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Hmmm. How about this:
In the early 1960s, an apocryphal tale went around about a computer that the CIA had built to translate between English and Russian: to test the machine, the programmers decided to have it translate a phrase into Russian and then translate the result back into English, to see if they'd get the same words they started with. The director of the CIA was invited to do the honors; the programmers all gathered expectantly around the console to watch as the director typed in the test words: "Out of sight, out of mind." The computer silently ground through its calculations. Hours passed. Then, suddenly, magnetic tapes whirred, lights blinked, and a printer clattered out the result: "Invisible insanity."
http://www.snopes.com/language/misxlate/machine.htm
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Hmmmm Zed 11/16/04 11:43 PM Re: Hmmmm Coffeebean 11/17/04 05:32 AM Re: Hmmmm Faldage 11/17/04 11:24 AM Re: Hmmmm gonoldothrond 11/17/04 05:58 PM Re: Hmmmm belMarduk 11/17/04 10:16 PM Out of sight, out of mind plutarch 11/18/04 12:05 PM
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