Turing Test

Griff · 06-09-2014, 05:50 AM

We have a winner. I wonder if the the gap between human and artificial is closing from both directions?

glatt · 06-09-2014, 07:13 AM

Interesting idea. I know people who use the pound sign in written communication and call it a hash tag. Damn cyborgs.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-09-2014, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

I wonder if the the gap between human and artificial is closing from both directions?

Come to think of it, methinks you've nailed it.

Happy Monkey · 06-09-2014, 10:14 AM

The character the computer was playing was a child who did not speak the language natively, explaining gaps in knowledge and unnatural grammar.

monster · 06-10-2014, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Interesting idea. I know people who use the pound sign in written communication and call it a hash tag. Damn cyborgs.

Way back in the dark ages when computers were dinosaur-powered and I was doing my bachelor's in the UK in Math and Computer Science, we called this : # Hash of the Hash Symbol (not Hashtag). I only ever heard it called Pound when I moved to the US. Of course the pound is the currency in the UK so a pound sign is something entirely different.

glatt · 06-10-2014, 12:52 PM

In school, it was called the number symbol, then in life I learned it was called a pound sign. Now somebody has decided it should be called a hashtag.

BigV · 06-10-2014, 02:39 PM

I learned pound sign, then octothorpe. I have never heard anyone else use octothorpe colloquially.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-10-2014, 02:57 PM

Wow, yeah. I'd completely forgotten about Octothorpe. I think as soon as my math teacher said it wouldn't be on the test.

BigV · 06-10-2014, 06:15 PM

LOL!

monster · 06-10-2014, 06:53 PM

Ok that font of all knowledge Wickedpedia says you guys are the only ones who call it 'pound"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign

xoxoxoBruce · 06-10-2014, 06:54 PM

Well yeah, who else matters?

Big Sarge · 06-18-2014, 02:01 AM

we always said the tic-tac-toe sign

lumberjim · 06-19-2014, 10:40 AM

It's only a pound sign when you're pressing buttons for phone prompts.

wolf · 06-19-2014, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

It's only a pound sign when you're pressing buttons for phone prompts.

Because when confronted by 10 different single digit numbers, it would be far too confusing to call it a number sign.

tw · 06-19-2014, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

It's only a pound sign when you're pressing buttons for phone prompts.

Callers to Directory Assistance in 1970s Los Angles learned of another key only available on newer telephones.

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Mitnick diverted directory assistance and answering operator calls by saying, "Yes, that number is eight-seven-five-zero and a half. Do you know how to dial the half, ma'am?"

06-09-2014, 05:50 AM	#1
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06-09-2014, 10:14 AM	#4
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06-10-2014, 02:39 PM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I learned pound sign, then octothorpe. I have never heard anyone else use octothorpe colloquially. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-10-2014, 02:57 PM	#8
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06-10-2014, 06:15 PM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	LOL! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-09-2014, 07:13 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Interesting idea. I know people who use the pound sign in written communication and call it a hash tag. Damn cyborgs.

06-10-2014, 12:52 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	In school, it was called the number symbol, then in life I learned it was called a pound sign. Now somebody has decided it should be called a hashtag.

06-10-2014, 06:53 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Ok that font of all knowledge Wickedpedia says you guys are the only ones who call it 'pound" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_sign __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-10-2014, 06:54 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well yeah, who else matters? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-18-2014, 02:01 AM	#12
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06-19-2014, 10:40 AM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	It's only a pound sign when you're pressing buttons for phone prompts. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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