.
> > > > >
> > > > > I keep asking, but they've yet to include it.
> > > >
> > > > 12. Hover car.
> > > >
> > > > They *promised* me a hover car. (Well, not Apple, but "them"!)
> > >
> > > 13. Food pills! Where are my food pills?
> >
> >
> > Seriously, though, I wish Purina would make People Chow. Little
> > tasty nuggets full of healthy stuff that we need to survice, that
> > we could munch on when we want to snack. Or in place of a meal.
>
> See <http://www.clodhoppers.tv/>

You must have missed the word "healty."

--
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From: Sharon F on 6 May 2008 18:32
In article <noemailhere-53D777.20462905052008(a)news.mts.net>,
The NewGuy <noemailhere(a)please.comm> wrote:

> So what are the problems with the readers? And can you defeat the
> circumvention? Are there different qualities of readers?

I had a tablet PC with a built-in fingerprint reader. By the end of that
tablet's life, I had disabled the Omnipass software as it caused huge
delays during system power on. The severity of the problem would lock up
the operating system 30% of the time at log on and sometimes at log off.

I liked the idea of the device. I wasn't thrilled with it's software's
deteriorating performance. The lack of maintenance releases to keep it
in stride with operating system changes was discouraging - especially
for a product linked to security.

Not sure what you mean by defeating the circumvention. Disabling the
software meant that passwords were entered manually. If someone had your
tablet in their hands, bypassing plain old password protection is a
piece of cake with Windows systems.

Different qualities of readers? Probably but I wasn't impressed enough
by the one I had to seek out another for other systems. The one that I
had was one of the earlier fingerprint devices built-in for a Motion
1400 circa 2004.

--
Sharon F
From: Gregory Weston on 5 May 2008 12:44
In article <slrng1ub80.15qa.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>,
Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <wyvern-8562F0.11240024042008(a)sn-indi.vsrv-sjc.supernews.net>
> Madwen <wyvern(a)nospam.invalid> wrote:
> > In article <240420080606522789%star(a)sky.net>, Davoud <star(a)sky.net>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> > Here are mine:
> >> >
> >> > 1. voice recognition
>
> >> I have that on this Mac. It's called "MacSpeech Dictate." It's new, but
> >> good, and promises to get better.
>
>
> > No you don't. You have a dictation application (an hopeful but
> > incomplete one as yet).
>
> > I suspect the OP is talking about fully integrated voice input where
> > one's own voice has full command, using reasonable syntax, of all or
> > most operations on the computer.
>
> You mean like Apple's OS has had since at least System 7?

Apple's OS has had very limited support (initially available only as a
custom install for high-end machines) for recognizing discrete
utterances that loses accuracy dramatically as the language model grows
in size or complexity. It has improved substantially in the last 15
years (mostly because computing power has increased and raised the
functional limit on model complexity) but still isn't particularly close
to what the prior poster described.

G

--
"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?"
- Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix
From: Gregory Weston on 5 May 2008 13:09
In article <slrng1ucj0.15qa.g.kreme(a)cerebus.local>,
Lewis <g.kreme(a)gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <pvidneecl-iJdY3VnZ2dnUVZ_rbinZ2d(a)comcast.com>
> HK <payer33859(a)mypacks.net> wrote:
> > Tom Stiller wrote:
> >> In article <siegman-4CA034.11015324042008(a)nntp.stanford.edu>,
> >> AES <siegman(a)stanford.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> In article <1ifws1r.1ha5fkt1rhpjmaN%mbnilspam(a)zetnet.co.uk>,
> >>> mbnilspam(a)zetnet.co.uk (Maire Black) wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I would like to see a laptop type (light and portable) but without a
> >>>> battery, making it even lighter and cheaper. Like a very portable
> >>>> desktop you could take around with you but would need to plug in.
> >>>>
> >>> Pretty sure I've seen these advertised --- drawing power from USB port
> >>
> >> The OP wasn't talking about a light for your laptop, but rather a light
> >> weight laptop.
>
> > I've got a MacBook Pro with two USB2 ports. I'd like to see two more
> > USB2 ports built in, for a total of four.
>
> Most people only need ONE usb port. If you need more, buy a hub, they
> are dirt cheap.

Bad timing. Just today there's discussion at MacInTouch about some
hardware that doesn't work through a hub.

--
"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?"
- Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix
From: Howard Brazee on 5 May 2008 13:34
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:46:30 +0100, Calum
<com.gmail(a)scottishwildcat.nospam> wrote:

>> These two might be useful for security - but I'd rather have a
>> fingerprint detector on the keyboards - standard. Integrated with
>> keychain. Our current password system needs to be replaced by
>> something better, and this could be a first step.
>
>Although Mythbusters managed to beat a current-gen fingerprint reader
>pretty easily :)

In real life, passwords as used today are beaten much more often.
Bio-metrics will have to be part of the solution to the great big
password problem.

Note I said "this could be a first step". Certainly fingerprint
readers will get better if there's a market for them.
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