Subj : Re: Microsoft emulates Star Trek...
To   : All
From : Wiseguy
Date : Fri Jun 06 2014 09:20:58

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: epwise@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Microsoft emulates Star Trek...

Daniel <dxmm@albury.nospam.net.au> wrote in news:60%jv.416148$1w1.206748
@fx03.iad:

> On 5/06/2014 11:11 AM, Your Name wrote:
> 
> <Snip>
>> There will always be errors in any automated translation, especially
>> spoken translation. Computers simply are intelligent enough to
>> understand context, etc.
> 
> Back in 1985-88, I was doing my Associate Diploma for Technical 
Teaching 
> and had to write a paper. I did mine on Computer vs Human interfaces 
> and, apart from pointing out the confusion with there/their/they're, I 
> gave another, sailing, example, " *Wind* in the sails as the *wind* is 
> getting up" and asked how a computer might distinguish between a 
written 
> *wind* and *wind* ??
> 
> Daniel
> 

Never mind computers, I'm waiting for PEOPLE to understand the 
difference between there, their and they're.
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