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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Peter Hayes ] on Friday 06 October 2006 17:41 \__
>
>> In <87k63dbuvx.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxx> Hadron Quark wrote:
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>>
>>>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 06 October 2006 08:29 \__
>>>>
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>>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>>> Spyware threat is growing claims PCWB
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>>| One in two UK businesses have been affected by spyware while 14
>>>>>>| per cent admitted they were unaware of spyware and its effects,
>>>>>>| according to research published today by PC World Business (PCWB).
>>>>>>|
>>>>>>| [...]
>>>>>>|
>>>>>>| "We're more worried about the 54 per cent of businesses that
>>>>>>| report no affect." "The nature of spyware is that it is mostly
>>>>>>| invisible and it
>>>>>
>>>>> effect, not affect ... don't these folk have an editor?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, a second pair of eyes could easily overlook this. And
>>>> spellchecker won;t help. To be fair, all those isolated typos are no
>>>> big deal and I have
>>>
>>> BWahahahahahahha.
>>>
>>> A spell checker won't help? How the hell would you know? You haven't
>>> figured out how to use one yourself.
>>>
>>> That's going straight into my fortune files!
>>
>> I don't understand. A spellchecker isn't a grammar checker or a context
>> checker. The misuse of "affect" and "effect" is very common but wouldn't
>> occur if we had a decent education system that taught the basics.
>
> In that one circumstances I must have been typing with my mind focused on
> something else.
Ah - my apologies. I thought it was killed & yanked directly from the
other text, not copy-typed. I withdraw my remark, as its clearly silly.
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
Q: Heard about the <ethnic> who couldn't spell?
A: He spent the night in a warehouse.
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