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I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostIt isn't about translating the available text, it's the idea of thinking that they can fill in missing text just because they can read what is available.Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them? Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III:
go with the flow the river knows . . .
Frank
I do not know, therefore everything is in pencil.
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post
It is not about translating in my reference. It was about what the thread was referring to the completing missing text from damages ancient texts by comparing with more complete texts from the same period. As I said I take the Middle road and wait and see what they come up with concerning ancient Middle Eastern texts.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostFrauds wouldn't understand that you don't have to be an expert in cuneiform or any other written language to understand that trying to fill in blank sections is nothing but speculation of the worst sort.
As for your comment on filling in blank sections and offering "speculation of the worst sort", how do you imagine the lacunae in extant Hebrew [and to some extent Christian] texts are construed? Or in other situations where the text has been corrupted?
It is done by using comparative methods, which by their very nature, involve some degree of speculation.
Now [to use a line] write us all "a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform...""It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable
To read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so."
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Porgy & Bess, DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostIf you were to take a book and remove a couple of pages, do you really think you can reproduce the missing pages from the rest of the book? No. All you could do is to offer speculation.
If ___ were to __________ and remove a couple of pages, do _____ think you can reproduce the missing ________ rest of the book? No. All you could __________ speculation.
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Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostAnd of course the uniformed do so like to make emphatic comments on articles that they have not read in full.
Originally posted by Hypatia_Alexandria View PostAs for your comment on filling in blank sections and offering "speculation of the worst sort", how do you imagine the lacunae in extant Hebrew [and to some extent Christian] texts are construed? Or in other situations where the text has been corrupted?
It is done by using comparative methods, which by their very nature, involve some degree of speculation.
Now [to use a line] write us all "a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform..."
This appears to be talking about something missing a great deal more -- dealing with fragments.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostIf you were to take a book and remove a couple of pages, do you really think you can reproduce the missing pages from the rest of the book? No. All you could do is to offer speculation.Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them? Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III:
go with the flow the river knows . . .
Frank
I do not know, therefore everything is in pencil.
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Originally posted by shunyadragon View Post
It is not a matter of removing some pages. It is restoring text within single damaged pages using other pages with more complete text.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostH_A appears to be saying it is more than that, and as I noted, for such minor additions, you really don't need AI to do it.Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them? Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III:
go with the flow the river knows . . .
Frank
I do not know, therefore everything is in pencil.
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