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ITT, MacNN hires me. (or, USE SPELL CHECK.)
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Sweet merciful jebus.
Over the past couple of weeks (months even), I've noticed the quality of the front page degrade into sub-fecal levels. Granted, the coverage is quite good, IT'S THE GRAMMAR AND SPELLING THAT SUCKS.
What is making me go off now?
MacNN came out of the closet to say:
U.K. reader reports receiving "Panther" shi
PANTHER **** EH?
::bangs head on desk::
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2001
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Uh, I agree: bad editing is bad.
It's nott terribly common on the MacNN front page, though. Not as good as the NYT, but you can go a week without a glaring error.
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Actual conversation between UCLA and Stanford during a login on early Internet - U: I'm going to type an L! Did you get an L? S: I got one-one-four. L! U:Did you get the O? S: One-one-seven. U: <types G> S: The computer just crashed.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Oct 2002
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I read it as excitement. As in:
I GOT PANTHER EARLY OH SHI
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