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   Shaun Buzza to Ward Dossche   
   Re: Request   
   12 Mar 22 11:49:46   
   
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    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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