>On Fri, 1 Feb 2013 20:43:09 -0500
>alex lupu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Seems you're not easily swayed by ugly financial reasons like Google
> crashing everything in its path (so you join it to avoid certain
> harm).
In his infinite wisdom, God set a time and a place for everyone. Google
became what it is mostly because it served its customers (IOW, society)
well. That is, better that the competitors.
But, should Google turn its back to the society that gave it the
mountain of money it has, and should Google waste itself in shoveling
unwanted crap down our throats, then there will be no Google.
Point: Google glasses. Which iteration of the "virtual reality glasses"
product are these? Unlike Microsoft and its pad, Apple made it big with
the iPad because there was a need/demand for such a product at the time
it was unveiled. And copious amounts of loans to broke deadbeats to
finance said need, but lets ignore that for a moment - after all,
Apple could have just slashed the price. Regarding Google and its
glasses, I really, really, REALLY don't see a use for them. For iPad,
even though I myself would never buy it, I do see a use - easy inteface
device for control in industrial enviroments. Reading a book. Watching
a movie. Playing a game. Looking cool is not on this list, mostly
because Apple is mainstream. If really you want to convey the aura of
being a part of the cool underground, use Linux. But what possible use
can glasses have? Glasses that you control with YOUR VOICE!!
I can't make this point hard enough. Imagine: you are standing in the
middle of a packed tram (or bus) and you say out loud "glasses do
blah-blah". Everyone is instantly annoyed. But, your glasses have not
understood it. So now you have to say the same command louder, possibly
shout it (for example, the London underground can get quite loud
sometimes) while everyone looks at you like they want to cram the
glasses down your throat.
In some parts of the world, it is now considered rude or very rude to
talk on the phone in a public transportation vehicle. I can only
immagine how long will it take before giving voice commands to glasses
gets the same treatment.
> BTW, maybe I didn't convey it properly, my life was pretty bearable
> until chrome compilation started requiring (and silently no less, so
> to speak:) the presence of the Speech Dispatcher.
> Disabling chrome's speech component has become too onerous lately.
Looks like it is high time for someone to write a browser from scratch.
--
You don't need an AI for a robot uprising.
Humans will do just fine.
--Skynet
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