Subj : Re: Request
To   : Ward Dossche
From : Shaun Buzza
Date : Sat Mar 12 2022 11:49:46

 WD> SB> Hahaha, I didn't even see the typo when I first read it! (^_^)
 WD>  
 WD> The thing with typos is that most of the time you don't see them
 WD> yourself when rereading because you know what you wanted it to read and
 WD> just flah over it. 
 WD> As a result, kind of, the first "Law of Dossche" on on-line based
 WD> communication
 WD> 
 WD> came into being. I noticed the man whose name we're not supposed to
 WD> mention was
 WD> 
 WD> always correcting others and in the process of doing so injected other
 WD> new errors because he didn't notice them ...
 WD>  
 WD>   "When correcting the spelling of someone's writings in an 
 WD>   internet forum, the probability of introducing a new error 
 WD>   approaches 1"
 WD>  
 WD> So, did you notice Nick's typo?

I assume you're talking about the missing apostrophe?

You know, you really should publish these Dossche Laws. I mean, they might not
be as popular as Asimov's Three Laws, but I still think it would be a fun read.

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
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