Subj : Re: Microsoft emulates Star Trek... To : All From : Your Name Date : Sun Jun 08 2014 10:17:18 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos From Address: YourName@YourISP.com Subject: Re: Microsoft emulates Star Trek... In article <4bBkv.2948448$g45.2589942@fx10.iad>, Daniel wrote: > On 06/06/14 19:20, Wiseguy wrote: > > Daniel wrote in news:60%jv.416148$1w1.206748 > > @fx03.iad: > >> On 5/06/2014 11:11 AM, Your Name wrote: > >> > >> > >>> 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* ?? > > > > Never mind computers, I'm waiting for PEOPLE to understand the > > difference between there, their and they're. > > What?? You mean their's a difference?? ;-) They're is probably a difference, but then again maybe t'hair aint. ;-) --- Synchronet 3.15a-Linux NewsLink 1.92-mlp * Origin: Aioe.org NNTP Server (1:2320/105.97) --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1) .