Voice Recognition - "Rick"
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Actually my first thought was from Steel Magnolias. "All gay men have track lighting and all gay men are named Mark, Rick or Steve."
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leckey wrote:
I finally found a picture of myself!
Quite a hottie! All that and smart, too. Who'da thunk it?:-D
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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So I'm using some voice recognition software (testing it for a company) and whenever it hears my name "Rex" it outputs the text "Rick" instead. I've emailed the support team and notified them of the quirk. I went on to explain that I don't feel like a "Rick" so I said I would have to lift some weights and go buy a Corvette so that I could manage the identity crisis a bit better. This humor of course made me wonder how many people on CP I could distract into telling me what there stereotype of "Rick" would be. So when you think of "Rick" picture him pulling up to meet you for lunch at a restaurant. - What car/motorcycle/unicycle/etc... would he drive? - Thinning hair? Full head of hair? Long hair? - Sunglasses? - Overweight? You get the idea. What's your perception of Rick? I need to know so that I can resolve my own identity crisis as I have to live with being Rick from now on.:-D
code-frog wrote:
What's your perception of Rick?
I never liked Rick, you know. He's such a .... :rolleyes:
-- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit
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leckey wrote:
I finally found a picture of myself!
Quite a hottie! All that and smart, too. Who'da thunk it?:-D
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
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So I'm using some voice recognition software (testing it for a company) and whenever it hears my name "Rex" it outputs the text "Rick" instead. I've emailed the support team and notified them of the quirk. I went on to explain that I don't feel like a "Rick" so I said I would have to lift some weights and go buy a Corvette so that I could manage the identity crisis a bit better. This humor of course made me wonder how many people on CP I could distract into telling me what there stereotype of "Rick" would be. So when you think of "Rick" picture him pulling up to meet you for lunch at a restaurant. - What car/motorcycle/unicycle/etc... would he drive? - Thinning hair? Full head of hair? Long hair? - Sunglasses? - Overweight? You get the idea. What's your perception of Rick? I need to know so that I can resolve my own identity crisis as I have to live with being Rick from now on.:-D
I knew a Ricky. Ricky Ferguson. His mother was a serial single mother living on benefits. His siblings were all basically headed for a life on the dole. He taught himself how to code, and the last I heard, was writing games for Nintendo. So, Rick is a name that inspires a memory I had a lot of respect for. I've googled him to try to catch up again, but with no success.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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Thanks! I think there is always a curiosity about what female programmers look like.:)
Hey! I finally found a picture of myself!
leckey wrote:
I think there is always a curiosity about what female
you can stop there for most. ;) you could make a living raising squirrels and most here would still want to know what you looked like as long as you are female. Male, now and then someone will peek but only after curiosity gets to a certain level of "who the heck have I been talking to for the last 9 years?" ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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leckey wrote:
I think there is always a curiosity about what female
you can stop there for most. ;) you could make a living raising squirrels and most here would still want to know what you looked like as long as you are female. Male, now and then someone will peek but only after curiosity gets to a certain level of "who the heck have I been talking to for the last 9 years?" ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I knew a Ricky. Ricky Ferguson. His mother was a serial single mother living on benefits. His siblings were all basically headed for a life on the dole. He taught himself how to code, and the last I heard, was writing games for Nintendo. So, Rick is a name that inspires a memory I had a lot of respect for. I've googled him to try to catch up again, but with no success.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )
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leckey wrote:
I finally found a picture of myself!
Quite a hottie! All that and smart, too. Who'da thunk it?:-D
"A Journey of a Thousand Rest Stops Begins with a Single Movement"
Holy crap! All Hail leckey! :) Wayne and Garth would have something to say here, but undoubtedly the Lounge nazi's would throw a fit, so I'll refrain...
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Thanks! I think there is always a curiosity about what female programmers look like.:)
Hey! I finally found a picture of myself!
Hey, this isn't going to turn that you're actually just a 60 year old guy living in his Mom's house disparately seeking attention is it? Cause that would really be a bummer :(
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Hey, this isn't going to turn that you're actually just a 60 year old guy living in his Mom's house disparately seeking attention is it? Cause that would really be a bummer :(
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Joergen questioned me last night. I told him that if he gave me his email I would send a copy of m picture from my high school yearbook with my name printed on it. Bad hair, but you can tell it's the same person. Besides, if I was going to use someone else's photo it would probably be my ex-best friend with long blonde hair and blue eyes. Why would I pick 'no eyelids' leckey? ;P
Hey! I finally found a picture of myself!
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Joergen questioned me last night. I told him that if he gave me his email I would send a copy of m picture from my high school yearbook with my name printed on it. Bad hair, but you can tell it's the same person. Besides, if I was going to use someone else's photo it would probably be my ex-best friend with long blonde hair and blue eyes. Why would I pick 'no eyelids' leckey? ;P
Hey! I finally found a picture of myself!
leckey wrote:
Why would I pick 'no eyelids' leckey?
because dark/black eyes not withstanding, it is a very attractive picture. Honest. I can't imagine long blonde hair and blue eyes being any more improvement, only blonde and blue. hmmmm... now wasn't there an old saying about what black eyes meant? ;) Seriously, its a great picture, don't knock it. You have a lucky husband and squirrels!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Can you make a living raising squirrels? If so I might be looking for a career change!
Hey! I finally found a picture of myself!
leckey wrote:
Can you make a living raising squirrels?
You wanted a squirrel baby. Think you are alone? get started in business!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Thanks! I think there is always a curiosity about what female programmers look like.:)
Hey! I finally found a picture of myself!
I don't know why that is but you are dead on with that. It's kind of funny to be honest.
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Joergen questioned me last night. I told him that if he gave me his email I would send a copy of m picture from my high school yearbook with my name printed on it. Bad hair, but you can tell it's the same person. Besides, if I was going to use someone else's photo it would probably be my ex-best friend with long blonde hair and blue eyes. Why would I pick 'no eyelids' leckey? ;P
Hey! I finally found a picture of myself!
Eyelids are overrated! Hell even no eyebrows can be sexy! :) I do, however, draw the line on the eyes. No eyes is definitely a deal breaker.
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leckey wrote:
Why would I pick 'no eyelids' leckey?
because dark/black eyes not withstanding, it is a very attractive picture. Honest. I can't imagine long blonde hair and blue eyes being any more improvement, only blonde and blue. hmmmm... now wasn't there an old saying about what black eyes meant? ;) Seriously, its a great picture, don't knock it. You have a lucky husband and squirrels!
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Thanks! I think there is always a curiosity about what female programmers look like.:)
Hey! I finally found a picture of myself!
leckey wrote:
Thanks! I think there is always a curiosity about what female programmers look like.:)
I'll admit I was one of those :) And these lugs beat me to telling you that you're beautiful! Now it just feels gratuitous.. well, you are, anyway. :cool: The hubby is a lucky man.
"If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual." - Frank Herbert
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So I'm using some voice recognition software (testing it for a company) and whenever it hears my name "Rex" it outputs the text "Rick" instead. I've emailed the support team and notified them of the quirk. I went on to explain that I don't feel like a "Rick" so I said I would have to lift some weights and go buy a Corvette so that I could manage the identity crisis a bit better. This humor of course made me wonder how many people on CP I could distract into telling me what there stereotype of "Rick" would be. So when you think of "Rick" picture him pulling up to meet you for lunch at a restaurant. - What car/motorcycle/unicycle/etc... would he drive? - Thinning hair? Full head of hair? Long hair? - Sunglasses? - Overweight? You get the idea. What's your perception of Rick? I need to know so that I can resolve my own identity crisis as I have to live with being Rick from now on.:-D
Next time you say your name, say "Rick" and see if it types "Rex". Or say "Dick", and see if it outputs "penis".... Of course, I'm assuming that the programmers are having a spot of fun...
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Eyelids are overrated! Hell even no eyebrows can be sexy! :) I do, however, draw the line on the eyes. No eyes is definitely a deal breaker.
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Jim Crafton wrote:
I do, however, draw the line on the eyes. No eyes is definitely a deal breaker.
as long as they are blind but still present?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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So I'm using some voice recognition software (testing it for a company) and whenever it hears my name "Rex" it outputs the text "Rick" instead. I've emailed the support team and notified them of the quirk. I went on to explain that I don't feel like a "Rick" so I said I would have to lift some weights and go buy a Corvette so that I could manage the identity crisis a bit better. This humor of course made me wonder how many people on CP I could distract into telling me what there stereotype of "Rick" would be. So when you think of "Rick" picture him pulling up to meet you for lunch at a restaurant. - What car/motorcycle/unicycle/etc... would he drive? - Thinning hair? Full head of hair? Long hair? - Sunglasses? - Overweight? You get the idea. What's your perception of Rick? I need to know so that I can resolve my own identity crisis as I have to live with being Rick from now on.:-D
Rick is to Rex as Mini Me is to Dr. Evil.
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Jim Crafton wrote:
I do, however, draw the line on the eyes. No eyes is definitely a deal breaker.
as long as they are blind but still present?
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
Yeah, blind is OK*, but the physical lack of eyes, not good. *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Masters[^]
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