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Re: Deaggregating for emergency purposes
From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles () skynet be>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 00:01:48 +0200
At 1:57 PM -0400 2002/08/06, nanog () missnglnk com wrote:
Yes, and during that time, you could have: a) Gone to CompUSA and bought some translation software. b) Installed Windows and Office XP. c) E-mailed some friends in fluid Spanish/German/Italian.
I've used translation software. I live in a country that has three official languages, one of which is not supported by any translation software that I have found. Of the languages that are supported, the translation is -- at best -- a joke.
It might give you kinda-semi-sorta an idea of what the other person was trying to say. However, if you try to use it to translate something that you have written, it doesn't come anywhere remotely close to producing something that you would ever want anyone to see.
Trust me. I only ever used it once or twice, and then I got laughed out of the building.
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- Re: Deaggregating for emergency purposes, (continued)
- Re: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Omachonu Ogali (Aug 06)
- Re: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Ratul Mahajan (Aug 06)
- Re: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Omachonu Ogali (Aug 06)
- RE: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Phil Rosenthal (Aug 06)
- Re: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Jared Mauch (Aug 06)
- RE: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Phil Rosenthal (Aug 06)
- RE: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Dominic J. Eidson (Aug 06)
- Re: Deaggregating for emergency purposes nanog (Aug 06)
- RE: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Phil Rosenthal (Aug 06)
- Re: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Omachonu Ogali (Aug 06)
- Re: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Brad Knowles (Aug 06)
- RE: Deaggregating for emergency purposes E.B. Dreger (Aug 06)
- RE: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Phil Rosenthal (Aug 06)
- RE: Deaggregating for emergency purposes E.B. Dreger (Aug 06)
- RE: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Phil Rosenthal (Aug 06)
- RE: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Derek Samford (Aug 06)
- RE: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Phil Rosenthal (Aug 06)
- RE: Deaggregating for emergency purposes E.B. Dreger (Aug 06)
- Re: Deaggregating for emergency purposes John M. Brown (Aug 06)
- Re: Deaggregating for emergency purposes Alex Rubenstein (Aug 06)
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