cyborch - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:It's an investment. (Score 1) 217

by cyborch on Tuesday September 20, @06:47PM (#37462346) Attached to: Microsoft Has Lost $5.5 Billion On Bing Since 2009

The one good thing about Microsoft is that they tend to stick to what they started.

Unless you're using Virtual Earth.

Comment: Re:Marketing (Score 1) 433

by cyborch on Monday September 19, @03:44PM (#37448334) Attached to: RMS: 'Is Android Really Free Software?'

--Like cars, computers will become boring sealed appliances, built mainly for safety & ease of use. Thanks Apple fans!

You're welcome. I look forward to this future where we can start doing stuff in stead of tinkering with our tools. Oh, and I want the new Camaro SS laptop when it comes out!

Comment: Re:Awesome (Score 2) 316

by cyborch on Wednesday June 22 2011, @08:01PM (#36537116) Attached to: Fired IT Worker Replaces CEO's Presentation With Porn

Given how many people hate their jobs I'd say the penalty for joyriding should be higher than the penalty for speeding to get to work on time...

Comment: Re:Good news, no? (Score 1) 99

by cyborch on Wednesday May 25 2011, @10:35AM (#36239442) Attached to: Spammers Establish Fake URL-Shortening Services

Several. Google for "URL expander".

Comment: Re:Soon, no more call centers (Score 1) 220

by cyborch on Friday January 14 2011, @10:48AM (#34878336) Attached to: <em>Jeopardy</em>-Playing Supercomputer Beats Humans

I don't know why it gets any special advantages at all.

It should have to physically push a buzzer.

Being able to control a small servo from a computer is really no great feat is it? Have you heard of automated garage doors?

... and a printer with comic sans makes this more impressive, how?

Also, it should have to watch the board itself.

Realtime OCR has been done on computers with much less CPU power. See Word Lens.

It should have no electronic linkages to any outside information.

It has to be able to parse the physical environment of Jeopardy, and interact with the physical environment of Jeopardy (At least while the show it running, it doesn't have to enter or leave under its own power.)

Until then, it's not really 'playing Jeopardy', is it?

All the other elements to playing Jeopardy can be easily solved. These guys are handling language processing. That is no small feat in itself. Try RTFA. It helps to appreciate what was done here.

Comment: Re:Hmmm.. what if (Score 1) 133

by cyborch on Friday November 12 2010, @09:54AM (#34206534) Attached to: Lizard Previously Unknown To Science Found On Vietnam Menu

They reproduce asexually. Hasn't that been the only option for geeks for some time now?

Comment: Re:Maybe a bit too much information (Score 1) 297

by cyborch on Saturday October 16 2010, @12:24AM (#33915562) Attached to: Facebook, Microsoft Team Up Against Google

Here's a tip: don't friend your boss. Seriously. He doesn't need to know what you do n your own time.

Comment: Re:The Slashdot Firefox Paradox (Score 1) 279

by cyborch on Friday September 10 2010, @11:03AM (#33534750) Attached to: Mozilla Unleashes JaegerMonkey Enabled Firefox 4

This is overwhelmingly not ironic!

Comment: Re:UI? (Score 1) 226

by cyborch on Thursday September 09 2010, @04:28PM (#33527708) Attached to: GoogleTV, AppleTV and the Battle For The Living Room

I think the number of hollywood shows available on a given box will be the deciding factor. I hope UI will be the deciding factor, but I fear it won't.

Clean Google without the bloat-> 0

Submitted by cyborch on Saturday June 19 2010, @08:35AM

cyborch writes "In response to the recent Google Bing style bloat and the following outrage a clean version of the google page quickly created. The Clean Google page does exactly what google used to do and nothing more. Use it in stead of the bloated google front page and stay bloat free and happy."
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