I wonder how would the natural language converter would deal with words like "computationalized".
Natural languages like English, on the other hand, are universally accessible, said Liu. "Natural language is so semantically rich and flexible that if it could be computationalized as a programming language, maybe everyone could write programs," he said.
I'd like to bet that the non-infringing use of kitchen knives far outweighs their infringing use.
If 50% of deaths were due to kitchen knives they would no doubt become classed as illegal weapons. Anyone making them would then certainly be held responsible.
Traditional file managers have got me set in my ways. For all I know, this new approach might be millions of times more productive than the established one, but there's no way I'm going to go back and climb the learning curve again. The only time I ever use file search facilities is when I lose a file because the application saving it has outguessed me about where I want it to go. Otherwise I'm orderly enough to be able to find any file I want quite quickly. That's good enough for me.
...why is Gary Kasparov, an Armenian brought up in Baku, Azerbaijan and originally called Garri Kimovich Wainshteinborn, getting involved in Russian politics?
I may be wrong, but it seems to me there's a buzz of excitement every time Google is mentioned these days. There's something big in the offing. Google is picking up the sort of impetus no IT related company has had since Microsoft 15-20 years ago. In contrast to a lot of other companies about whom we had similar sensations but who eventually faded away, Google looks like it knows where it's going, and more important, looks like it has the power to get there. If any company is going to make the OS an irrelevant issue, Google is the one my money is on.
"This is the first release of Wine's kernel cousin publication. Its main goal is to distribute widely what's going on around Wine (the Un*x Windows emulator)."
As a full time freelance translator I can tell you that ease of translation is directly related to the quality and clarity of the original document and has little to do with its content. If the document is by a professional writer, it's usually fine. If it's written by a manager, it's usually verbose, ambiguous, clumsy, packed full of bad grammar, and in fact just plain bad.
If managers could be taught just one rule to improve their writing skills, it would improve matters a hundred fold: short sentences!
I never noticed how bad it was. Neither for that matter did all the people who snapped up the shares as soon as the telecoms were privatised. Most of them thought the service was bloody fantastic: that's why they wanted in.
"Are these the same people who scream about having their PIN Numbers stolen at the ATM Machines?"......because terms like "secret code" and "cashpoint" are too obscure to get their minds around. Or maybe they're afraid all those unused syllables will cause constipation if they don't spit 'em out.
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I wonder how would the natural language converter would deal with words like "computationalized".
Natural languages like English, on the other hand, are universally accessible, said Liu. "Natural language is so semantically rich and flexible that if it could be computationalized as a programming language, maybe everyone could write programs," he said.
It's perfectly correct without the article in headline mode, e.g.,
Gates do good marketing job in Microsoft - see page 3. In related news, jobs do good gate marketing in Apple - see page 4.
I'd like to bet that the non-infringing use of kitchen knives far outweighs their infringing use.
If 50% of deaths were due to kitchen knives they would no doubt become classed as illegal weapons. Anyone making them would then certainly be held responsible.
Traditional file managers have got me set in my ways. For all I know, this new approach might be millions of times more productive than the established one, but there's no way I'm going to go back and climb the learning curve again. The only time I ever use file search facilities is when I lose a file because the application saving it has outguessed me about where I want it to go. Otherwise I'm orderly enough to be able to find any file I want quite quickly. That's good enough for me.
Ah, but John is not the same as Jonathan. If you shorten John to Jon you're throwing the baby out with the bath water!
I could explain why they are a monopoly but I'd rather use this opportunity to ridicule you for using the word boxen.
I too can publish a dictionary saying antidisirregardless is a word if I want. It doesn't make it any more legitimate.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a word too, right? What does it mean?
...why is Gary Kasparov, an Armenian brought up in Baku, Azerbaijan and originally called Garri Kimovich Wainshteinborn, getting involved in Russian politics?
http://www.answers.com/topic/garry-kasparov
OK, that's enough. This is getting silly. We're going to rewind the world back 20 years and try to do things right this time. Are you all ready? Good.
And NO MISTAKES this time!
It annoys me too but you have to admit its an easy mistake to make.
I may be wrong, but it seems to me there's a buzz of excitement every time Google is mentioned these days. There's something big in the offing. Google is picking up the sort of impetus no IT related company has had since Microsoft 15-20 years ago. In contrast to a lot of other companies about whom we had similar sensations but who eventually faded away, Google looks like it knows where it's going, and more important, looks like it has the power to get there. If any company is going to make the OS an irrelevant issue, Google is the one my money is on.
I just hope our future is in good hands.
I think what he actually meant to say was "shooting the gift horse that lays the golden eggs in the nose to spite its own face."
Easy mistake to make.
...and imagine what he's going to say when he finds out there are no nasty people or monsters at the centre of the earth.
Are assertations preventive consultative assertions made by assertative people? If you administrate is it called administratation?
Does flammable have counterparts like tentional or vestigative?
The more I think about it, WAFL (what a fine language) we speak.
OK I found the proof, see below.
So can we agree it IS an emulator now?
read this...
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From the first Wine newsletter, very first line:
"This is the first release of Wine's kernel cousin publication. Its main goal is to distribute widely what's going on around Wine (the Un*x Windows emulator)."
http://www.winehq.com/?issue=1#Service%20thread%2
Please tell me I'm not imagining things. A few years back, WINE quite simply stood for WINdows Emulator.
I'm sure the "IS NOT [AN]" bit got tacked on later when daft acronyms suddenly got popular.
FFS! You want them to be like Sun, in a parallel universe?
As a full time freelance translator I can tell you that ease of translation is directly related to the quality and clarity of the original document and has little to do with its content. If the document is by a professional writer, it's usually fine. If it's written by a manager, it's usually verbose, ambiguous, clumsy, packed full of bad grammar, and in fact just plain bad.
If managers could be taught just one rule to improve their writing skills, it would improve matters a hundred fold: short sentences!
OK, here's a ninth: temperature. You can feel warmth, whether it's transmitted by convection, conduction, or radiation.
I never noticed how bad it was. Neither for that matter did all the people who snapped up the shares as soon as the telecoms were privatised. Most of them thought the service was bloody fantastic: that's why they wanted in.
Five? I can count six from here, with 4, 6, 8, 12, 20, and infinity faces respectively.
"Are these the same people who scream about having their PIN Numbers stolen at the ATM Machines?" ... ...because terms like "secret code" and "cashpoint" are too obscure to get their minds around. Or maybe they're afraid all those unused syllables will cause constipation if they don't spit 'em out.
First man: Knock knock
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Second man: Knock knock
First man: Knock knock!!
Second man: Knock knock knock knock!!!!!
First man: Knock knock knock knock knock knock KNOCK KNOOOOOOOOCCKKKK!!!!!!!!!
Second man: OK, we've found Beethoven.
Yup, in the same way as a tonne and a half is 1.5 megagrams and 1.667 minutes is a hectosecond.