Die-hard fans, except during rush hour
Published 12:07 am Sunday, September 16, 2007
The Huskies took a beating from the Buckeyes on Saturday, losing 33-14. Dawg fans cleared the stadium pretty fast toward the end of the game. No doubt they figured the only thing that might be worse than the final score was the traffic they’d face if they stuck around to see what score was.
Venezuelan officials said they’ve set the world record for largest pot of soup with a vat containing 3,960 gallons.
The vat was only three-quarters full for “security reasons,” according to the food minister. Apparently the government was worried that people in scuba gear might figure out the secret ingredient.
IBM is developing a program that uses an animated character to act as a sign-language interpreter for deaf people. The system converts spoken words to text, then translates it into sign language, and the digital person makes the gestures.
It sounds nifty — as long as it works better than some of those online language translators, which sometimes encourage unwary novices to say things like “Your mother is a fat toadstool” when they mean “This mutton is terrific!”
In that case, IBM might see a few gestures that won’t take a knowledge of sign language to understand.
