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Computer Translator Ready for Testing in Iraq
cgibby98 wrote to mention a Wired News story about a battle-zone translation technology that may allow near real-time conversations between English and Arabic speakers. From the article: "Funded by Darpa, the system would allow troops to communicate in Arabic through a laptop computer equipped with voice recognition and translation software. Troops could speak in English and have their words instantly translated into Iraqi Arabic, 'spoken' by a computerized man's voice. The program also translates Arabic into English. Will it replace the need for an interpreter when you're having some sort of high-level conversation? Absolutely not. But it is absolutely to the point where it could be useful in some carefully chosen situations."
heh, and does it detect *global disapproved* chemical warfare?(, which they eventually couldn't deny any longer and admitted)
I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1
Absolutely !
That was the first thing that occurred to me too.
That alone could make it worth it's weight in lives.
Look back up at my post, now look back down, you're on the Internet. Now look back up. I'm a signature.
Do you think continuing to torture people is an improvement?
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make install -not war
WOW!
....oh wait, thats the case now.... how will this help?
Now we will be able to invade countries and kill their people, because we need to remove their evil dictators (that we instated) as an excuse to steal (pronounced "secure") their oil.
Without even having to understand their culture!!!
Move along... there is no sig here.
You know, Syria exists for a reason -- for assholes like you to go move there and feel safe from terrorists. Go ahead -- we're watching!
It's been a long time.
" First of all, Saddam tortured (real torture) and slaughtered hundreds of thousands if not millions of people."
So did George Bush, what of it?
"That's the sort of thing that shocks and calls to action any reasonable person, since we're capable of feeling empathy for people other than ourselves"
I don't think so. I certainly don't recally anybody doing anything about it while it was happening.
"Saddam has in the past attempted to build a variety of weapons of mass destruction and means of delivery (including rockets and terrorist tools)"
So did George Bush, what of it?
"and at no point did he lose the desire to build or acquire them, and he also desired to use them against civilian populations, i.e. you and me."
Clearly you are a super duper psychic able to read the minds of Iraqi dictators from thousands of miles away. I stand in awe of your supernatural talent.
"In other words, he wanted and without intervention eventually would have been able to kill you, me, and people we care about. That's another thing he's done to me."
So what he did to you is WANT to kill you. I want to kill you too, are you going to invade my state and kill thousands of civillians too?
"Are you too thick to understand that? It should be fairly obvious, but I guess our schools aren't what they used to be..."
Oooops I see you slipped there. YOu pretend to be from Canada but a slip of the tongue has given you away.
Oh I have an idea. We have saddam in custody right? He is going to be tried right? Why don't we try him WANTING to kill you!. BHAHAHAHAAHAHA. Oh and why don't we try him for gassing the Kurds. OH the inhumanity of it all, a trial would be perfect to show the world how evil Saddam was for killing hundreds of thousands of civillians.
SO what say you mr republitard? Are you for dropping the mickey mouse charges against him and trying him for his real crimes? For developing chemical weapons and using them against the kurds? Why hasn't the administration charged him for those crimes? Could be because all kinds of unpleasant facts will come into light?
Could it mr Republitard? Could that possibly be the reason nobody has charged him with the things you accuse him of?
evil is as evil does