NPR (via Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me) reports a Bejing restauranteur wanted to attract English-speaking patrons during the Olympics, so he typed the name of his restaurant into a translation web site, took what came out and had a sign made, to replace the Chinese one.
His restaurant is easy to find. It's the one called "Translation Server Error"
I am not making this up.
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I am not making this up.
I am about 25% sure of this.
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Re: I am not making this up.
Is the address 404 File Not Found?nitrah55 wrote:NPR (via Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me) reports a Bejing restauranteur wanted to attract English-speaking patrons during the Olympics, so he typed the name of his restaurant into a translation web site, took what came out and had a sign made, to replace the Chinese one.
His restaurant is easy to find. It's the one called "Translation Server Error"
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the R and X rated versions are here (scroll down)
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/language ... 05195.html
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/language ... 05195.html
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Re: I am not making this up.
IIRC, in the banter on the show they mentioned that the restaurant was just down the street from File Not Found (can't recall if they included the error number).MarleysGh0st wrote:Is the address 404 File Not Found?nitrah55 wrote:NPR (via Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me) reports a Bejing restauranteur wanted to attract English-speaking patrons during the Olympics, so he typed the name of his restaurant into a translation web site, took what came out and had a sign made, to replace the Chinese one.
His restaurant is easy to find. It's the one called "Translation Server Error"
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