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Dangers of spelling correctors
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 14:28:39 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Gene Spafford <spaf () cerias purdue edu> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 14:12:53 -0500 To: dave () farber net Subject: For IP? Dangers of spelling correctors So, in one of my many editorial positions, I sent something out for review to several colleagues. One question I asked was "Is this paper significantly different from the same authors' workshop XYZ paper? If not, then we will not publish it again, as a matter of editorial policy." One of the reviewers returned a review that was negative but insightful. However, it ended with: " I think that the paper published in XYZ Workshop is a core part of this paper, although the authors did add some new excrement results." Well, I think that sums up the rest of the reviews I have seen about the paper, but perhaps a bit more candidly than usual! :-) I asked (politely) if something else had been intended and a transcription error had occurred. I got as a response: "Very Sorry!! It should be "experiment". It's a typo. MS Outlook corrected it as "excrement" when it checks spelling and I didn't pay attention.... Very embarrassing, but it's all Bill Gates' fault." Yet another reason I don't use Outlook..... ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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