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sleipnir214
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I'm not so sure that's a good idea. I'm forever losing pens.
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CajunCenturion
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Puts on whole new spin on penmanship.
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lionelhill
Technical User
And how are they going to project a key I can feel?
BocaBurger
Vendor
Actually, I would put most of the hardware in the base and forget the pens, then have the Handheld device project the keyboard and screen (if needed). You will need some sort of feedback for the keyboard, I guess click sounds. A mouse could be projected to either side also.
BTW, my cave has cable and DSL.
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BTW, my cave has cable and DSL.
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lionelhill
Technical User
Look at caves this way: if you lived in a cave and someone offered you a house that was colder, wetter, and generally less pleasant than your cave, would you move into it simply because it was a newer idea?
It's hard to touch-type without a tactile feedback; and touch-typing is quite a useful way to get data/text into a machine quickly and accurately.
It's hard to touch-type without a tactile feedback; and touch-typing is quite a useful way to get data/text into a machine quickly and accurately.
LadySlinger
IS-IT--Management
What would you smack if the software froze up? Air? LOL.
BocaBurger
Vendor
Spoken like a true manager
If we are going to fantasize, eliminate the keyboard and go straight to voice recognition. Just need a microphone.
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The pen is mightier than the sword, but the sword hurts more!
If we are going to fantasize, eliminate the keyboard and go straight to voice recognition. Just need a microphone.
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The pen is mightier than the sword, but the sword hurts more!
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Stella740pl
Programmer
If we are going to fantasize, eliminate the keyboard and go straight to voice recognition. Just need a microphone.
No,no, please don't eliminate the keyboard!
It would be not a fantasy, but a nightmare. At least for me.
Do you REALLY want to find yourself sitting straight, with your hands doing nothing (or you going to take up knitting?), yapping away in the microphone all day long?
Say, I have a sore throat right now, which doesn't prevent me from doing my job. With voice recognition, it would count as a disability.
Or I just made a phone call while continuing to work. Or I can show my work to my manager or colleagues while explaining what it does and how it works. With voice recognition, I would find myself talking in and out of the microphone, or in two microphones taking turns. Isn't it crazy?
Can you imaging a workplace full of cubicles, and people are talking in each of them all day long?
And finally, would you REALLY want everyone to hear what you are actually doing on you computer? Every single peace of your code; and what you are posting on Tek-Tips while at work?
I rest my case.
BocaBurger
Vendor
You would use the "Cone of Silence" (tm) of course.
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LadySlinger
IS-IT--Management
What if screens were replaced with contact lenses? Or would this constitute more toward virtual reality?
I remember a couple years ago, IBM had a commercial with a guy out on business in a town square and he just turned the monitor on and was able to view documents thru his glasses and teleconferencing.
But then the question lies....are we going to become a society where all we do is appear to be talking to ourselves?
I remember a couple years ago, IBM had a commercial with a guy out on business in a town square and he just turned the monitor on and was able to view documents thru his glasses and teleconferencing.
But then the question lies....are we going to become a society where all we do is appear to be talking to ourselves?
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BocaBurger
Vendor
Lady, currently we are a socient where we are talking to someone else (cell phones). Sometimes people walk around with headsets on and do appear to be talking to themselves now.
What we really need are the monitors in the glasses idea. This would help remove the morons who drive while talking on cell phones, more quickly. Darwin Effect.
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What we really need are the monitors in the glasses idea. This would help remove the morons who drive while talking on cell phones, more quickly. Darwin Effect.
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Stella740pl
Programmer
Won't they eliminate those of us who cross the streets even faster?
LadySlinger
IS-IT--Management
Boca, I guess i left out that key word of a either "more" of a society or a "total" society. LOL.
Imagine having the glasses idea: Scenerio being that you walk in to your boss' office after returning from a business trip. You set a pair of the broken glasses down on his desk and calmly explain to him that the reason they broke is because you weren't watching where you were going during the conference call and walked into a wall.
*ROFL*
Imagine having the glasses idea: Scenerio being that you walk in to your boss' office after returning from a business trip. You set a pair of the broken glasses down on his desk and calmly explain to him that the reason they broke is because you weren't watching where you were going during the conference call and walked into a wall.
*ROFL*
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