Turing Test

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

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

Griff;901111 wrote:

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.:thumb:

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

glatt;901116 wrote:

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.

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.

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

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

LOL!

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

Well yeah, who else matters? :p:

we always said the tic-tac-toe sign

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

lumberjim;902217 wrote:

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.

lumberjim;902217 wrote:

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.

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?"