Posted
10/12/2007 05:35:00 PM
by Douglas
All the news that's fit to print, and this is the first crack
The New York Times had with
these topics. I like this one:
Instead of having to type detailed instructions on a keyboard, using a special language, in a few years users will be able to communicate with computers more like they do with fellow human beings. Computers might develop the ability to understand the particular nuances and style of their owners. “They will have as much stored knowledge of what you know, what you’ve said, what you’ve done than any friend would have the patience to learn,” predicts William H. Gates, president of Microsoft, a Bellevue, Wash., company that has designed software for many personal computer manufacturers, including I.B.M.
Ha! MicroSoft has been blowing smoke up our collective asses for 30 years now. How 'bout making a computer that will turn on in less than 90 seconds and doesn't crash for no freakin' reason.
Also, I.B.M. used to make computers? Weird.