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   Your Name to All   
   Re: Microsoft emulates Star Trek...   
   08 Jun 14 10:17:18   
   
   From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: YourName@YourISP.com   
   Subject: Re: Microsoft emulates Star Trek...   
      
   In article <4bBkv.2948448$g45.2589942@fx10.iad>, Daniel   
    wrote:   
   > On 06/06/14 19:20, Wiseguy wrote:   
   > > Daniel  wrote in news:60%jv.416148$1w1.206748   
   > > @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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