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Dakar, you and Laminar are King and Queen of un-clever one-liners. No offense but it's true.
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Well I'm not under the impression that everything I type is funny.
Those last couple were more of a pointless discussion.
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
Dakar, you and Laminar are King and Queen of un-clever one-liners. No offense but it's true.
Which is king and which is queen?
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So how long have you been holding that comment in anyway?
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Originally Posted by Oisín
Which is king and which is queen?
He said it in order. Don't mess with my ego.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
That's where I say voice recognition.
I'd hate to picture an office of people speaking to their computers with "run email, email sally, write "OMG can you believe it?!" etc.
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Doesn't seem much different than customer service where people are talking all the time.
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Originally Posted by analogue SPRINKLES
I'd hate to picture an office of people speaking to their computers with "run email, email sally, write "OMG can you believe it?!" etc.
I would have to kill everyone in my office.
Talking to your computer will never work. The only reason they did it on Star Trek was... well, actually it worked quite well on Star Trek.
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Thinking more about it, It seems nobody interfaced with the computer on Star Trek except Kirk.
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Originally Posted by Oisín
Which is king and which is queen?
I'm not Queen, I'm Trusted Lieutenant.
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Originally Posted by design219
I would have to kill everyone in my office.
Talking to your computer will never work. The only reason they did it on Star Trek was... well, actually it worked quite well on Star Trek.
The reason it worked well on Star Trek was that the voice interface was only used for certain things like data retrieval, recording logs, and activating simple, common functions. For everything else like data entry, navigation, and complex actions the computer consoles were used (in combination with PADDs in TNG and beyond, and what looked like just pads of paper in TOS).
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Bah, they showed you could use the computer for everything in the crunch.
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just to tie this all together
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
Bah, they showed you could use the computer for everything in the crunch.
Sure, but it wasn't the easiest or preferred way of doing things.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
You're not lazy enough
I think anyone who actually knew me who read that would be rolling on the floor right about now.
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Why did the helmsmen have to "engage?" Why not just tell the computer to "engage?" And why did they have a frickin crew at all?
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Originally Posted by design219
Why did the helmsmen have to "engage?" Why not just tell the computer to "engage?" And why did they have a frickin crew at all?
Plot development.
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Originally Posted by design219
Why did the helmsmen have to "engage?" Why not just tell the computer to "engage?" And why did they have a frickin crew at all?
To keep Kirk occupied in between luscious alien babes.
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Apparently my memory didn't serve me quite as well as it could have. The pointing device I was talking about before was called the FELiX, not the Cat. Same idea though...
Also, the design was apparently much 'improved' beyond the version I saw in my friend's basement:
Here's a review of it: Altra's Felix Pointing Device
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Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey
The NES Power Glove.
End of discussion.
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Originally Posted by design219
just to tie this all together
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
So how long have you been holding that comment in anyway?
Sorry I was in a bitchy mood
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
Sorry I was in a bitchy mood
Don't apologize. I rather have people lay it out, than secretly despise my posting.
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
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I recall seeing a mouse that was essentially upright like a joystick, but the whole thing moved like a mouse, the buttons were triggers on the stick. Good Ergonomic design, I kind of want one.
But beyond that, I think that someone needs to develop a tactile system for a changing interface. The iPhone interface, which has something beneath it which can rearrange for tactile contact. That's what I'd like to see. I expect interfaces to by dynamic in the future, and input devices will be addons, only for special situations. Somewhere between Minority Report and the iPhone.
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That must be mighty awkward at first.
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My boss has one of these:
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I'd love to try hunt and peck on that thing.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
My boss has one of these:
Does your boss say things like "sheilds up" thoughout the day?
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My stupid iPhone game: Nesen Probe, it's rather old, annoying and pointless, but it's free.
Was free. Now it's gone. Never to be seen again.
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His boss' name is Zero Cool
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What does he/you do Laminar?
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Tech support. He is suffering from back/shoulder problems so he's going very ergonomic, he has this chair too:
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You don't work for Apple, do you?
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Originally Posted by Laminar
He is suffering from back/shoulder problems so he's going very ergonomic, he has this chair too:
WTF?
Really, WTF?
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Originally Posted by design219
You don't work for Apple, do you?
No, if I did I wouldn't be allowed on a message board, from what I hear. But today's my last day here, so this is the last day you'll all be able to enjoy my never ending wit and wisdom.
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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
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What comes after the mouse? I thought everybody knew it was Jeff Hans multi-touch screen sort of interface.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
But today's my last day here.
We don't need no quitters!
Don't go! You're fun. Nearly as much fun as me, in fact. And I didn't think that was possible.
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I think the multi-touch will replace the keyboard and mouse
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"Lead an engineering development team responsible for designing and launching multi-touch panels for Apple products"
Apple - Job Opportunities - Job description
Can't mean the iPhone as it has already been designed and near launch.
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Originally Posted by Dakarʒ
Don't apologize. I rather have people lay it out, than secretly despise my posting.
I don't despise your posting. Like I said, I was in a bad mood and said something which I didn't mean.
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Originally Posted by design219
WTF?
Really, WTF?
My neighbor has one. They're actually really comfortable. Although I was more then slightly surprised since they are both multi millionaires and their house is very tastfully done, so when I saw this in their living room it looked wildly out of place.
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan
I don't despise your posting. Like I said, I was in a bad mood and said something which I didn't mean.
Alright. Well, no hard feelings either way.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Tech support. He is suffering from back/shoulder problems so he's going very ergonomic, he has this chair too:
Leo LaPorte had one explode on him during a podcast last week... one wonders if that foul thing was it.
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