Re: The software I wish I had

"Duncan Muirhead" <dmuir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.06.29.08.34.56.302846@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:53:10 +0200, squid wrote:

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:31:14 +0100, Duncan Muirhead <dmuir@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

It would have to be really quite intelligent. For example my neighbour at
work asks me "how do I delete all my files?"; I answer "rm -f -r ~" and
then, with your software, I don't have any files any more!
Duncan

Why do you think Picard always prefixed his requests with "Computer"?

"Computer: Tea, earl gray, hot."
That doesn't help because in that case my answer to my neighbour would
have been "You say "Computer rm -f -r ~"".

Picard always manages to throw in a "Computer, belay that order!", and
usually just in time. There are no explanations of the length of the delay
between order and execution thereof -- it appears to be
circumstances-defined. Mind you, it *is* a pretty smart computer.

[Jw]


.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: The software I wish I had
    ... Why do you think Picard always prefixed his requests with "Computer"? ... "Computer: Tea, earl gray, hot." ...
    (comp.programming)
  • Re: The software I wish I had
    ... Why do you think Picard always prefixed his requests with "Computer"? ... "Computer: Tea, earl gray, hot." ...
    (comp.programming)
  • Re: The software I wish I had
    ... Why do you think Picard always prefixed his requests with "Computer"? ... "Computer: Tea, earl gray, hot." ...
    (comp.programming)