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| 708.1 | | AITG::DERAMO | Daniel V. {AITG,ZFC}:: D'Eramo | Fri Aug 11 1989 19:56 | 15 |
| I get:
They saw the robot with the binoculars.
Which robot?
The one with the binoculars.
and
They saw the robot with the binoculars.
But the robot was so far away!
Oh, yeah, they used the binoculars to see it.
What are the other meanings? "Saw" as in "sawing in half"?
Dan
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| 708.2 | | IJSAPL::ELSENAAR | Fractal of the universe | Fri Aug 11 1989 20:50 | 5 |
| RE -1 (Dan)
> What are the other meanings? "Saw" as in "sawing in half"?
Yep!
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| 708.3 | Chop Chop | CAM::MAZUR | Quack Quack | Fri Aug 11 1989 21:03 | 10 |
| > They saw the robot with binoculars.
They cut the robot in half.
What did they use to cut it in half ?
Binoculars. (Yes, it's a strange choice for a cutting instrument)
They cut the robot in half.
Which robot ?
The one with the binoculars.
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| 708.4 | | AITG::DERAMO | Daniel V. {AITG,ZFC}:: D'Eramo | Sat Aug 12 1989 00:36 | 4 |
| Both meanings of "saw" translate into the same word in
Dutch?
Dan
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| 708.5 | yep! | IJSAPL::ELSENAAR | Fractal of the universe | Sat Aug 12 1989 23:12 | 9 |
| RE -1 (Dan)
> Both meanings of "saw" translate into the same word in
> Dutch?
Plural does: "zagen". So after all, there's still hope for automatic
translation.... ;-)
Arie
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| 708.6 | | KAOFS::S_BROOK | Here today and here again tomorrow | Mon Aug 14 1989 18:22 | 2 |
| Just goes to show the roots of the English to saw and to see are
probably the same as teh Dutch.
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| 708.7 | see-saw! | EGAV01::DKEATING | Don't you YUH me mate! | Fri Aug 25 1989 18:35 | 1 |
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| 708.8 | Here's Another | DRUMS::FEHSKENS | | Mon Aug 28 1989 23:03 | 5 |
| Another variant is the familar "Time flies like an arrow", which
an AI researcher claimed had at least 7 different interpretations.
len.
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| 708.9 | | SSDEVO::EGGERS | Anybody can fly with an engine. | Tue Aug 29 1989 00:31 | 6 |
| The first story I heard, many years ago, indicating the difficulty of
machine translation was this.
Consider the sentence, "Time flies like an arrow." Once you get an
algorithm to deal with that, apply the algorithm to "Fruit flies like a
banana."
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| 708.10 | at least two missing.... ;-) | IJSAPL::ELSENAAR | Fractal of the universe | Tue Aug 29 1989 10:31 | 13 |
| > Another variant is the familar "Time flies like an arrow", which
> an AI researcher claimed had at least 7 different interpretations.
Seven!?!? I end up with five! Who can help me further?
1. The time is flying the same way an arrow does.
2. The time is flying, and an arrow flies too.
3. Those special type of flies (the "time flies") have a preference for arrows.
4. These "time flies" want to have an arrow.
5. These "time flies" are arrow-look-alikes. (and I am not even sure of this
one!)
Arie
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| 708.11 | How sweet! | TRIBES::LBOYLE | Long sleepless night | Tue Aug 29 1989 11:02 | 3 |
| And what about
I like my husband cooking.
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| 708.12 | | AITG::DERAMO | Daniel V. {AITG,ZFC}:: D'Eramo | Tue Aug 29 1989 15:22 | 2 |
| Take out your stopwatch, and time those flies as if they were
arrows.
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| 708.13 | | GLIVET::RECKARD | Jon Reckard, 381-0878, ZKO3-2/T63 | Tue Aug 29 1989 15:27 | 5 |
| Variations of
> Take out your stopwatch, and time those flies as if they were arrows.
With a stopwatch, time the flies as you would time an arrow.
With a stopwatch, time the flies as an arrow would time them?
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| 708.14 | Which makes 7(8,9?) | MARVIN::KNOWLES | Running old protocol | Tue Aug 29 1989 15:48 | 11 |
| Re .10
I hadn't thought of 1 and 2. There's a big difference between
`The time is flying' [so I've got to go] and `It is in the nature
of time to fly' [so I find it hard to meet schedules].
So there's no need for your 5; .-1 and .-2 gives the seventh
(eigth, ninth ...). It all depends how improbable you want the
meaning to be.
b
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| 708.15 | Don' hit me ! | CURRNT::PREECE | Are You Now, Or Have you Ever ? | Tue Aug 29 1989 18:59 | 13 |
| Back in the Good Old Days, when you could get away with things like
this, I had poster that said , in BIG letters:
TITS LIKE COCONUTS !
then, in little letters:
Sparrows prefer breadcrumbs.
Ian
:-)
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| 708.16 | They sawed the scene. | TKOV51::DIAMOND | This note is illegal tender. | Tue Jun 26 1990 11:04 | 0
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