[AccessD] OT: comedians

Rocky Smolin rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Tue Nov 29 18:59:27 CST 2011


Nowhere.  They're all on You Tube. :)

R
 

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:37 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] OT: comedians


 And he made you laugh without using a single word of profanity, use of
anything off-topic, and he didn't degrade or disrespect any member of the
audience.

 Where have all the great comedians gone?

Jim.

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian
Andersen
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 02:47 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8

Haha I remember that one. A true classic.

- Hans

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On 2011-11-29, at 8:01 AM, Charlotte Foust <charlotte.foust at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "Voice coding" reminds me of the late comedian, Victor Borge, who had 
> a phonetic punctuation routine that was hilarious.  I envision a 
> programmer spouting odd noises to indicate braces and curly brackets, 
> etc., for C# et al!!
> 
> Charlotte Foust
> 
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Salakhetdinov Shamil
<mcp2004 at mail.ru>wrote:
> 
>> Hi John --
>> 
>> Yes, "voice coding" would be useful although I can't currently 
>> imagine
how
>> I will be able to do that effectively :)
>> 
>> -- Shamil
>> 
>> 
>> 29 ноября 2011, 07:43 от jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>:
>>> Shamil,
>>> 
>>> Actually you touched on the next thing I think which is voice.  My 
>>> Droid
>> has wonderful voice
>>> recognition, *when* it is context sensitive.  IOW when I am 
>>> programming
>> I pretty much type 99% the
>>> same stuff - keywords, syntax etc over and over.  Dictating code to 
>>> my
>> computer is something that is
>>> close I believe and which I will gladly use over typing.
>>> 
>>> John W. Colby
>>> Colby Consulting
>>> 
>>> Reality is what refuses to go away
>>> when you do not believe in it
>>> 
>>> On 11/28/2011 7:25 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil wrote:
>>>> Darryl --
>>>> 
>>>> Working with "virtual documents" by hands - two hands - on 
>>>> multi-touch
>> displays is no doubt more ergonomic and intuitive than using mouse...
>>>> The next logical step are "virtual desktops" - horizontally mounted
>> displays, "virtual blackboards" with "virtual keyboards" etc. - 
>> that's another technological revolution of the ways of communicating 
>> with computers by using a broad range of both hands gestures and voice...
>>>> 
>>>> The next should probably be "virtual holographic displays" and 3D
>> communication with them...
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you.
>>>> 
>>>> -- Shamil
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 29 ноября 2011, 03:03 от Darryl Collins<
>> darryl at whittleconsulting.com.au>:
>>>>> Yes! That is exactly my point.  The current set up most offices 
>>>>> use
>> these days is actually pretty good with ergonomics as well.  I have 2
large
>> monitors that cover a fair bit of surface area, I don't want to be 
>> waving my damn hands around like an idiot all day long trying to make 
>> things happen.  Touch really only works when the monitor is flatter 
>> or heavily angled.  Can't see too many places paying for that - and 
>> then you have
the
>> issue of light reflection from all the ceiling lights blah blah.  
>> More cost, less productivity - that is a hard sell I reckon.  
>> Besides, I hate finger prints on my screens!! ;)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Darryl.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:
>> accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 29 November 2011 9:41 AM
>>>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>>>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8
>>>>> 
>>>>> In reality, how useful is a touch screen when you are working in a
>> business application such as a word processor, spreadsheet or 
>> database application and you are sitting at a desk with a keyboard 
>> and mouse at
your
>> fingertips?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Unless MS can continue to sell to that market, they are in for a
>> tough time.
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Stuart
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 28 Nov 2011 at 17:10, jwcolby wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes but touch isn't available on my current monitors.  And 
>>>>>> retrofitting all of my systems is a non-starter.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> John W. Colby
>>>>>> Colby Consulting
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 11/28/2011 11:22 AM, Gustav Brock wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Rocky and John et al
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Given my experience with Windows Phone 7 and the Metro design,
>> Windows 8 on a tablet will be an iPad killer.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Windows 8 and touch screens of any kind is the next step forward.
>>>>>>> Think about it - the same basic GUI behaviour from a phone 
>>>>>>> through tablets, game consoles (Xbox), normal monitors to TV 
>>>>>>> monitors, table screens, and video boards.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> /gustav
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 28-11-2011 16:56>>>
>>>>> 
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