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

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.
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