Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]"Remember: spell-check was written by programmers -- not English majors -- so don't rely upon it being correct." Jon Warren, Programmer On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > Those times started at least a decade ago. Newspapers are really going to > hell. Going back to the '90s, my wife, teaching at a community college, had > to interrupt a near fist fight between a pair of students, one of whom was > the verbal aggressor. Later, she found out why the guy was so hair-trigger: > he was an editor at the local newspaper, the (San Jose) Mercury News, and > had just been laid off. It seemed they didn't need editors any longer. A > computer could do the spell checking. > > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > On May 30, 2013, at 10:40 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > > > PESO: > > > > A sign of the Times: > > > > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-chicago-sun-times-photo-20130530,0,4361142.story > > > > Too depressing to consider. They are blind and will regret this > decision. > > > > Tina > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA