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Comment Re:Use phonetic spelling (Score 1) 626

I would argue that the fact that we have homophones in the first place is a bad thing. Ideally: One sound, one spelling, one meaning (except possibly allowing for metaphorical meanings derived from that).

You do realize that by doing so you would kill the pun, thus depriving many people of the only humor they understand.

Comment Re:Use phonetic spelling (Score 1) 626

I like the flexibility of English spelling. It is actually useful. Since there are many ways to spell the same sounds, you can spell different words that sound the same differently. That way you don't have to rely on contexts exclusively. For instance: "He went to room number five two." vs "He went to room number five too."

Comment Drone License (Score 1) 162

Eventually you'll have to get a government license to fly a drone. You're drone will give off an encoded signal so it can be identified as legal. The government will have to patrol the skies to enforce this law. Shooting down unlawful drones will be dangerous, so the police will have 'super drones' that chase unlawful drones and capture them. Captured drones will be examined and if their owners are identified they will be given steep fines.

Comment Re:Buggy whip makers said automobiles aren't... (Score 2) 451

It's all going to come down to texting. While you're in a driverless car you can text to your hearts content while traveling without fear of being pulled over. Or watch movies. Or have sex. Or drink a fifth of Scotch. Or do all at the same time. How many people are going to turn down this ability for some hypothetical baby/dog recognition bug?

Comment Re:Oh God No... (Score 1) 222

Meanwhile, at Bizcock Studios: "Ya see, they made two Roy Battys, and one of them did figure out how to stop the incept date, so he lived and he grew old. Ya see, we bring back Rutger Hauer, and that's why he's old, because he stopped the incept date. And we can bring back Daryl Hanna, but she only has one eye, because she looks bad-ass with an eye-patch. And Harrison Ford is out living in the woods and he's happy, and he has a beautiful daughter played by Jennifer Lawrence who is also a mixed martial arts fighter. And Rutger Hauer is leading an army of replicants, just like Battlestar Galactica, and they come to destroy humanity, and they're being controlled by a central brain inside a worm-hole, and Jennifer Lawrence has to send a nuclear bomb through the worm hole."

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