First there are even significant differences between similar languages like englishromance languages cause there to be no direct translation between the two.
Consider for example, that many European languages have two forms of the word "they" to distinguish among males and females. Sometimes in english we use "they" to mean a single person whose gender is unspecified.
Nouns don't have exactly the same meaning, for example/.ers will refer to their machine as a "terminal" which could also be interpreted as the location of their gate in an airport. They might not require a subject in all their sentences, so to translate to English you have to figure out from the context who's doing the action.
What is proposed is to translate to languages much less related to ones in common usage. Even parts of speech don't correspond. Some concepts that we think of as verbs could be adjectives in other languages (Think "I drive my car" compared to "I am , and I'm in my car" type of thing. Many native american languages are highly morphological. That is: concepts that we express in several words can be rolled into one in these languages.
By the way, all of the above assumes that your input is perfectly grammatically correct (whatever that means) Introduce human error, and the result is hard enough for a human, let alone any kind of machine.
I started taking linguistics courses to increase my comprehension of language (I'm monolingual and always had trouble with foreign languages). The main thing I learned is how incredibly complex language is, so massive that you can't comprehend all the inherent rules, yet our brain somehow knows how to process it.
The digits 1-9 appear an equal number of times from 1 to 999,999. That is, if you write out all the numbers in a vertical column, each column will have 100,000 1's, 100,000 2's, etc, except in a different order which doesn't matter.
The sum of 1 to 9 is 45. so the sum of each column is 45 * 100,000 = 4,500,000. There are six columns of digits, so multiply that by six to get 27,000,000. Now add the sum of the digits of 1,000,000.
The noise you refer to is known as Selective Availability (SA). It's an error that drifts over time. I believe it takes about a day to average it out exactly. Also, the DOD turned off SA a few years ago. Although with recent events it may be turned back on again if it hasn't already.
Now the error is the same for the same general area. So you can leave one gps at a known location and carry a second gps around with you. From the first GPS you transmit the error (you know where you are and you know where it says you are, you transmit the difference). And then subtract that error from the second gps to get extremely good accuracy. This is known as Differential GPS and I think it can achieve accuracy to about a meter.
I read in one article that superior technologies exist, however the equipment is much heavier and requires a van to transport it. Other news agencies are using this technique in the area successfully, however they can't get as close to the action and I'm not sure if they transmit "live" footage.
The videophone assembly ways 20 pounds, if you had three of them, you'd have more weight in equipment, batteries, etc. And that's not to mention bulk.
Compare the reporter's load to that of a soldier. An infantryman typically carries about 60 pounds, as far as I know. The reporter may not be in as good shape and also needs to carry food, water, etc.
In NYC, you're lucky if you can get a 2D GPS fix, outside. Indoors, forget it. The cached result would probably be more like: "Herald's Square, enroute to World Trade Center, ground level"
Now, what if they used GPS technology to lock into cell towers instead of satellites? The towers would broadcast their position, and if a phone can reach at least three of them, it will determine a fix.
there once was a time when you were expected to understand what DNA is and what it did.
Thankfully my days as a single celled, self dividing organism are over.
I now have (between my legs) a convenient, easy to use device that abolishes the need to manually manipulate my DNA.
What if the soldiers were in a real battle but they thought it was just a simulation? So they don't panic when the guy next to them gets his head blown off.
How about the interchanges between Han and Leia in The Empire Strikes Back? That was the best film IMO, had the professional touch that IV didn't, but none of the childish crap (ewoks) that Return of the Jedi had.
He meant that he was passing on a two lane highway, and an oncoming truck suddenly appeared. You need a burst of speed to clear the other car and get back in the right lane.
The "population" of NYC is about 8 million, however that's not just Manhattan, it's all five boroughs.
I believe the population of Manhattan is 2 or 3 million, however it could be 4, especially if you consider the number that work there instead of the number that live there.
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First there are even significant differences between similar languages like englishromance languages cause there to be no direct translation between the two.
/.ers will refer to their machine as a "terminal" which could also be interpreted as the location of their gate in an airport. They might not require a subject in all their sentences, so to translate to English you have to figure out from the context who's doing the action.
Consider for example, that many European languages have two forms of the word "they" to distinguish among males and females. Sometimes in english we use "they" to mean a single person whose gender is unspecified.
Nouns don't have exactly the same meaning, for example
What is proposed is to translate to languages much less related to ones in common usage. Even parts of speech don't correspond. Some concepts that we think of as verbs could be adjectives in other languages (Think "I drive my car" compared to "I am , and I'm in my car" type of thing. Many native american languages are highly morphological. That is: concepts that we express in several words can be rolled into one in these languages.
By the way, all of the above assumes that your input is perfectly grammatically correct (whatever that means) Introduce human error, and the result is hard enough for a human, let alone any kind of machine.
I started taking linguistics courses to increase my comprehension of language (I'm monolingual and always had trouble with foreign languages). The main thing I learned is how incredibly complex language is, so massive that you can't comprehend all the inherent rules, yet our brain somehow knows how to process it.
Why not just dress up a real mouse as an American Indian and ship it?
The digits 1-9 appear an equal number of times from 1 to 999,999. That is, if you write out all the numbers in a vertical column, each column will have 100,000 1's, 100,000 2's, etc, except in a different order which doesn't matter.
The sum of 1 to 9 is 45. so the sum of each column is 45 * 100,000 = 4,500,000. There are six columns of digits, so multiply that by six to get 27,000,000. Now add the sum of the digits of 1,000,000.
The answer: 27,000,001
Dude, you've got some serious issues to resolve.
The noise you refer to is known as Selective Availability (SA). It's an error that drifts over time. I believe it takes about a day to average it out exactly. Also, the DOD turned off SA a few years ago. Although with recent events it may be turned back on again if it hasn't already.
Now the error is the same for the same general area. So you can leave one gps at a known location and carry a second gps around with you. From the first GPS you transmit the error (you know where you are and you know where it says you are, you transmit the difference). And then subtract that error from the second gps to get extremely good accuracy. This is known as Differential GPS and I think it can achieve accuracy to about a meter.
I read in one article that superior technologies exist, however the equipment is much heavier and requires a van to transport it. Other news agencies are using this technique in the area successfully, however they can't get as close to the action and I'm not sure if they transmit "live" footage.
The videophone assembly ways 20 pounds, if you had three of them, you'd have more weight in equipment, batteries, etc. And that's not to mention bulk.
Compare the reporter's load to that of a soldier. An infantryman typically carries about 60 pounds, as far as I know. The reporter may not be in as good shape and also needs to carry food, water, etc.
Why the hell should we give them food? I didn't see them donating blood when the World Trade Center got hit!
If they hate their government so much, they shouldn't support it.
The original 3D version collapsed on 11-September.
As true as that is, I can't imagine many people actually associate cars or deserts with people dying.
I think a lot of people associate deserts with death. Did you mean desserts?
Why don't they just call the phone and listen for it ringing?
In NYC, you're lucky if you can get a 2D GPS fix, outside. Indoors, forget it. The cached result would probably be more like: "Herald's Square, enroute to World Trade Center, ground level"
Now, what if they used GPS technology to lock into cell towers instead of satellites? The towers would broadcast their position, and if a phone can reach at least three of them, it will determine a fix.
They tend to have bugs because the authors don't want to test them on their own machines.
Did it help you to learn proper grammar and punctuation?
"To go where no man has gone before boldly"
Who's this guy Boldly I keep hearing about lately?
If I could get all my college textbooks and computer manuals and shit in some electronic form....
Well a man can dream can't he? That's hundreds of pounds of shit, and a lot of space for a dorm room.
there once was a time when you were expected to understand what DNA is and what it did.
Thankfully my days as a single celled, self dividing organism are over. I now have (between my legs) a convenient, easy to use device that abolishes the need to manually manipulate my DNA.
What if the soldiers were in a real battle but they thought it was just a simulation? So they don't panic when the guy next to them gets his head blown off.
Eh, now you know what they're really getting at.
I thought traffic violations were not misdemeanors.
Greedo would have killed him or brought him to Jabba (death) anyway.
But you're right that it changed his whole character, just not the way you describe.
How about the interchanges between Han and Leia in The Empire Strikes Back? That was the best film IMO, had the professional touch that IV didn't, but none of the childish crap (ewoks) that Return of the Jedi had.
He meant that he was passing on a two lane highway, and an oncoming truck suddenly appeared. You need a burst of speed to clear the other car and get back in the right lane.
For a while I did just that. The organizer software that comes with the Palm is excellent.
It's a C++ compiler and all that's released is C++ source.
So how the hell are you supposed to use it? Of course, most of us just happen to have binaries of a previous version but still...
The "population" of NYC is about 8 million, however that's not just Manhattan, it's all five boroughs.
I believe the population of Manhattan is 2 or 3 million, however it could be 4, especially if you consider the number that work there instead of the number that live there.
30 seconds? I guess she wasn't one of the bright ones.