From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: YourName{at}YourISP.com
Subject: Re: Microsoft emulates Star Trek...

In article , Daniel
 wrote:
> 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* ??
> >
> > 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?? ;-)

They're is probably a difference, but then again maybe t'hair aint.  ;-)
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