Comments for Outer Thoughts http://blog.outerthoughts.com > From inner thoughts to the outer limits of Alexandre Rafalovitch Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:25:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Laying out penn treebank output of Stanford parser by Udayan http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2007/06/laying-out-penn-treebank-output-of-stanford-parser/#comment-4675 Udayan Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:47:28 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2007/06/laying-out-penn-treebank-output-of-stanford-parser/#comment-4675 Hi Alex, Can you email that to me as well? Thanks Udayan Hi Alex,

Can you email that to me as well?

Thanks
Udayan

]]> Comment on Explaining Computational Linguistics to friends and family by Eugene http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/08/explaining-computational-linguistics-to-friends-and-family/#comment-3416 Eugene Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:58:33 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/?p=253#comment-3416 Now everyone is talking about the American economy and eclections, nice to read something different. Eugene Now everyone is talking about the American economy and eclections, nice to read something different. Eugene

]]> Comment on Speed learn a language through Esperanto by J. Pablo Fernández http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2007/01/speed-learn-a-language-through-esperanto/#comment-2352 J. Pablo Fernández Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:50:23 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2007/01/speed-learn-a-language-through-esperanto/#comment-2352 You don't generally convince anyone to learn Esperanto, but the more a person hears about it, the more likely he or she is to meet Esperanto with less skepticism the next time; so just mentioning Esperanto to someone is really positive, even if you never get to be the last person in the chain. You don’t generally convince anyone to learn Esperanto, but the more a person hears about it, the more likely he or she is to meet Esperanto with less skepticism the next time; so just mentioning Esperanto to someone is really positive, even if you never get to be the last person in the chain.

]]> Comment on Cooking sour grapes by arafalov http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/cooking-sour-grapes/#comment-2238 arafalov Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:45:29 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/cooking-sour-grapes/#comment-2238 Hi Jess, Glad it got your interest going. I think it is used mostly in Iranian dishes, in soups or some such. So, your theory of using it to replace lemon juice may make sense. I might try it in a dish instead of lemon next time. And the shop's owner did not speak English. So, that's a lead to nowhere. Oh, and if you ever figure out this mystery, I am now in the possession of 'Pepper Soup' mix from an African shop. The ingredients of that mix make for an even stranger story. Hi Jess,

Glad it got your interest going. I think it is used mostly in Iranian dishes, in soups or some such. So, your theory of using it to replace lemon juice may make sense. I might try it in a dish instead of lemon next time.

And the shop’s owner did not speak English. So, that’s a lead to nowhere.

Oh, and if you ever figure out this mystery, I am now in the possession of ‘Pepper Soup’ mix from an African shop. The ingredients of that mix make for an even stranger story.

]]> Comment on Cooking sour grapes by Jess http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/cooking-sour-grapes/#comment-2219 Jess Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:51:15 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/cooking-sour-grapes/#comment-2219 P.S. I tried to look this up too and found the word goureh with the words (sour grapes) behind it, possibly a lead? They use it interchangeably with lemon juice on a variety of dishes. Hang in there and kuddos on trying new things, what a great idea. P.S. I tried to look this up too and found the word goureh with the words (sour grapes) behind it, possibly a lead? They use it interchangeably with lemon juice on a variety of dishes. Hang in there and kuddos on trying new things, what a great idea.

]]> Comment on Cooking sour grapes by Jess http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/cooking-sour-grapes/#comment-2217 Jess Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:43:37 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/cooking-sour-grapes/#comment-2217 I know this may sound like a silly question but have you tried asking the shop's owner what they use this powder to make? Also you may be able to contact a middle eastern restaurant and ask them. Just some ideas that may or may not be obvious. Keep us updated on what you find out, you've piqued my curiosity! I know this may sound like a silly question but have you tried asking the shop’s owner what they use this powder to make? Also you may be able to contact a middle eastern restaurant and ask them. Just some ideas that may or may not be obvious. Keep us updated on what you find out, you’ve piqued my curiosity!

]]> Comment on Bulk converting doc files into txt (or html) by DrNI http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/#comment-1718 DrNI Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:50:45 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/#comment-1718 You could have simply used antiword on the command line. The SVN version of the Web as Corpus ToolKit (WaC TK) includes a module that utilizes antiword to include DOC documents into a corpus. You could have simply used antiword on the command line. The SVN version of the Web as Corpus ToolKit (WaC TK) includes a module that utilizes antiword to include DOC documents into a corpus.

]]> Comment on Bulk converting doc files into txt (or html) by whist http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/#comment-291 whist Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:21:09 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/04/bulk-converting-doc-files-into-txt-or-html/#comment-291 I had a similar problem a few years ago. I finally managed to write a delphi pascal program that could convert doc to txt. But it was very slow and had to be baby-sitted (sat?). It's a perennial problems for corpus building. I had a similar problem a few years ago. I finally managed to write a delphi pascal program that could convert doc to txt. But it was very slow and had to be baby-sitted (sat?). It’s a perennial problems for corpus building.

]]> Comment on Vista repeatedly dropping wireless connection - solution by Matthew http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/06/vista-repeatedly-dropping-wireless-connection-solution/#comment-292 Matthew Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:11:40 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2008/06/vista-repeatedly-dropping-wireless-connection-solution/#comment-292 Hopefully, in less than 30 seconds =) Hopefully, in less than 30 seconds =)

]]> Comment on Story of Human Language - great introductory audio course on linguistics by Alexandre Rafalovitch http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2007/09/story-of-human-language-great-introductory-audio-course-on-linguistics/#comment-253 Alexandre Rafalovitch Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:48:04 +0000 http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2007/09/story-of-human-language-great-introductory-audio-course-on-linguistics/#comment-253 Hi Raegan, Thanks for the links. It is always good to see recommended courses. There is certainly no way to diminish the importance of studying a language. On the other hand, (popular) linguistics may make it easier to tolerate the frustrating parts of learning a language (such as irregular pronunciation and complex tenses) by giving those exceptions interesting historical contexts and, therefore, providing some way to engage the brain and soothe the nerves. Hi Raegan,

Thanks for the links. It is always good to see recommended courses. There is certainly no way to diminish the importance of studying a language.

On the other hand, (popular) linguistics may make it easier to tolerate the frustrating parts of learning a language (such as irregular pronunciation and complex tenses) by giving those exceptions interesting historical contexts and, therefore, providing some way to engage the brain and soothe the nerves.

]]>