Until quite recently lived in Thailand, and I assure you that everyone there refers to the Latin alphabet as the English alphabet. At first it drove me mad.
But - whenever I asked someone to spell out a Thai name or street or whatever in Latin letters, nobody understood what me. So, as an experiment, I sometimes asked for things to be spelled in the French or German alphabets. Same response.
What can you do? The Latin alphabet has become the English alphabet, functionally at least, outside of Europe and South America.
Lest anyone accuse me of using local data for a global claim, I would maintain that the rest of the world is in fact busy learning English as opposed to any other language using the Latin alphabet.
A large number of the pubs are owned by breweries in the UK. Only the pubs owned by the sponsor, or free houses not beholden to a chain, could use this approach.
Garbage. How is this more helpful than bracelets? Chronic conditions do not change that much, and bracelets are fine for such conditions.
Moreover, reading a bracelet requires a bracelet, and eyes. Applied Digital Solutions can't sell you the eyes, nor charge you (nor the gov't, nor insurers) $200 USD for a bracelet.
At best it is an example of industry and governmental collusion, aimed at sucking up the funds (your money) set aside by the prez.
At worst, it will be a campaign to desensitise citizens.
The Subway at Nana in Bangkok uses this promotion, but there they use an ink pad stamp, not roles of stamps.
I guess I could carve a stamper and find the right ink... not so hard really.
Hey, instead of warning off people from something you clearly do not understand, why not use your super English-major skills and help Gutenberg as a distributed proofreader?
Um, what are you talking about? Poets and writers are the guardians of orthography and style. This in mind, the works of Shakespeare and King James Bible have had an incalculable influence on modern English, just like Goethe and Luther's Bible on Modern German.
Anyway, if some AC will tell me that noone is not a word, and e.e. cummings uses it to excellent effect, well, who do you think has the greater opinion?
I guess that, since this is slashdot, it is the notion of incalculable that bothers you...
I used to work on the admissions board of a faculty at a very famous European university.
Two years ago, we received an application from a S.Korean, and I emailed him back advising that we had receieved his application, etc.
Then, it happened: my office account was added to some anti-N.Korean mailing list, run by the applicant. For weeks, I was treated to his views of N.Korea.
Moral of the story: The applicant was not accepted.
If you actually think that that line is insightful, I feel sorry for you. Obi Wan is contradicting his own professed beliefs. Of course, that is the power of that line in terms of plot development. Obi Wan is saying anything in order to get Anakin back.
Also, I don't believe the line actually includes 'such'.
Of course, the issue would be for me to show that I add value to what may freely (presumably) be gotten from the web. And luckily enough, no translation software has come close to providing literature-quality work.
In my mind, Google's choice of the UN indicates a confidence that they will reach a high level of accurate technical translation. This makes great business sense, as the UN is typical of markets that will require a quick turnaround on translation, and thus will be a great proving ground.
Also, those docs are all written in an argot which is highly repetitive and quite uniform. Thus, Google has, in a way, set itself up for success.
Systan is a usually a joke. Although, the last couple days it has been surprisingly giving me some decent translations.
But anyway, now I am pissed. Google is becoming my competitor! I am a translator, and just finished a 400 page book (Dutch -> English).
cheers, potor
The breakdown or sudden absence of technology will certainly cause social ills. But this is not an argument against the proposition that one cannot fix social problems with technological solutions.
In other words, positing the possible breakdown of society through the absence of existing technology (as you do) does not logically contradict the denial of the possibility of fixing society through future technology.
For that matter, name one social problem 'solved' by technology. Please.
I know some times when we bang things out on the keyboard they sound really insightful and intelligent, but some times we need to respect the preview button, read what we read, and decide if it really is insightful, or a load of thoughtless crap.
i was gonna write a post about how perhaps jedi let the side down, but in hindsight, i think you are right. there was no reason to not like lucas until episode I. but what a reason!
CNN, for instance, refers briefly to the ID provisions, and only makes reference to the controversy well below the fold, in paragraphs 10-12 of this typically pyramidal story.
Since their writers are well instructed in stating the most important details first, the first 9 paragraphs point out that for CNN, this is no real issue.
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But - whenever I asked someone to spell out a Thai name or street or whatever in Latin letters, nobody understood what me. So, as an experiment, I sometimes asked for things to be spelled in the French or German alphabets. Same response.
What can you do? The Latin alphabet has become the English alphabet, functionally at least, outside of Europe and South America.
Lest anyone accuse me of using local data for a global claim, I would maintain that the rest of the world is in fact busy learning English as opposed to any other language using the Latin alphabet.
but, no, they need not be in China.
nevertheless, yahoo decided to go there.
hence, yahoo chose to obey oppressive laws.
that is as complicated as this gets.
This is just like spam; nobody would post tfa if there weren't a market for it or an advantage in it ...
A large number of the pubs are owned by breweries in the UK. Only the pubs owned by the sponsor, or free houses not beholden to a chain, could use this approach.
Moreover, reading a bracelet requires a bracelet, and eyes. Applied Digital Solutions can't sell you the eyes, nor charge you (nor the gov't, nor insurers) $200 USD for a bracelet.
At best it is an example of industry and governmental collusion, aimed at sucking up the funds (your money) set aside by the prez.
At worst, it will be a campaign to desensitise citizens.
I fear the best, and the worst.
This puts the consumer loyalty card thread into perspective, now, doesn't it?
Try living in a country in which the customer is not king. It is heavenly.
But now Windows seems less and less likely to have Monad.
What was MS thinking? Windows and monads just don't mix.
The Subway at Nana in Bangkok uses this promotion, but there they use an ink pad stamp, not roles of stamps. I guess I could carve a stamper and find the right ink ... not so hard really.
I really heard a colour commentator say this, and no, it was not from Dodgeball.
Go on. Join.
Anyway, if some AC will tell me that noone is not a word, and e.e. cummings uses it to excellent effect, well, who do you think has the greater opinion?
I guess that, since this is slashdot, it is the notion of incalculable that bothers you ...
e.e. cummings used noone, and poets (e.g. Shakespeare, Goethe) generally define acceptable language.
First of all, the stripped down version is only in Europe, which is a saturated market anyway.
Second, most pc makers won't use the new version.
Third, XP is a very mature product, and MS is clearly looking beyond it.
Fourth, how could this code release impede their ability to increase market share? Could not it also help it? Please provide an argument.
cheers, potor
Two years ago, we received an application from a S.Korean, and I emailed him back advising that we had receieved his application, etc.
Then, it happened: my office account was added to some anti-N.Korean mailing list, run by the applicant. For weeks, I was treated to his views of N.Korea.
Moral of the story: The applicant was not accepted.
Also, I don't believe the line actually includes 'such'.
Of course, the issue would be for me to show that I add value to what may freely (presumably) be gotten from the web. And luckily enough, no translation software has come close to providing literature-quality work.
In my mind, Google's choice of the UN indicates a confidence that they will reach a high level of accurate technical translation. This makes great business sense, as the UN is typical of markets that will require a quick turnaround on translation, and thus will be a great proving ground.
Also, those docs are all written in an argot which is highly repetitive and quite uniform. Thus, Google has, in a way, set itself up for success.
Systan is a usually a joke. Although, the last couple days it has been surprisingly giving me some decent translations. But anyway, now I am pissed. Google is becoming my competitor! I am a translator, and just finished a 400 page book (Dutch -> English). cheers, potor
In other words, positing the possible breakdown of society through the absence of existing technology (as you do) does not logically contradict the denial of the possibility of fixing society through future technology.
For that matter, name one social problem 'solved' by technology. Please.
Exactly.Yeah - it's in fact the exact opposite of self-control. It's really surrendering your will to the machine - and now the machine is in the ghost.
i was gonna write a post about how perhaps jedi let the side down, but in hindsight, i think you are right. there was no reason to not like lucas until episode I. but what a reason!
oh: the story i alluded to above is here
Since their writers are well instructed in stating the most important details first, the first 9 paragraphs point out that for CNN, this is no real issue.
How is this ironic? Interesting perhaps, but ironic?
just read tfa: sentences now max out at 25 instead of 30 years