At 2007-06-01 11:03:26 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Seriously, though. The English in which almost all the 'me too'
replies are written on that board is terrible.
I'm surprised that this surprises you, really.
There are quite a few Indians who write pretty good English.
My vague
On 6/2/07, Abhijit Menon-Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I tried to write some code that guesses the nationality of an author by
looking at some text, but it is (not surprisingly) a very hard problem,
much harder than the gender-guessing thing someone posted once.
Two really interesting,
looks like another case of me-too disease (previous incidents were
related to stone statues drinking milk, and sea water turning
curatively sweetand at least one incident of a boy with magic
powers, you could poke his arm with a pin and he could feel no pain -
it was only later his followers
At 2007-06-02 11:32:47 +0430, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Two really interesting, intriguing pieces of software..could I hear
more about them (or at least, ams's code) please?
http://bookblog.net/gender/genie.php is a web site where you can paste
text, and it guesses the gender of the author by
On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 11:12:38AM +0530, Alok G. Singh wrote:
Judging by the comments on /., digg and others, there are precious few
of them worldwide. (People using English 'well' worldwide, not Indians
who have above average facility with the language).
What's the chance of Mandarin being
Eugen Leitl wrote: [ on 04:52 PM 6/2/2007 ]
What's the chance of Mandarin being the next lingua franca?
Low, I think. But any number of events could prove me wrong.
Udhay
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On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 05:08:51PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
What's the chance of Mandarin being the next lingua franca?
Low, I think. But any number of events could prove me wrong.
I hope you're right, I'm getting to old to learn another
language, especially non-indoeuropean one.
But
Eugen Leitl wrote: [ on 05:30 PM 6/2/2007 ]
But the compartments seem to be quite stable, it takes
a conscious effort to see them.
Expand on this, please?
Udhay
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On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 05:41:35PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
Eugen Leitl wrote: [ on 05:30 PM 6/2/2007 ]
But the compartments seem to be quite stable, it takes
a conscious effort to see them.
Expand on this, please?
The linguistic compartments on the world wide web, the
character set
Eugen Leitl wrote: [ on 05:50 PM 6/2/2007 ]
The linguistic compartments on the world wide web, the
character set input (though, once you prime the pump
cut paste will do) is a threshold, even if you speak
the tongue.
True, and I suspect this will become an area of focus over the next few
On 6/1/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I seem to recall some small item in the newspaper saying this was a
hoax, but can't find it now. Does anybody here know more?
Oooh... well isn't there supposed to be some historian school of
thought that records space ship flights in ancient
On 6/1/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I seem to recall some small item in the newspaper saying this was a
hoax, but can't find it now. Does anybody here know more?
Udhay
I also recall seeing an article when such a UFO sighting was reported.
I saw it last time. It was a light
Gautam John wrote:
*Swaroop R writes:*
*Very happy that someone had their cameras ready when this thing flew
past!
Infact, I had seen the similar thing in 2004 November 5 and when I had
called the newspaper offices, they laughed and ridiculed me and
advised me
to stop calling. However, I
Looks like the UFO did some travelin'!
*Srinivasa Rao writes: *
*My Name is Srinivasa Rao, working as a software engineer in Lifetree
Convergence. Yesterday when we are coming home (with my borther) on a bike,
I saw the special bluish colour object traveling at a high speed towards the
earth. I
Does stealth need bright lights?
Adit.
On 6/1/07, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But
strangely, it looks like a stealth fighter to me. Anyone else thinks so?
On 6/1/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Looks like the UFO did some travelin'!
*Srinivasa Rao writes: *
*Sujith says:*
*Ramani from West Mambalam, Chennai: *
*Animesh writes:*
*Hemachandra Kavoor writes:*
*Swaroop R writes:*
These UFOs must, apparently, somehow affect our language
On 01-Jun-07, at 4:53 PM, Gautam John wrote:
Looks like the UFO did some travelin'!
I can't recall seeing anything, but I'm sure if I read some more
reports, my memory will come back. Must be the work pressure. Darn
thing. Can no longer even remember what I was supposed to be working on.
At 2007-06-01 07:08:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
These UFOs must, apparently, somehow affect our language centers.
Almost every one of these eyewitness reports is written in crappy
English.
Then it's true, they must have started acting on ancient India, because
this is pretty much how
At 2007-06-01 07:08:32 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
These UFOs must, apparently, somehow affect our language centers.
Almost every one of these eyewitness reports is written in crappy
English.
Thaths...here's an exception to your rule
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I did cover my behind saying 'almost'. :-)
Seriously, though. The English in which almost all the 'me too'
replies are written on that board is terrible. I do not subscribe to
ams' view that this is the sort of English that a majority writes
(What I call the we are like that only school of
On 1 Jun 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There are quite a few Indians who write pretty good English.
Judging by the comments on /., digg and others, there are precious few
of them worldwide. (People using English 'well' worldwide, not Indians
who have above average facility with the language).
On 6/1/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I seem to recall some small item in the newspaper saying this was a
hoax, but can't find it now. Does anybody here know more?
Udhay
Reported in Bangalore.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/spotted-ufo-in-bangalore-sky/41661-11.html
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