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|    Shaun Buzza to Ward Dossche    |
|    Re: Request    |
|    12 Mar 22 11:49:46    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A46       MSGID: 1:229/110 b78d2b9e       REPLY: 2:292/854 1006352a       TZUTC: -0500        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       pibbs.sytes.net              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)        * Origin: PiBBS (1:229/110)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 18/200 90/1 105/81 106/201 120/340 123/131 129/330       SEEN-BY: 129/331 153/7715 218/700 226/30 227/114 229/110 200 206 307       SEEN-BY: 229/317 400 424 426 428 664 700 240/5832 266/512 282/1038       SEEN-BY: 292/854 301/1 317/3 320/219 322/757 342/200 396/45 460/58       SEEN-BY: 633/280 712/848       PATH: 229/110 426           |
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