* Posts by Ozzy

9 publicly visible posts • joined 14 Apr 2010

AI brains take a step closer to understanding speech just like humans

Ozzy

Re: Cultural Differences

What's the use of having a drinks machine that can understand your spoken order if it inevitably provides you with a cup of something which is almost, but not quite entirely, dissimilar to tea?

Now VW air-pollution cheatware 'found in Audis and Porsches'

Ozzy

BMW - we are not worthy

ICCT did their own study, published in the White Paper "Real-world exhaust emissions from modern diesel cars". Among other things, they concluded:

"High NOX emissions were observed across vehicles, regions (US and EU), manufacturers, and aftertreatment technologies." - so it's not just VW.

And:

"This points to the application of NOX control strategies that are optimized for the current type-approval test procedures (on the chassis dynamometer laboratory, using a standard test cycle), but are not robust enough to yield acceptable on-road performance." - so manufacturers are making cars to pass tests - who'd have thought?

The date of this Paper? October 2014 - over a year ago.

COMET ISON's sun dive climax: RENDEZVOUS with DESTINY

Ozzy

If ISON doesn't break up . . .

. . . we'll be treated, here in Blighty, to one of the most spectacular displays of clouds ever!

Worst broadband notspots in the UK named and shamed

Ozzy

These are slowspots NOT notspots

Having opted for an idyllic rural life style, I live in a genuine notspot: no broadband, nil, nada, zilch.

Fortunately, we get good 3G - 5 - 6 Mb/s.

Ten affordable mid-sized Full HD monitors

Ozzy
Meh

Re: No portrait-mode?

I want to go back to even more outdated forms - I want a monitor with the aspect of a stone tablet.

Home Sec: Let us have Snoop Charter or PEOPLE WILL DIE

Ozzy

As Benjamin Franklin said:

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Gates: Novell are sore losers, Word trounced WordPerfect

Ozzy

I also vote for Ami Pro

I used WforW v6 at work - fat, slow, buggy, unhelpful.

I used Ami Pro at home - twice as fast, integrated pictures, nice to use.

Ami Pro died when Lotus "upgraded" it to WordPro.

These days I see little point in using a computer to mimic paper. It makes as much sense as the guy at a place where I worked in the 80s who used the flash new HP9836 to print off Sine tables. He clearly hadn't really grasped the idea of a computer.

BT boss brands Britain illiterate

Ozzy

Dumbing down maths

1. Teaching Maths In 1970

A timber merchant sells a load of timber for £1000.

His cost of production is 4/5 of the selling price.

What is his profit?

2. Teaching Maths In 1980

A timber merchant sells a load of timber for £1000.

His cost of production is 4/5 of the selling price, or £800.

What is his profit?

3. Teaching Maths In 1990

A timber merchant sells a load of timber for £1000.

His cost of production is £800.

Did he make a profit?

4. Teaching Maths In 2000

A timber merchant sells a load of timber for £1000.

His cost of production is £800 and his profit is £200.

Your assignment: Underline the number 200.

5. Teaching Maths In 2009

A timber merchant cuts down a beautiful forest because he is totally selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands.

He does this so he can make a profit of £200. What do you think of this way of making a living?

Topic for class participation after answering the question:

How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes?

There are no wrong answers.

(If you are upset about the plight of the animals in question counselling will be available)

Facebook rejects CEOP 'panic button' demands (again)

Ozzy

If I may quote . . .

Martin Luther-King: "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"