From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: dxmm{at}albury.nospam.net.au
Subject: Re: Microsoft emulates Star Trek...

On 06/06/14 19:20, Wiseguy wrote:
> Daniel  wrote in news:60%jv.416148$1w1.206748
> {at}fx03.iad:
>
>> On 5/06/2014 11:11 AM, Your Name wrote:
>>
>> 
>>> There will always be errors in any automated translation, especially
>>> spoken translation. Computers simply are intelligent enough to
>>> understand context, etc.
>>
>> Back in 1985-88, I was doing my Associate Diploma for Technical
> Teaching
>> and had to write a paper. I did mine on Computer vs Human interfaces
>> and, apart from pointing out the confusion with there/their/they're, I
>> gave another, sailing, example, " *Wind* in the sails as the *wind* is
>> getting up" and asked how a computer might distinguish between a
> written
>> *wind* and *wind* ??
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>
> Never mind computers, I'm waiting for PEOPLE to understand the
> difference between there, their and they're.

What?? You mean their's a difference?? ;-)

Daniel

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