Mar 28, 2008 17:20
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spoon
English
Tech/Engineering
Computers: Software
Mobile phone localization strings
Please explain the meaning of "spoon" in this context:
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Memory full. Delete some video clip items
Memory full. Unable to create message
Memory Management
Message 01
Message 01:there is no spoon
Message cancelled. Memory card not inserted
Message composition failed
......
Thanks in advance,
Maya
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Memory full. Delete some video clip items
Memory full. Unable to create message
Memory Management
Message 01
Message 01:there is no spoon
Message cancelled. Memory card not inserted
Message composition failed
......
Thanks in advance,
Maya
Responses
+3
23 mins
Selected
quote from The Matrix
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/quotes
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Note added at 25 mins (2008-03-28 17:46:04 GMT)
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Spoon boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Spoon boy: There is no spoon.
Neo: There is no spoon?
Spoon boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.
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Note added at 26 mins (2008-03-28 17:47:07 GMT)
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I think it's a little trick the developers played on the client. I don't actually know what they meant by it though.
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Note added at 32 mins (2008-03-28 17:53:22 GMT)
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One thought is that by spoon they meant whatever device is needed to carry out a certain task. For instance, the memory card.
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Note added at 25 mins (2008-03-28 17:46:04 GMT)
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Spoon boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Spoon boy: There is no spoon.
Neo: There is no spoon?
Spoon boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.
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Note added at 26 mins (2008-03-28 17:47:07 GMT)
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I think it's a little trick the developers played on the client. I don't actually know what they meant by it though.
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Note added at 32 mins (2008-03-28 17:53:22 GMT)
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One thought is that by spoon they meant whatever device is needed to carry out a certain task. For instance, the memory card.
Peer comment(s):
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Ken Cox
: Given the proclivities of programmers, it could well be a quotation from The Matrix. As you noted, the intended meaning is less than obvious.
1 day 20 hrs
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Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
1 day 23 hrs
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Reza Mohammadnia
4 days
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Comment: "Thanks to all"
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51 mins
comment
As much as I appreciate Michael's answer for its entertainment value, this is probably a typo or other sort of error. However, as the term 'fork' is used in the software world to refer to a component of a file consising of two related components or a path of a conditional execution process, it is conceivable that a programmer somewhere has given some sort of software object the name 'spoon' (programmers are known to have warped senses of humour).
My recommendation is to ask the client for clarification. If it isn't an error, it is jargon and meaningless to the average user.
My recommendation is to ask the client for clarification. If it isn't an error, it is jargon and meaningless to the average user.
Peer comment(s):
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BrettMN
: It may well be from The Matrix, but you should ask your client for clarification. It's a reference obscure enough for most people that more information is necessary.
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SirReaL
: I totally agree - this must be cleared with the client before proceeding with translation.
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5 hrs
no feed
Spoon means there is no information being fed from one place to another, spoon feed is the simplest form of supplying information. when there is no spoon in, IT it simply means there is no feed coming in , maybe a cable is disconnected.
There is another term called spool, but that has a completely different meaning. and doesn't fit with the original text
Wiktionary;
Verb
Infinitive
to spoon-feed
Third person singular
spoon-feeds
Simple past
spoon-fed
Past participle
spoon-fed
Present participle
spoon-feeding
to spoon-feed (third-person singular simple present spoon-feeds, present participle spoon-feeding, simple past and past participle spoon-fed)
1. To help somebody (usually a baby) to eat using a spoon.
2. To overly pamper or indulge someone, so that they do not act or think for themselves.
3. To deliver information in as basic a manner as possible.
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http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B0001R03X6/ref=cm_cr_pr...
here is a blog on spoon feed. Click on edit and click on find on this page and you will find your answers. Some times it is easy for you to Just put it in search your self.
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Note added at 1 day9 hrs (2008-03-30 02:34:07 GMT)
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It could also be SPOOL, Windows 95 Spool 32 Error
[PDF]
Compact 2000 Printers
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
ribbon core from the ribbon feed spool and push it onto the take-up spool, ... Operation of the printer is controlled automatically from the computer ...
www.blazepoint.co.uk/downloads/drivers/duo_trio/CP2000-OpMa... -
There is another term called spool, but that has a completely different meaning. and doesn't fit with the original text
Wiktionary;
Verb
Infinitive
to spoon-feed
Third person singular
spoon-feeds
Simple past
spoon-fed
Past participle
spoon-fed
Present participle
spoon-feeding
to spoon-feed (third-person singular simple present spoon-feeds, present participle spoon-feeding, simple past and past participle spoon-fed)
1. To help somebody (usually a baby) to eat using a spoon.
2. To overly pamper or indulge someone, so that they do not act or think for themselves.
3. To deliver information in as basic a manner as possible.
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Note added at 1 day9 hrs (2008-03-30 02:25:28 GMT)
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http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B0001R03X6/ref=cm_cr_pr...
here is a blog on spoon feed. Click on edit and click on find on this page and you will find your answers. Some times it is easy for you to Just put it in search your self.
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Note added at 1 day9 hrs (2008-03-30 02:34:07 GMT)
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It could also be SPOOL, Windows 95 Spool 32 Error
[PDF]
Compact 2000 Printers
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
ribbon core from the ribbon feed spool and push it onto the take-up spool, ... Operation of the printer is controlled automatically from the computer ...
www.blazepoint.co.uk/downloads/drivers/duo_trio/CP2000-OpMa... -
Peer comment(s):
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Ken Cox
: with CL 5, you can surely provide some evidence of the suggested meaning in the specific context?
17 hrs
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http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B0001R03X6/ref=cm_cr_pr...
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