{"id":4921,"date":"2015-11-09T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/?p=4921"},"modified":"2021-12-27T21:13:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T01:13:05","slug":"sorry-citrobacter-news-through-the-looking-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2015\/11\/09\/sorry-citrobacter-news-through-the-looking-glass.html","title":{"rendered":"Sorry, Citrobacter: News Through the Looking Glass."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tLast week&#8217;s accidental experiment with <a href=\"https:\/\/wsbj.com\/sorabji\/2015\/11\/05\/radio-transcription-gobbledygook.html\">Radio Transcription Gobbledygook<\/a> inspired me to set up Dragon&#8217;s speech recognition software a few more times, letting it try its darndest to keep up with the announcers at 1010 WINS, one of two all-news stations in New York. I don&#8217;t know how long I&#8217;ll keep at this but the results provide a wealth of near nonsense with glimmers of recognizable news items of the day. What I&#8217;m looking for is the poetry that arises from this software machine:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>The essence of money is cancerous.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><br \/>\nDude I need at least three days off after stepping on a leg.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Archaeologists are learning as much as they can from the newly uncovered cr\u00eapes under Greenwich Village.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I had the habit of adding two more goals, including antimatter.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sorry, Citrobacter. You requested to go to headquarters. I have no authority for headquarters.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The latest music news on demand shows a destination for pacifists incarcerated in sports and interactive content.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The grass was terrorist related.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Most people can\u2019t even begin to live in this world so that they just have to decide what to do with Tuesday.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Out of control newbies may help hermetically lower your blood type.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Stenosis at the hotel is all about window reporting.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Here\u2019s what you need to know about the bridges and tunnels to Deliverance.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you\u2019re stuck in the gym let us know.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The raw output from which these highlights were chosen is at <a href=\"http:\/\/torturechamber.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">torturechamber.com<\/a>.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week&#8217;s accidental experiment with Radio Transcription Gobbledygook inspired me to set up Dragon&#8217;s speech recognition software a few more times, letting it try its darndest to keep up with the announcers at 1010 WINS, one of two all-news stations in New York. 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