Murphy Siding I'm on a local car racing forum. It's not uncommon for one of the kiddies in the sandbox to fire off what he thinks is the biggest insult at another kiddie. "Oh yeah? Well your favorite driver is a looser!" I always wonder- looser than what?
I'm on a local car racing forum. It's not uncommon for one of the kiddies in the sandbox to fire off what he thinks is the biggest insult at another kiddie. "Oh yeah? Well your favorite driver is a looser!" I always wonder- looser than what?
A mis-tightened lug nut, of course.
My favorite driver isn't a loser. They just haven't given her a car that can win...
Chuck
Deggesty ACY If we can get back to the reality we have in the 21st century for a minute, what is needed is a spell checker that can cross-reference with a context checker. Then we might get a machine that knows what "to and two and too" are. The machine may not know, but we know that to and two and too are sicks. Or is that sics? If your (as many greats as you like) granddaughter can invent something like that, then I'll really be impressed. Tom And, if your machine could also distinguish between "its" & "it's," "there" & "they're," "your" & "you're, etc." we would have a great help to better communication.
ACY If we can get back to the reality we have in the 21st century for a minute, what is needed is a spell checker that can cross-reference with a context checker. Then we might get a machine that knows what "to and two and too" are. The machine may not know, but we know that to and two and too are sicks. Or is that sics? If your (as many greats as you like) granddaughter can invent something like that, then I'll really be impressed. Tom
If we can get back to the reality we have in the 21st century for a minute, what is needed is a spell checker that can cross-reference with a context checker. Then we might get a machine that knows what "to and two and too" are. The machine may not know, but we know that to and two and too are sicks. Or is that sics? If your (as many greats as you like) granddaughter can invent something like that, then I'll really be impressed.
Tom
And, if your machine could also distinguish between "its" & "it's," "there" & "they're," "your" & "you're, etc." we would have a great help to better communication.
Thanks to Chris / CopCarSS for my avatar.
Paul of Covington Might not be long before "there's an app for that." It'll read your mind and compose the whole paragraph for you.
Considering the apps that allow you to dictate to your device, that might be closer than one might think.
The "danger" of reading your mind might be that what you're actually thinking might not be what you should put down on paper.... (Did I say that out loud?)
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Johnny
Murphy Siding My father's 2 sisters married brothers. Everyone in the family reffered to the kids as being double cousins.
My father's 2 sisters married brothers. Everyone in the family reffered to the kids as being double cousins.
Might not be long before "there's an app for that." It'll read your mind and compose the whole paragraph for you.
And thanks for the "six, sicks, sics." I like to collect triple homonyms.
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
Overmod tomikawaTT zardoz zarQuillan was (or rather will be) invented by my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great granddaughter. She named it after me and my wife. Better add in a few more Greats. No, he got the number of 'greats' right. What kind of sometime [sic] science fiction author forgets about life extension... and 'all that implies'...
tomikawaTT zardoz zarQuillan was (or rather will be) invented by my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great granddaughter. She named it after me and my wife. Better add in a few more Greats.
zardoz zarQuillan was (or rather will be) invented by my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great granddaughter. She named it after me and my wife.
No, he got the number of 'greats' right. What kind of sometime [sic] science fiction author forgets about life extension... and 'all that implies'...
Life extension is great - but was not available on Zam for the thousand years plus that those people were out of contact with the Confederation. The 'great' count is from the present to 2289 (Zamanian settlers left Earth) plus 30 generations plus on Zam before reintegration in 3494, plus 2.
The Heinlein story made use of time dilation, which occurs when the traveler moves along at a close approximation of light speed in normal space. The drives available to Confederation naval architects sidestep that by traveling, "outside," normal space-time - resulting in speeds measurable in light years per hour.
Chuck (Who occasionally writes sf)
If we can get back to the reality we have in the 21st century for a minute, what is needed is a spell checker that can cross-reference with a context checker. Then we might get a machine that knows what "to and two and too" are. The machine may not know, but we know that to and two and too are sicks. If your (as many greats as you like) granddaughter can invent something like that, then I'll really be impressed.
tree68 Recently my first cousin's son married the granddaughter of a second cousin (I think - too much figuring to do to sort that one out - suffice to say she's still a cousin). The catch is that the groom is on my father's side of the family, and the bride is on my mother's family. What that means to me is that I'm related to both by both family and marriage...
Recently my first cousin's son married the granddaughter of a second cousin (I think - too much figuring to do to sort that one out - suffice to say she's still a cousin).
The catch is that the groom is on my father's side of the family, and the bride is on my mother's family.
What that means to me is that I'm related to both by both family and marriage...
You sure you're in New York and not Kentucky?
Disclaimer: It was said in jest.
Norm
Oh, Johnny!
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Semper Vaporo Lake gardendance E pluribus unum. And a single bus for everyone. Or is that, many busses for just one?
Lake gardendance E pluribus unum. And a single bus for everyone.
gardendance E pluribus unum.
E pluribus unum.
And a single bus for everyone.
Or is that, many busses for just one?
DeggestyMy great-great-great grandfather on my father's side married his uncle's granddaughter; she and her children were second cousins. So, my immigrant ancestor was my five and six great-grandfather--
My great-great-great grandfather on my father's side married his uncle's granddaughter; she and her children were second cousins. So, my immigrant ancestor was my five and six great-grandfather--he came from England in 1675 (now you know what is wrong with me).
Oddly enough, the *friends* feature and the report abuse feature both have spell check.
zarQuillan was (or rather will be) invented by my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great granddaughter. She named it after me and my wife.
Better add in a few more Greats. Leia zarQuillan (great granddaughter of Kermak zarQuillan, last Supreme Slavemaster of Zam) patented the special modifications to the standard mass converter in 3542. Later she became Zamanian Planetary Madama of Sadaam, after first winning the Miss Galaxy competition in 3543.
Surface transportation in the Confederation Universe ranges from the primitive (railroads powered by self-contained mass-converter electric locomotives) to maglev (on Monolith's Third Contenant) to monorails (rapid transit in a lot of large cities) to hyperspeed subterranean tubeways. And there are still some odd folk who build models of the visible systems (and plumbers who inadvertently model the underground tubeways.)
Chuck (sometimes Science Fiction author)
tomikawaTT Mentacom, tensilon, nanomanipulation (manufacturing technology,) zarQuillan (an improved mass converter that CAN'T be modified into an improptu conversion bomb.) Just a few, out of many. All in common use in the THIRTY-SEVENTH century. Want to buy one today? Rotsa Ruck.
Mentacom, tensilon, nanomanipulation (manufacturing technology,) zarQuillan (an improved mass converter that CAN'T be modified into an improptu conversion bomb.) Just a few, out of many.
And, my default font size makes it look as though I am just above a whisper. Ergo, I go to 14 point (so I can read it).
Murphy Siding ' Found an interesting quirk. The conversation/private message feature has spell check
' Found an interesting quirk. The conversation/private message feature has spell check
Now that you've named them of course I want to buy one right now. I bet they're not available in stores though and I'll have to mail order them with a LONG delivery time.
Patrick Boylan
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gardendance tomikawaTT To really drive a spell checker around the bend, feed it a made-up name for some device, in everyday use in the thirty-seventh century, that hasn't been invented yet... If the devices are in everyday use you should know the real name.
tomikawaTT To really drive a spell checker around the bend, feed it a made-up name for some device, in everyday use in the thirty-seventh century, that hasn't been invented yet...
To really drive a spell checker around the bend, feed it a made-up name for some device, in everyday use in the thirty-seventh century, that hasn't been invented yet...
If the devices are in everyday use you should know the real name.
Last I looked, it wasn't quite the thirty-seventh century yet. (Might be different from the boat, depending on what 'hospitality substances' your guests have brought with them... ;-})
Perhaps you deceived it by using the quotation marks?
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