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Re: universal written language - a protocol for machine translation

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From: Lee Sau Dan ~{
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 00:00
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>>>>> "John" == John Woodgate <jmw@jmwa.demon.co.uk> writes:

    John> I don't expect humans to draw them - computers are much
    John> better at that than most humans. It seems to me that the
    John> effect of noisy channels is applicable to absolutely any
    John> form of communication, and is therefore beside this
    John> particular point.

That  still  doesn't  justify  using  pixel-based  definition  of  the
pictograms instead of  high-level, curve-line based, structure-related
definition.



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From: sdlee@faith.csis.hku.hk (Lee Sau Dan ~{@nJX6X~})
Subject: Re: universal written language - a protocol for machine translation
Date: 1999/05/29
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