Dec. 13th, 2003

Buffalo!!

Dec. 13th, 2003 11:09 pm
alexr_rwx: (upside-down)
So you're aware that there are an infinite number of valid sentences in most languages, because they're recursively defined.

But know this: there are an infinite number of valid, meaningful (well...) English sentences that contain only the word "buffalo". And this is the most wonderful discovery ever made, ever.

From Russell and Norvig's Artificial Intelligence, a Modern Approach:
Here are two sentences from the language:
Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo..

In case you don't believe these are sentences, here are two English sentences with corresponding syntactic structure:
Dallas cattle bewilder Denver cattle.
Chefs London critics admire cook French food.


Life is good. I've been laughing for several minutes...
alexr_rwx: (my fandom writes your software)
ALEXANDER,

The final exams have been graded and you earned a 88. Your grade for the
semester has been computed and you are receiving a A for the course.

Steve


Steve is a TA for cs4600, that AI course that I was taking until Thursday.

*bursts out laughing* Wheeeeeee! I was sure that a grade much worse than 'A' was coming my way... Damn, it feels good to be a gangsta. Or a recipient of an 'A' in a class that I cared about rather a lot. Either way, I suppose.

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