Re: Testing job applicants

[Ariel Scolnicov <ariels@compugen.co.il>]

albaugh@agames.com (Mike Albaugh) writes:

> [...]
> 	And no one will be able to read any of the old books, because
> they are "too hard", and besides, everybody's vocabulary will be shot
> to hell from reading and writing "spell-checked" prose that is more
> like "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut" than actual English Prose. I found several
> of this sort of error in Neal Stephenson's new "Cryptonimicon". Apparently
> even major publishers like Hearst/Avon have replaced proofreaders
> will spelling-checker software...

All the errors I saw were concentrated in the second half of the
book.  It almost looks like the editor got bored after the first 450
pages.

Pity, really.  But at least people will still be able to read it 50
years hence...

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