The US Gov't was funding an early computer
group to translate documents from Russian-to-English and
back. The hope, obviously, was to eliminate the need for
human translators. A particular sentence was fed to the computer, which translated
it into Russian. The computer was then fed the Russian, and it
translated it back to English.
The original sentence was "The spirit is strong, but the flesh is weak".
The resulting sentence? "The vodka is good, but the meat is rotten".
The computer didn't know which of the many possible words to use
when translating spirit, so it used "vodka". Likewise, it tried to
put the word "strong" into context, and since strong vodka is
prized in Russia, it decided that the vodka was good. Likewise,
flesh got translated to meat, and weak flesh became bad meat.
1) Slow poking: The Penguin explodes.
2) Medium poke: The Penguin flattens the hand with a giant mallet.
3) Fast poking: The Penguin blasts the hand with a shotgun.
I have no idea what it means but 80's rock makes me laugh.
"You have something time for me then sing I a song for you from 99 ballons on its way to the horizon think you g'rad of me then perhaps sing I a song for you from 99 ballons"
The goal of copy protection in CDs is not to prevent individuals from making copies that they want to make for personal use, but rather to prevent individuals from distributing the recordings or making copies they don't have a right to make.
Many copy-protection technologies include on a CD a second copy of the album in compressed form ready for transfer to an owner's computer, but not capable of being distributed on programs such as Kazaa.
Has anyone encountered said technology? Seems like antother push for Microsoft DRM....
The former president of the International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting says keyboards, joysticks and cell phone touch pads have ruined kids' ability to hold a pencil properly, let alone write legibly.
Why is "holding a pencil properly" such a sacred thing? What about holding a quill properly???
Anyway, how about we start teaching a language (like written Chinese) so that American elementary kids don't lose manual dexterity skills?
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Whoops, I misread your post as I skimmed through it:
nearly *all* of my friends never see the light of day outside their desks except for hardware upgrades
I got an HP LaserJet 1100 for college at it's lasted 4 years *without* needing a replacement toner cartrigde.
I did start having a problem of multiple sheets feeding, but HP provided a FREE repair kit (which I ordered via their website). Now the printer works like new again!
As far as Linux compatibility, visit here for ratings of the vendors and Linux printing troubleshooting.
...doesn't run on "old fashioned" electricity or use an antiquated QWERTY keyboard or a clock based processor that processes only zeros and ones.... oh wait
one reason for the slow change is "the large number of customers with legacy ergonomic keyboards, optical mice, and trackballs" who won't want to switch to USB input devices until their older devices are no longer serviceable.
Seriously, with regard to legacy ports, there are a number of adapters out there. A user who *insists* on using a perfectly working 10-yr old laser printer with parallel port (rather than buying a new inkjet with overpriced ink) can get a parellel-to USB-cable. Similarly for keyboards and mice.
BTW, I've noticed that many routers with embedded print servers only have parallel ports! When will they do away with such antiquated technology?!?
Mobile Pentium III/700, 256 MB of PC100 SDRAM, 20 GB IBM DJSA-200 hard
disk, external 10x TEAC USB CD-ROM, external USB floppy, 4MB Silicon
Motion LynxEM+ graphics, 10.4in SVGA touchscreen TFT, ESS Allegro PCI
audio, integrated mono speaker, V.90 modem, integrated CISCO Wirelsss
LAN PC Card, one Type II PC Card slot, plus support for VGA, serial and
two USB, Windows 2000 Professional. Dimensions: 284 x 233 x
62mm (W x D x H) excludion handle. Weight 3.3 kg. [7.28
pounds]
Note: The PDF wouldn't let me copy and paste the text, but I
think I got it all right.
two key facts about humans: We are creatures of habit, and we like
control.
I know people who hate the "pesonalized menu" feature in MS Office 2000 or
later (where items not recently used are hidden). As creatres of habit,
they want to see "Print Preview" every time they click the File menu!
But they also like configuratiblity where they can customize menus to their
needs and create keyboard shorcuts instead of relying on a mouse all the
time.
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The US Gov't was funding an early computer group to translate documents from Russian-to-English and back. The hope, obviously, was to eliminate the need for human translators. A particular sentence was fed to the computer, which translated it into Russian. The computer was then fed the Russian, and it translated it back to English.
The original sentence was "The spirit is strong, but the flesh is weak".
The resulting sentence? "The vodka is good, but the meat is rotten".
The computer didn't know which of the many possible words to use when translating spirit, so it used "vodka". Likewise, it tried to put the word "strong" into context, and since strong vodka is prized in Russia, it decided that the vodka was good. Likewise, flesh got translated to meat, and weak flesh became bad meat.
Funny, I just got one page :-D
Thank you for visiting BuyMusic.com.
In order to take full advantage of BuyMusic.com's offerings you must be on a Windows Operating System using Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher.
Look at How do I migrate my Mozilla mail and settings to Thunderbird
FWIW, I've been runing Mozilla Mail 1.3 and Thunderbird side by side (using the same profile/email stores) and no problems.
I found three outcomes:
1) Slow poking: The Penguin explodes.
2) Medium poke: The Penguin flattens the hand with a giant mallet.
3) Fast poking: The Penguin blasts the hand with a shotgun.
Any ohters?
So you suggest using deception :-)
I have no idea what it means but 80's rock makes me laugh.
"You have something time for me then sing I a song for you from 99 ballons on its way to the horizon think you g'rad of me then perhaps sing I a song for you from 99 ballons"
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Okay, so it's not a dupe. But PocketPC 2003 Reviewed was mentioned not too long ago....
Take a look at http://www.emulators.com/softmac.htm
though it only goes up to Mac OS 8.1
The goal of copy protection in CDs is not to prevent individuals from making copies that they want to make for personal use, but rather to prevent individuals from distributing the recordings or making copies they don't have a right to make.
Many copy-protection technologies include on a CD a second copy of the album in compressed form ready for transfer to an owner's computer, but not capable of being distributed on programs such as Kazaa.
Has anyone encountered said technology? Seems like antother push for Microsoft DRM....
The former president of the International Association of Master Penmen, Engrossers and Teachers of Handwriting says keyboards, joysticks and cell phone touch pads have ruined kids' ability to hold a pencil properly, let alone write legibly.
Why is "holding a pencil properly" such a sacred thing? What about holding a quill properly???
Anyway, how about we start teaching a language (like written Chinese) so that American elementary kids don't lose manual dexterity skills?
Whoops, I misread your post as I skimmed through it:
nearly *all* of my friends never see the light of day outside their desks except for hardware upgrades
I got an HP LaserJet 1100 for college at it's lasted 4 years *without* needing a replacement toner cartrigde.
I did start having a problem of multiple sheets feeding, but HP provided a FREE repair kit (which I ordered via their website). Now the printer works like new again!
As far as Linux compatibility, visit here for ratings of the vendors and Linux printing troubleshooting.
How many of you clicked the article link hoping it would give the key :-D
...doesn't run on "old fashioned" electricity or use an antiquated QWERTY keyboard or a clock based processor that processes only zeros and ones .... oh wait
one reason for the slow change is "the large number of customers with legacy ergonomic keyboards, optical mice, and trackballs" who won't want to switch to USB input devices until their older devices are no longer serviceable.
Seriously, with regard to legacy ports, there are a number of adapters out there. A user who *insists* on using a perfectly working 10-yr old laser printer with parallel port (rather than buying a new inkjet with overpriced ink) can get a parellel-to USB-cable. Similarly for keyboards and mice.
BTW, I've noticed that many routers with embedded print servers only have parallel ports! When will they do away with such antiquated technology?!?
Googlefight.com
And the winner is.... Yahoo (88,700,000) with Google only having 19,600,000.
d'oh
www.googlefight.com
I hate to break it to you, but the outcome is Microsoft beating Google (40,400,000 to 19,600,000)
http://www.gobookmax.com/gobookmax/images/gobookma x.pdf
Mobile Pentium III/700, 256 MB of PC100 SDRAM, 20 GB IBM DJSA-200 hard disk, external 10x TEAC USB CD-ROM, external USB floppy, 4MB Silicon Motion LynxEM+ graphics, 10.4in SVGA touchscreen TFT, ESS Allegro PCI audio, integrated mono speaker, V.90 modem, integrated CISCO Wirelsss LAN PC Card, one Type II PC Card slot, plus support for VGA, serial and two USB, Windows 2000 Professional. Dimensions: 284 x 233 x 62mm (W x D x H) excludion handle. Weight 3.3 kg. [7.28 pounds]
Note: The PDF wouldn't let me copy and paste the text, but I think I got it all right.
Although the MS Knowledge base is good a resolving lots of questions/bugs I wish it were more like Bugzilla....
http://www.asciimation.co.nz/ requires a java-enabled browser, though I'm pretty sure a telent version somewhere....
two key facts about humans: We are creatures of habit, and we like control.
I know people who hate the "pesonalized menu" feature in MS Office 2000 or later (where items not recently used are hidden). As creatres of habit, they want to see "Print Preview" every time they click the File menu!
But they also like configuratiblity where they can customize menus to their needs and create keyboard shorcuts instead of relying on a mouse all the time.
big deal. What's next in the news: Birds fly into Windows server?
And don't forget another security risk: theft!
I do not envision my school computer labs adopting wireless mice or keyboards anytime soon.
I do not think that Reuters actions were wrong. In fact I use bookmarklets quite a bit with browsing, and I like when URLs are predictable.
However, I wonder: What if the URL in question had been something like "ftp://username:password@ftp.whatever.com/"?