[Sussex] UK Linux Expo

Wed Sep 11 15:45:00 UTC 2002

I love it!

:o)

For a while, M4 were calling their "recognise speech" software "wreck a nice
beach" because it couldn't tell the difference (Straight from the words of
Bill himself - I saw him speak at the science museum when I was about 13!)

Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sussex-admin at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:sussex-admin at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Steve Dobson
> Sent: 11 September 2002 15:34
> To: 'sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk'
> Subject: RE: [Sussex] UK Linux Expo
>
>
> All
>
> > From: Geoff Teale
> > Hmm... that sounds bad.. but of course you can indulge in the
> popular geek
> > sport of making stupid people look stupid.  One of the best times I've
> ever
> > had was when the powers-that-be at Thomson Corporation said we
> all had to
> go
> > on a range of MCSE courses.  It was wonderful.  As the
> brainless automaton
> > of an instructor announced that "Windows NT4 is a secure platform within
> in
> > minutes of getting it out of the box" and with perfect timing the
> background
> > of his desktop (which was being shown via a projector) changed to black
> with
> > phosphor green writing saying "chown Linux /world".  The poor
> guy hadn't a
> > clue what was going on or why a room full of qualified and experienced
> > engineers were wetting themselves.
>
> My favourite computer urban myth is of the guy doing a demo of
> the new Voice
>
> Recognition Software on his PC.
>
> He announced that the computer would now do want ever he told it.
>
> Someone from the back of the crowds shouted, "Format see colon return yes
> return"
>
> Demonstration over I believe.
>
> Steve
>
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