Yet another weird SF fan

Yet another weird SF fan

I'm a mathematician, a libertarian, and a science-fiction fan. Common sense? What's that?

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Yet another weird SF fan

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Spell-Checker Problems

PhD Comics is pointing out a problem with spell checkers. This is not new. I recall WordPerfect 5.1 objecting to “Geophys.” and offering the following suggestions:

gaffes
gaffs
gifts
goofiest
goofs
guffaws

I don't think the program took Geophysics seriously.

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