|
In the recent google doodle video, Michael Collins says that wherever he went after the returning from the Apollo 11 mission, people said to him "We did it!".
Made me emotional.
|
|
|
|
|
I saw that yesterday, and did did the same thing. 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
|
|
|
|
|
Twist certain distraction (4)
|
|
|
|
|
RUSE - anagram of SURE
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
Nicely done 
|
|
|
|
|
for any rule in the grammar, compute the viable prefixes for that rule and a given k value.
gosh, no big deal.
note: sometimes this results in ridiculous amounts of data if you're doing it right, due to the exponential properties of permutation.
oh.
oh yeah, and you forgot to keep going after the end of a rule, because you need to trace it through whatever can follow it's left hand side in the grammar.
oh.
i have a headache in my eye.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
|
|
|
|
|
oh, and you must deal as well with poorly-formed statements
|
|
|
|
|
usually, yeah.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
|
|
|
|
|
I stumbled upon this product which is a bluetooth enabled set of 5 rings which contain accelerometers and allow you to type messages by tapping your fingers.
You only get one "hands-worth" and you have to train yourself to use them. An interesting and innovative idea though.
Tap Strap Bluetooth Enabled Wearable Keyboard & Mouse, Cross Platform Controller[^]
I question that you'd be able to actually type much at all though from this review:
reviewer said: Good first generation, but I think it needs a couple generations of updates.
May 20, 2018
Size: LargeVerified Purchase
This product is a wonderful idea, but needs significant refinement before it will be seriously useful. First, I spent a while learning the keyboard, which was pretty neat. The design and placement of most of the keys was pretty easy to pick up. But things started getting wonky the moment I tried to type more than a dozen words a minute - not that I didn't know which fingers to tap, but Tap would regularly mis-read my taps as other characters. Particularly when the tap requires two fingers, such as the middle finger and pinky to type "z" would often also register the ring finger as tapped as well (in fact, typing those two fingers by themselves is a challenge all of its own that took time to overcome).
|
|
|
|
|
Well I type one-handed anyway.
|
|
|
|
|
Interesting. Is that just what you became accustomed to? I find a lot of people are hunter-peckers even after typing for 10 years. I learned to touch type on a typewriter and then on a computer game on the C64 and glad I did.
|
|
|
|
|
I'm no hunter-pecker, I know where the keys are and I use all five digits on that one hand, but writing software isn't the same as writing prose, so there's no reason to type the same way.
|
|
|
|
|
Many years ago (more than ten, anyway) I was involved in a project that projected a keyboard on your desk and a vision system was used to detect and register keystrokes on it. We got our part of it to work, mostly, but it was scuttled in the end. The most interesting thing was a few years ago I saw a SF movie where that prototype was used in a science-fiction movie. That is, as far as I know it was the same prototype because everything about it exactly matched the one we did.
Maybe today, with our vastly improved AI and vision systems, it could be to work more reliably. That's what killed it originally - the error rate was way too high. I think that was a better idea than this one. This takes too much effort in my opinion. Plus, you can't just walk up to a system and start typing. You have to put on the rings first.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yes, very much like that.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
|
|
|
|
|
Really interesting story. Thanks for sharing that. I believe their might be some of those projected types for sale too, but I don't think anyone has every gotten them to work well (as you said, too many errors).
And I agree, if they could get that working it would be much cooler than this ring idea.
|
|
|
|
|
where is the display?
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
|
|
|
|
|
that's virtual too, and the CPU
- 100% all in your head
next release projected to be a fully voice driven version with special attachment for trees
can't wait? why not start practicing today.
Message Signature
(Click to edit ->)
|
|
|
|
|
No display, you have to learn specific movements with your fingers to get a particular character to type. I think it is a ridiculous idea too.
|
|
|
|
|
voice recognition would be better..
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
|
|
|
|
|
If you stir a little coconut oil into your kale it makes it easier to scrap into the trash.
Ok I'm bored, I know the way out!
Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
JaxCoder.com
|
|
|
|
|
Interestingly, in Dutch "kale" means bald-headed 
|
|
|
|
|
RickZeeland wrote: Interestingly, in Dutch "kale" means bald-headed
A little coconut oil might help with that also...make it shine!
Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
JaxCoder.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mike Hankey wrote: Ok I'm bored, I know the way out!
don't forget your coat  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
