On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:10:09PM -0700, Jonathan Jones wrote:
> Â Â ÂAnything that can be done by a computer without too much
> Â Â Âtrouble, sohuld be. ïIf you see regularities in what I gave
> Â Â Âyou that could be exploited to make a better list
> Â Â Âautomatically, you should be telling me about them. ïSpending
> Â Â Âhuman time when computer time will do is just silly.
>
> Â ÂI did tell you about the most prevalent pattern: "a(n) ...
> Â Âthing", and the desired alteration: "something..."
>
> Â ÂAs in: "a drunk thing" -> "something drunk"
>
> Â ÂAnother thing I've seen a lot of is too many "e"s. As in "a
> Â Âuseer", which I take to be "a use-er" with the dash taken out.
>
> Â ÂAnd another one I mentioned: "an express commenter" -> "an
> Â Âexpresser of aïcomment"
>
> Â Âhowever, "a ... standard" -> "a standard of ..." ought to be.)
If Âyou explained those, I missed it. ÂIf you send me what you have,
I can do all that if you like.
-Robin
--
They say: Â"The first AIs will be built by the military as weapons."
And I'm Âthinking: Â"Does it even occur to you to try for something