A nice article on Cortana

Hi All,

A nice article on M$'s Siri:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...na-windows-10/

Me personally, I just want a desktop. I will be turning
the sucker off. Rumor has it with a local account only,
it won't work anyway. :-)

-T

T wrote on 1/28/2015 2:23 PM:
Hi All,

A nice article on M$'s Siri:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...na-windows-10/

Me personally, I just want a desktop. I will be turning
the sucker off. Rumor has it with a local account only,
it won't work anyway. :-)

-T

Wouldn't surprise me that it don't work, lots of things supposedly don't work without it. I wouldn't know as I bought
into the hotmail account (course I had one way before 8 or 10 came out).

T wrote on 1/28/2015 2:23 PM:
Hi All,

A nice article on M$'s Siri:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...na-windows-10/

Me personally, I just want a desktop. I will be turning
the sucker off. Rumor has it with a local account only,
it won't work anyway. :-)

-T

Wouldn't surprise me that it don't work, lots of things supposedly don't work without it. I wouldn't know as I bought
into the hotmail account (course I had one way before 8 or 10 came out).

On 01/28/2015 11:59 AM, Big_Al wrote:
T wrote on 1/28/2015 2:23 PM:
Hi All,

A nice article on M$'s Siri:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...na-windows-10/

Me personally, I just want a desktop. I will be turning
the sucker off. Rumor has it with a local account only,
it won't work anyway. :-)

-T

Wouldn't surprise me that it don't work, lots of things supposedly don't work without it. I wouldn't know as I bought
into the hotmail account (course I had one way before 8 or 10 came out).


Hi Big Al,

I just want a platform to run my programs (do my job).

I wish M$ had decided to do what Apple did. Have one toy
computer platform (iOS) and one serious workstation
platform (OSx).

Course, neither Apple or M$ will do what Linux does and
let you configure it as workstation or server or both or
whatever you want.

I fear that a lot of this play toy stuff M$ is throwing
in will be endless hour of us trying to fight through them
trying to get them to work. I could be wrong.

-T

have had customers show me Siri and laugh at all the
screw ups. I really think the goal is to spy on
you anyway. Sort of like a talking "Ask" toolbar.

On 01/28/2015 11:59 AM, Big_Al wrote:
T wrote on 1/28/2015 2:23 PM:
Hi All,

A nice article on M$'s Siri:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...na-windows-10/

Me personally, I just want a desktop. I will be turning
the sucker off. Rumor has it with a local account only,
it won't work anyway. :-)

-T

Wouldn't surprise me that it don't work, lots of things supposedly don't work without it. I wouldn't know as I bought
into the hotmail account (course I had one way before 8 or 10 came out).


Hi Big Al,

I just want a platform to run my programs (do my job).

I wish M$ had decided to do what Apple did. Have one toy
computer platform (iOS) and one serious workstation
platform (OSx).

Course, neither Apple or M$ will do what Linux does and
let you configure it as workstation or server or both or
whatever you want.

I fear that a lot of this play toy stuff M$ is throwing
in will be endless hour of us trying to fight through them
trying to get them to work. I could be wrong.

-T

have had customers show me Siri and laugh at all the
screw ups. I really think the goal is to spy on
you anyway. Sort of like a talking "Ask" toolbar.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:23:21 -0800, T wrote:

Hi All,

A nice article on M$'s Siri:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...na-windows-10/

Me personally, I just want a desktop. I will be turning
the sucker off. Rumor has it with a local account only,
it won't work anyway. :-)

I use the heck out of the Siri equivalent on my Samsung Galaxy SIII, but I
don't think I'd use it on a laptop/desktop type of computer.

It's extremely handy when traveling. Without entering any info, I can ask
about my flight status (current or connecting), where's my hotel, where do
the locals eat, and so on. As you might be thinking, the first two (flights,
hotels, even rental cars) are examples of things that get answered by
snooping through my emails.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:23:21 -0800, T wrote:

Hi All,

A nice article on M$'s Siri:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...na-windows-10/

Me personally, I just want a desktop. I will be turning
the sucker off. Rumor has it with a local account only,
it won't work anyway. :-)

I use the heck out of the Siri equivalent on my Samsung Galaxy SIII, but I
don't think I'd use it on a laptop/desktop type of computer.

It's extremely handy when traveling. Without entering any info, I can ask
about my flight status (current or connecting), where's my hotel, where do
the locals eat, and so on. As you might be thinking, the first two (flights,
hotels, even rental cars) are examples of things that get answered by
snooping through my emails.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:19:21 -0800, T wrote:

I fear that a lot of this play toy stuff M$ is throwing
in will be endless hour of us trying to fight through them
trying to get them to work. I could be wrong.

In my case it'll be endless hours fighting through all the gimmicks
trying to get them not to work. As you suggest, the greatest need is
for a reliable, simple to use operating system that just enables us to
get stuff done, and which will be supported for as long as possible.
Everything else is ornament.

Rod.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:19:21 -0800, T wrote:

I fear that a lot of this play toy stuff M$ is throwing
in will be endless hour of us trying to fight through them
trying to get them to work. I could be wrong.

In my case it'll be endless hours fighting through all the gimmicks
trying to get them not to work. As you suggest, the greatest need is
for a reliable, simple to use operating system that just enables us to
get stuff done, and which will be supported for as long as possible.
Everything else is ornament.

Rod.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:23:21 -0800, T wrote:

Hi All,

A nice article on M$'s Siri:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...na-windows-10/

Me personally, I just want a desktop. I will be turning the sucker off.
Rumor has it with a local account only,
it won't work anyway. :-)

-T

No it won't work with a local account. Set my language to US English in
order to try Cortana in UK. This enabled it but demanded that I convert
my PC to a Microsoft account.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:23:21 -0800, T wrote:

Hi All,

A nice article on M$'s Siri:

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...na-windows-10/

Me personally, I just want a desktop. I will be turning the sucker off.
Rumor has it with a local account only,
it won't work anyway. :-)

-T

No it won't work with a local account. Set my language to US English in
order to try Cortana in UK. This enabled it but demanded that I convert
my PC to a Microsoft account.

Roderick Stewart wrote in
:

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:19:21 -0800, T wrote:

I fear that a lot of this play toy stuff M$ is throwing
in will be endless hour of us trying to fight through them
trying to get them to work. I could be wrong.

In my case it'll be endless hours fighting through all the gimmicks
trying to get them not to work. As you suggest, the greatest need is
for a reliable, simple to use operating system that just enables us to
get stuff done, and which will be supported for as long as possible.
Everything else is ornament.

Rod.

ABSOLUTELY !

a reliable OS that works without fluff! and I,m happy..

Roderick Stewart wrote in
:

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:19:21 -0800, T wrote:

I fear that a lot of this play toy stuff M$ is throwing
in will be endless hour of us trying to fight through them
trying to get them to work. I could be wrong.

In my case it'll be endless hours fighting through all the gimmicks
trying to get them not to work. As you suggest, the greatest need is
for a reliable, simple to use operating system that just enables us to
get stuff done, and which will be supported for as long as possible.
Everything else is ornament.

Rod.

ABSOLUTELY !

a reliable OS that works without fluff! and I,m happy..

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:01:37 -0600, john szalay john.szalayatatt.net
wrote:

Roderick Stewart wrote in
:

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:19:21 -0800, T wrote:

I fear that a lot of this play toy stuff M$ is throwing
in will be endless hour of us trying to fight through them
trying to get them to work. I could be wrong.

In my case it'll be endless hours fighting through all the gimmicks
trying to get them not to work. As you suggest, the greatest need is
for a reliable, simple to use operating system that just enables us to
get stuff done, and which will be supported for as long as possible.
Everything else is ornament.

Rod.

ABSOLUTELY !

a reliable OS that works without fluff! and I,m happy..

Fluff to one person is gotta have it to the next person.

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 19:01:37 -0600, john szalay john.szalayatatt.net
wrote:

Roderick Stewart wrote in
:

On Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:19:21 -0800, T wrote:

I fear that a lot of this play toy stuff M$ is throwing
in will be endless hour of us trying to fight through them
trying to get them to work. I could be wrong.

In my case it'll be endless hours fighting through all the gimmicks
trying to get them not to work. As you suggest, the greatest need is
for a reliable, simple to use operating system that just enables us to
get stuff done, and which will be supported for as long as possible.
Everything else is ornament.

Rod.

ABSOLUTELY !

a reliable OS that works without fluff! and I,m happy..

Fluff to one person is gotta have it to the next person.