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Oct 26, 2004, 11:04 PM
 
"Apple's QuickTime won't likely be used on mobile phones in the near phone"

http://www.macnn.com/news/26764

Riiiiiiight...
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Oct 27, 2004, 04:13 AM
 
Peoples.
     
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Oct 27, 2004, 09:50 AM
 
"mobile handseets" = Bananaphone
     
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Oct 27, 2004, 09:55 AM
 
yeah the spell checking has been kinda poor as of late.
     
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Oct 27, 2004, 10:24 AM
 
The Spellchecker is only as good as the user.

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Oct 27, 2004, 10:26 AM
 
Originally posted by wdlove:
The Spellchecker is only as good as the user.
very true. too many people rely on spell checkers.
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Oct 27, 2004, 10:52 AM
 
Originally posted by wdlove:
The Spellchecker is only as good as the user.
It's because its a spell czech, as DtM has pointed out before !
How would they know about English... ?

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Oct 27, 2004, 03:27 PM
 
uh, nothing was misspelled in that example. proof reading would have caught it though.

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Oct 27, 2004, 03:32 PM
 
Originally posted by rjenkinson:
uh, nothing was misspelled in that example. proof reading would have caught it though.

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tru, this is simply an error of not checking your work. i think thats why wdlove said "the spell checker is only as good as its user."
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Nov 8, 2004, 11:10 PM
 
They are at it again:

"Virginia Tech's G5 super computer looses some ground"

http://www.macnn.com/news/26891
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Nov 9, 2004, 06:08 AM
 
Originally posted by Disgruntled Head of C-3PO:
They are at it again:

"Virginia Tech's G5 super computer looses some ground"

http://www.macnn.com/news/26891
They Fixed™ it
     
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Nov 9, 2004, 07:40 AM
 
Originally posted by Powaqqatsi:
They Fixed™ it
OMG THEY'RE WATCHING US!!!
     
   
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