The Daily Static
  The Daily Static
UF Archives
Register
UF Membership
Ad Free Site
Postcards
Community
Geekfinder
UFie Gear
Advertise on UF
Forum Rules
& FAQ

Username

Password


Create a New Account

  
 

Back to UserFriendly Strip Comments Index
Very long term data backup by SnArL2008-08-27 07:43:42
  Very cool, but I wish they hadn't used Genesis by Arachnid2008-08-27 08:19:16
    I suspect it was for that reason it was chosen. by SaylorA2008-08-27 08:23:53
      The disk itself is the reference, though. by Arachnid2008-08-27 08:25:56
        Ah, but we did need the text as a reference. by SaylorA2008-08-27 08:29:49
          I'm reading it now, and I see no mention by Arachnid2008-08-27 08:34:39
            I think what SaylorA means is... by vetitice2008-08-27 08:39:51
              That seems like a pretty slim argument for it. (n/ (n/t) by Arachnid2008-08-27 08:42:14
                Probably the biggest argument for it is the fact by SaylorA2008-08-27 08:53:48
                  Something authored specifically to aid translation by Arachnid2008-08-27 09:01:38
                    But why expend the effort? by SaylorA2008-08-27 09:05:04
                      Why not? by Arachnid2008-08-27 09:11:20
                        One word. Money. by SaylorA2008-08-27 09:15:21
                          One word. Wikipedia. by Arachnid 2008-08-27 09:17:22
Assembling the corpus could be difficult and expensive, though given the cadre of linguists they claim to have assembled, far from impossible (and how serious are they about it anyway? Not doing it at all would have been cheaper). Assembling relevant articles and specifications, by comparison, ought to be cheap.
[ Reply ]
                            Again you are talking about resources by SaylorA2008-08-27 09:38:28
                              That's not really an argument for using genesis of by Arachnid2008-08-27 09:48:06
                                I think the idea is by MatthewDBA2008-08-27 09:52:32

 

[Todays Cartoon Discussion] [News Index]

Come get yer ARS (Account Registration System) Source Code here!
All images, characters, content and text are copyrighted and trademarks of J.D. Frazer except where other ownership applies. Don't do bad things, we have lawyers.
UserFriendly.Org and its operators are not liable for comments or content posted by its visitors, and will cheerfully assist the lawful authorities in hunting down script-kiddies, spammers and other net scum. And if you're really bad, we'll call your mom. (We're not kidding, we've done it before.)