Re: spoon-discuss: Re: spoon-business: Dead Fish

["Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/20/02 at 4:14 PM Wonko wrote:

>Quoth Glotmorf,
>
>> On 5/15/02 at 5:39 PM Wonko wrote:
>>
>>> I think that Babel Fish is not working properly. I put the following
>into
>>> it
>>> (minus the {}'s):
>>>
>>> {This is a test. I have recently observed strange behavior coming from
>this
>>> device, so I will now endeavor to ascertain this website's validity.
>Here
>>> goes nothing!}
>>>
>>> And got this out of it (again, minus the {}'s):
>>>
>>> {website's?}
>>>
>>> In light of its failure, I have concluded that whatever last bit of fun
>we
>>> could squeeze out of it is probably gone. I change my vote on prop. 677
>to
>>> No. I'm rooting for the full repeal.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Wonko
>>
>> This is examination. Me the all observed the conduct which is strange
>recently
>> from system, am like that I will endeavor the fact that now ascertains a
>> website's propriety. From here anything is not the branch,!
>>
>> *    *    *    *    *
>>
>> That's what I got.  Did you delimit it or something?
>>
>> Glotmorf
>>
>>
>
>Okay, I just ran some tests. Here's what happened (note: all texts below
>were put in and recieved without the {} delimeters enclosing them):
>
>This was fed into both Netscape and Explorer, and run from English to
>Korean:
>{
>This is a test of the emergency sushi system. I will now attempt to
>determine whether the word scrambling system we employ is out of order, in
>working order, or incompatible with certain browsers only. Here we go!
>}
>
>Explorer returned:
>{
>??? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??. ??? ?? ?? ? ?? ???? ?? ??? ??? ??? ???, ? ???? ,??
>??? ????? ???? ?? ????? ??? ? ??. ??? ??? ?? !
>}
>
>Nescape returned:
>{
>??? ???? ?? ??? ?? ??. ??? ?? ?? ? ?? ???? ?? ??? ??? ??? ???, ? ???? ,??
>??? ????? ???? ?? ????? ??? ? ??. ??? ??? ?? !
>}
>
>Each string was then fed into its respective creator and run from Korean to
>English.
>
>Explorer returned:
>{
>}
>
>Netscape returned:
>{
>This is examination of the state of emergency sushi system. Now right Riga
>at the outside of the order which the word system which it employs mixes
>up,
>inside one ordering, or it is equally divided only I to the browser which
>is
>positive and will attempt the fact that. From here we go,!
>}
>
>This would suggest that Internet Explorer is incompatible with AltaVista.
>
>I also tried plugging Explorer's korean into Netscape, and Netscape's
>Korean
>into Explorer, and neither returned anything.
>
>So the only way Babelfish seems to work is if it's used entirely in
>Netscape.
>
>Conclusion: Microsoft sucks.
>--
>Wonko

I fully agree with the conclusion, but I didn't have a problem with IE. :)  Mind you, for reasons of my own, I have a couple extra character sets installed with my browser.  Maybe that makes a difference?

						Glotmorf