$ Apple is Now Debt Free $

[Asher]

Innovation in Speech and Computers:

http://research.microsoft.com/speech/

Speech recognition as passwords

http://research.microsoft.com/srg/whisperid.aspx

A full list of related research papers published by MS on speech is here: http://research.microsoft.com/srg/papers/

See, that's innovation and R&D. What Apple does is take techniques developed like this, and introduces them to the marketplace, usually well before they're ready (see: speech recognition passwords). People who don't know any better attribute this to Apple being innovative.

[Agathon]

Not really. It would recognize your particular voice, so someone else couldn't activate it even if they knew the password.

Unnecessary, unless you have no arms, though.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Agathon
What about voice recognition for passwords? OS 9 had that, it was pretty cool.

That's not innovation, that's stupidity.

[Agathon]

What about voice recognition for passwords? OS 9 had that, it was pretty cool.

[Agathon]

Actually MS does innovate. I found this excellent MS innovation which has proved a roaring success in the annals of computerdom.

Remember Bob?

[Drake Tungsten]

Even the most idiotic people have moments of clarity once and a while. I think I've agreed with things you've said on occasion, which is living proof.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

Ok, in reading Asher's posts throughout these last, uh, just a little over two pages, I find three "common denominators" in them:

lies

intentional ignoring of previously stated facts

it's not what he argues, it what he doesn't mention that he already knows to try to trick people

Wow, I was just about to write Mr. Nice Guy off as a complete idiot, but then he comes along and posts this completely spot-on appraisal of everyone's favorite MS employee. Good work.

Oh, he still is a complete idiot, the fact that you completely agree with him makes you one as well.

Honestly, you know something is wrong when you agree with Mr. Nice Guy, no less completely agree with him.

[Drake Tungsten]

Ok, in reading Asher's posts throughout these last, uh, just a little over two pages, I find three "common denominators" in them:




lies

intentional ignoring of previously stated facts

it's not what he argues, it what he doesn't mention that he already knows to try to trick people

Wow, I was just about to write Mr. Nice Guy off as a complete idiot, but then he comes along and posts this completely spot-on appraisal of everyone's favorite MS employee. Good work.

[Asher]

JohnT never made a post to me.

He did point out that it wasn't actually Xerox PARC that invented the GUI, which is a rather moot point because the fact remains it wasn't Apple.

To say Apple is "smarter" than its competitors is ridulous when it is a mere fraction of the size of its competitors. To claim that Apple is more innovative than MS is also ridulous, in terms of patents and real-world applications.

People were owned, and I wasn't one of them.

[Agathon]

I don't know. I wasn't the one who had JohnT and several other posters ganging up on him and exposing his inadequacies.

[Asher]

I wouldn't be so sure that the picture wasn't aimed at you. monolith is one of the intelligent Mac users.

[Agathon]

[monolith94]

[Asher]

Point out my lies and prove that they are lies, otherwise take your rhetoric and admit you got your ass owned, which is plain to see for everyone but Macheads.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Ok, in reading Asher's posts throughout these last, uh, just a little over two pages, I find three "common denominators" in them:

1. lies
2. intentional ignoring of previously stated facts
3. it's not what he argues, it what he doesn't mention that he already knows to try to trick people

And all in the name of his own entertainment, too. How sad is that? Asher must be really bored to have to resort to such down and dirty deceptions in order to keep from being bored. Can't find he find something else to do? Like go out on the town and go someplace fun, instead of sticking around his dorm and trolling Poly?

It's likely that Asher will immediately deny the accusations I've made (which are no doubt so obvious they've got to be true), once again all in the name of his own entertainment. And if he does, everyone just ignore him. Don't feed him his desire for this kind of entertainment; that would be a mistake and only fuel his passion for more. Instead, make him feel bored until he gives up and stops trolling Poly.

No more Mr. Nice Guy.