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Pastimes : The Big Picture - Economics and Investing
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To: Crabbe who wrote (680)9/23/2003 6:48:05 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 686
 
<Back to technology - The next "Killer App." from the software industry (probably Microsoft) will be natural language processing. Just talk to your computer like you would your secretary or your kids. For instance you may want to name your computer. So I could just say "'Jim' look up and prepare a chart on percentages of the work force from 1800 to the present by industry categories. Dress it up so I can make a presentation, I will review it and suggest changes. You pretty much know what my preferences are." >

Or, more likely, "Rod, we need some more fibre and some web cams and infra-red inputs out in your sector. Be a good chap and install them as directed. Just follow the gpsOne instructions for location. I'll guide you as required. You'll need to start first thing tomorrow, so get a good sleep. I'll wake you when it's time to go."

That's cyberspace talking. It's not just people who have needs you know. I think cyberspace will keep us very busy.

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