Hi Egon,
Languages are part of what is called culture, you remember?
Sometimes its time to take a peanut and find-out it was grown on
something bigger, and that thing was on something even bigger, and
bigger, and bigger, the world.
Paul
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From: Gert Gremmen [mailto:cet...@cetest.nl]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 1:28 PM
To: geor...@lexmark.com
Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org
Subject: RE: modest proposal
Thank you, Thank you, and applause
Regards
Jim,
Trust me, apart from providing a bit of humour, these translation programs
don't work worth a sheet.
Mind you, the original creator of Babel Fish does give you the correct
answer: 42.
BTW, from the ego-deflating department, the country with the most English
speaking people is India.
Ed,
Thanks. Here is my basic $0.02.
Most of time spent learning a foreign language is to remember vocabulary. This
is not a creative job. The most precious resource - our brain should be
gradually released from downloading burden.
Barry Ma
b...@anritsu.com
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From: Doug [SMTP:dmck...@gte.net]
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 7:11 PM
To: EMC-PSTC Discussion Group
Subject: Re: modest proposal
I've heard efforts of a universal translator through
Java being worked on as we speak. You&#
As always . . . very well written, George.
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From: geor...@lexmark.com [mailto:geor...@lexmark.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 11:20 AM
To: m.r...@ieee.org
Cc: emc-p...@ieee.org
Subject: Re: modest proposal
Martin,
Your post included the following:
* We, the ugly
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us in our limited capacity. Thanks to all of you.
Jim Allan
Senior Compliance Engineer
Milgo Solutions Inc.
E-mail james_al...@milgo.com
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> From: Egon H. Varju [SMTP:e...@varju.bc.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 9:53 AM
> To: EMC-PSTC
> Subject:
Martin,
Your post included the following:
* We, the ugly Americans, want the world to conform
to our native language. We're too lazy, stubborn,
and arrogant to learn another language.
You may be partially right, but I believe there is a
much simpler explanation. It is human nature to do
o
As perhaps the only member of this list
who works for a publishing company, let
me explain why a "designed" language
won't work.
* We, the ugly Americans, want the
world to conform to our native language.
We're too lazy, stubborn, and arrogant
to learn another language.
* A designed
This is really becoming a completely pointless discussion.
Most of the people on this forum appear to be native English speakers. In
my experience, native English speakers have absolutely no motivation or
desire to learn any other language. Furthermore, a large percentage of the
allegedly e
I've heard efforts of a universal translator through
Java being worked on as we speak. You'll be able to
go to any website written in any language and see it
in your default language. I only hope they fix the
little language snafus that crop up. And perhaps the
death of having to learn ano
>From: Barry Ma
>There must be some day in the future, the artificial intelligence has been
so well developed that
>(1) An instant interpreting machine built-in to your PC
. or brain. Remember, you need to meet class B limits though :-))
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From: Paul Rampelbergh [SMTP:rampelberg...@swing.be]
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 3:24 PM
To: ieee pstc list
Cc: Lou Gnecco
Subject: Re: modest proposal
Hi there,
A little bit behind the subject, i take the opportunity to expr
wner-emc-p...@ieee.org]On Behalf
Of Paul Rampelbergh
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 3:24 PM
To: ieee pstc list
Cc: Lou Gnecco
Subject: Re: modest proposal
Hi there,
A little bit behind the subject, i take the opportunity to express my
opinion in general on english and at the end a NEW proposal (maybe).
Hi Lou,
There must be some day in the future, the artificial intelligence has been so
well developed that
(1) An instant interpreting machine built-in to your PC would automatically
transfer any language you input (either typed or voiced) to any languages the
other party would like to have.
(
I'll buy into this when all people who speak a common language get along
with each other...
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>From: Muriel Bittencourt de Liz
>To: EMC-PSTC List
>Cc: Lou Gnecco
>Subject: Re: modest proposal
>Date: Mon, Mar 27, 2000, 9:24 AM
>
Snip:
The original purpose of
Hi there,
A little bit behind the subject, i take the opportunity to express my
opinion in general on english and at the end a NEW proposal (maybe).
I'm from belgium and as you certainly know we don't have our own
language here. In my country we have FRENCH, FLEMISH and GERMAN.
I speak/write onl
: Muriel Bittencourt de Liz [SMTP:mur...@grucad.ufsc.br]
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 12:25 PM
To: EMC-PSTC List
Cc: Lou Gnecco
Subject:Re: modest proposal
Group,
I think this discussion of language is very important. Why? I&#x
Liz
To: EMC-PSTC List
Cc: Lou Gnecco
List-Post: emc-pstc@listserv.ieee.org
Date: Monday, March 27, 2000 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: modest proposal
Group,
I think this discussion of language is very important. Why? I'll speak
for myself...
During the last centuries/years, most of the "t
Group,
I think this discussion of language is very important. Why? I'll speak
for myself...
During the last centuries/years, most of the "third-world" or
"developing countries" (as you prefer) has adopted the idea of "buying
technologies" instead of "developing its own". Together with that, has
I had to throw this in here .
This came from a friend of mine...the source I do not know.
Remember, this is a joke :)
Let's just make sure we don't all start speaking "New-Speak" a la 1984.
The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached
to adopt English
as
Hi all,
that's the world we live in. Like it or not, English is the de-facto
international language, especially in the technical/scientific community.
I personally enjoy participating in this forum mostly for its invaluable
technical contents but I also find it a very useful tool for improving m
Sorry for bothering those who are not interested in.
Rene, Please forgive me Fwding your email to the group.
Barry Ma
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To: Barry Ma
From: r...@twn.tuv.com
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Date:
respond to Barry Ma
To: emc-p...@ieee.org
cc: "Lou Gnecco" (bcc: Rene Charton/TUV-Twn)
Subject: Re: modest proposal
Hi Lou,
There must be some day in the future, the artificial intelligence has been so
well developed that
(1) An instant interpreting machine built-in to you
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