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On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:52:20 -0500, "Neil Gould"
wrote: I consider "actual/real work" that for which one is being compensated. Such work has been done on tablets for decades and on phones at least since the Blackberry. I didn't know tablets had existed for decades. Yes, they have. I even had some of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...blet_computers You can learn something interesting every day, if you wish. ;-) quote The first patent for a system that recognized handwritten characters by analyzing the handwriting motion was granted in 1915. The first publicly demonstrated system using a tablet and handwriting text recognition instead of a keyboard for working with a modern digital computer dates to 1956. end quote I wonder how much "actual/real work" was done on those? Rod. |
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Roderick Stewart wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:52:20 -0500, "Neil Gould" wrote: I consider "actual/real work" that for which one is being compensated. Such work has been done on tablets for decades and on phones at least since the Blackberry. I didn't know tablets had existed for decades. Yes, they have. I even had some of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...blet_computers You can learn something interesting every day, if you wish. ;-) quote The first patent for a system that recognized handwritten characters by analyzing the handwriting motion was granted in 1915. The first publicly demonstrated system using a tablet and handwriting text recognition instead of a keyboard for working with a modern digital computer dates to 1956. end quote I wonder how much "actual/real work" was done on those? I'll bet that the tablets' developers were getting paid, so probably more than some folks do today! 8-D Meanwhile, quite a bit has happened since 1956. My first tablet experiences were in the mid '70s, and I guarantee that you could't afford one if you weren't getting paid to use it. -- best regards, Neil |
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On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 07:27:05 -0500, "Neil Gould"
wrote: I consider "actual/real work" that for which one is being compensated. Such work has been done on tablets for decades and on phones at least since the Blackberry. I didn't know tablets had existed for decades. Yes, they have. I even had some of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...blet_computers You can learn something interesting every day, if you wish. ;-) quote The first patent for a system that recognized handwritten characters by analyzing the handwriting motion was granted in 1915. The first publicly demonstrated system using a tablet and handwriting text recognition instead of a keyboard for working with a modern digital computer dates to 1956. end quote I wonder how much "actual/real work" was done on those? I'll bet that the tablets' developers were getting paid, so probably more than some folks do today! 8-D Meanwhile, quite a bit has happened since 1956. My first tablet experiences were in the mid '70s, and I guarantee that you could't afford one if you weren't getting paid to use it. I was obliged to use a touch screen computer at work in the early 90s (for controlling video recorders) using Windows 3.1. There was a tablet version available, if you think a beige mains powered box about 10cm thick is worthy of the name, but we had to use standard CRTs with vertical screens which got covered with muck, as did our fingers. This was my first experience with touch screens, and was when I learned to hate them. Rod. |
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On 10/21/2014 12:26 PM, Roderick Stewart wrote:
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014 07:27:05 -0500, "Neil Gould" wrote: I consider "actual/real work" that for which one is being compensated. Such work has been done on tablets for decades and on phones at least since the Blackberry. I didn't know tablets had existed for decades. Yes, they have. I even had some of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...blet_computers You can learn something interesting every day, if you wish. ;-) quote The first patent for a system that recognized handwritten characters by analyzing the handwriting motion was granted in 1915. The first publicly demonstrated system using a tablet and handwriting text recognition instead of a keyboard for working with a modern digital computer dates to 1956. end quote I wonder how much "actual/real work" was done on those? I'll bet that the tablets' developers were getting paid, so probably more than some folks do today! 8-D Meanwhile, quite a bit has happened since 1956. My first tablet experiences were in the mid '70s, and I guarantee that you could't afford one if you weren't getting paid to use it. I was obliged to use a touch screen computer at work in the early 90s (for controlling video recorders) using Windows 3.1. There was a tablet version available, if you think a beige mains powered box about 10cm thick is worthy of the name, but we had to use standard CRTs with vertical screens which got covered with muck, as did our fingers. This was my first experience with touch screens, and was when I learned to hate them. Early versions of most anything might only be attractive to visionaries who can see enough of the possibilities to put up with the inconveniences. Tablets and touchscreens have developed into the kinds of devices that were only vague ideas in the 80s. Based on the rate of adaption, they aren't going away any time soon, so it's only logical to integrate them into the workflow that was previously only available to notebooks and desktops. Because of the ability to run mainstream apps, Win8 is actually further along that path than other options, due in part to those Win3.1 "tablets" that came before. -- best regards, Neil |
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In message , lew
writes On 2014-10-21, Ken Springer wrote: On 10/20/14 4:46 PM, ...winston??? wrote: Data on someone's server, whether we like it today or not, is the obvious direction the future will take. Right back to where things started. :-) But the younger geeks didn't know about the "mainframes"; those with the knowledge are nearly all gone. Knew some people who were "out of date" when the skinny neckties were in vogue; but then became "in" when the fat ties came around again......:-) Same with the pleated pants, etc... Back in the late 70's I worked in a building that below us held the city's huge mainframe machine. I was on nodding terms with the staff operating and maintaining it. I was there building primitive computing devices, each one having a specific task, such as remote control of audio routing systems, word processing, text messaging and so on. All of these were stand alone and many never got past the proof-of-concept stage, but they cemented my views on the future of computing. When, much later, I had my business, I set up a machine for the accounts, tax and confidential business information, several machines for specific operational tasks, a machine for communications, and a general-purpose internet/email/news machine. Now I'm retired, I still keep the multiple machines each with a specific use. If I want to share locally, I use something like Lenovo Share-it. If I want to use the cloud I do, but I try to control what info goes there. My internet access occasionally fails for periods until the man with the ladder gets to the right telegraph pole, so I work locally. I can use a phablet for access, but only with wifi because of the phone charges. I see sons and daughters using the cloud-based systems. Very efficient when they work, but they often seem to arrive saying "have you got a computer I can use?". The last time was when he had sat on his iPhone6. I just hate the idea of huge amounts of my data travelling all around the world when it doesn't have to. I am always right :-) -- Bill |
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:46:55 +0100, Bill wrote:
I just hate the idea of huge amounts of my data travelling all around the world when it doesn't have to. I am always right :-) So am I. :-) Rod. |
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:46:55 +0100, Bill wrote:
I just hate the idea of huge amounts of my data travelling all around the world when it doesn't have to. I am always right :-) Is there a cost involved in all this travelling? If not that might be the problem. |
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:58:17 -0400, Wolf K
wrote: I just hate the idea of huge amounts of my data travelling all around the world when it doesn't have to. I am always right :-) So am I. :-) Rod. +1. Which why I don' have a "data plan" for the smartphone. I use its wi-fi capability for occasional browsing and for e-mail, though. Just like a "real" computer. Heh heh. Same here. I have no contracts or subscriptions to anything that needs paying for, just a PAYG SIM card, and a phone that has wi-fi, bluetooth, mobile data and GPS, all of which can be switched on and off individually as required to save battery and/or data costs. I have little sympathy for those people who sometimes hit the news with sad tales of how they went on holiday or gave a smartgadget to a toddler and clocked up bills running into thousands. The parental advice that was drummed into me more than half a century ago about watching how much you're using of any paid resource and switching things off when they're not needed seems like elementary common sense, and just as valid today as it ever was. Kids today... Rod. |
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On 10/22/2014 9:18 AM, mechanic wrote:
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:46:55 +0100, Bill wrote: I just hate the idea of huge amounts of my data travelling all around the world when it doesn't have to. I am always right :-) Is there a cost involved in all this travelling? If not that might be the problem. Well, TAANSTAFL still applies... -- best regards, Neil |
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