Do you make mistakes?

[lawrocket 3]

Has anyone here noticed how willing many people are to jump on a poorly chosen word or an incorrect word and use that as a seeming demonstration of the utter idiocy or a person? I've been guilty of it in the past.

So I wrote "in the red" instead of "in the black." FUCK! Who'd have thunk that such an error would be so overly blown.

See this post: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3148412#3148412

"when a person says enough stuff in public, mistakes will be made."

It's the problem with the damned argumentative nature. Let us not let this slide.

And when people make mistakes that you KNOW to be "mistakes" why don't you not harp on it. OR indicate, "That doesn't make sense."

Most importantly - show some anatomy and actually own up to them.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[skymiles 3]

Like I said in the original post, we all knew it was a mistake and what you really meant. Some people like to jump on honest mistakes or poor word choices. It makes me bitter.

Phil

[idrankwhat 0]

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Has anyone here noticed how willing many people are to jump on a poorly chosen word or an incorrect word and use that as a seeming demonstration of the utter idiocy or a person? I've been guilty of it in the past.

So I wrote "in the red" instead of "in the black." FUCK! Who'd have thunk that such an error would be so overly blown.

See this post: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3148412#3148412

"when a person says enough stuff in public, mistakes will be made."

It's the problem with the damned argumentative nature. Let us not let this slide.

And when people make mistakes that you KNOW to be "mistakes" why don't you not harp on it. OR indicate, "That doesn't make sense."

Most importantly - show some anatomy and actually own up to them.

IMO, you absolutely HAVE to own up to your mistakes. Otherwise the remainder of what you say will be suspect.

[nerdgirl 0]

Of course!

My frequent edits are due to correcting grammatical and spelling errors.

I make speculative predictions; being wrong is an inherent risk of that endeavor.

We all misspeak/mis-type, e.g., an anecdote I wrote about some months ago: couple years back I accidently said “Czechoslovakia” at an international meeting, when I should have said the “Czech Republic.” Very not good.

VR/Marg

Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters.
Tibetan Buddhist saying

[tmaricle55 0]

I make mistakes DAILY!!

Although, I do find it rather amusing that some people post in SC forums to note a "change". Suddenly to be taken serious as if this wipes the slate clean. To claim one thing (I am a good _____) but to have so many bad examples of ( _____ ) does make one wonder. Feel free to insert whatever makes you happy in the blanks!

*rant over*

To go back to your question... YES!!

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Yeah, I noticed and I think it's funny!

[JackC 0]

Frequently. The point is to try and minimise them, own up to the ones you make and correct them if possible.

It seems to me that the internet is a place where shoddy workmanship is the norm. People generally don't proof read what they type, they rarely use correct grammar or bother to check their spelling. General standards are low on the net.

I think the increasing acceptability of piss poor standards is one of the main reasons why "everything is shit these days" as Vortexring recently pointed out. Init.

[rehmwa 2]

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I've been guilty of it in the past.

Isn't that a redundant sentence?

It's not like you "have been" guilty of it in the future

And if it's the present tense, then it would be "I am" rather than "I have"

I not sure, based on this, that I can believe anything in this thread.

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[lawrocket 3]

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It seems to me that the internet is a place where shoddy workmanship is the norm.

True true! Part of it is my, "I've got 90 seconds before the phon conference. I'll put out a quick response."

And I understand that others have those limitations, too.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[DSE 5]

I'm generally of the approach that I've made more mistakes than I've made successes. I tend to believe I fail more than most people attempt.
My posts here reflect that, I've had to eat crow on more than one occasion here (and other forum communities). Blow it off. Perfection is for pussies that accomplish less.

[AWL71 0]

No worries. The grammar police and the "always right" crowd are good for a laugh. If you take the time to harp on someones grammar or typo then that says more about that person as a whole. They need to lighten up. Some people...

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

[idrankwhat 0]

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No worries. The grammar police and the "always right" crowd are good for a laugh. If you take the time to harp on someones grammar or typo then that says more about that person as a whole. They need to lighten up. Some people...

I agree with you for the most part. However when grammar, spelling and typos are so prominent that you can't even understand the point that's being asserted, I've got a problem with that. I've read some that don't make any sense in any context and I feel the need to have it clarified just in case something was being said about my mother.

[SkyPiggie 0]

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"when a person says enough stuff in public, mistakes will be made."

Most importantly - show some anatomy and actually own up to them.

Ding ding ding! Yep, some people have such huge egos that they just cannot bring themselves ever to admit that something they said was wrong. So they keep inventing different nuances to try and explain away their mistake. Or they just claim that everyone else is stupid for not understanding what they meant. And so it goes...

Such people get little serious attention from me.

[quade 4]

I think that most people make simple mistakes (like a typo) frequently. I really have no issues with that.

However, when somebody makes a claim about something and then gives incorrect information to support that claim, well, yes, I do feel compelled to point out the flaws in their information.

I'll admit that sometimes this is just a bit of trivial non-sense. There are other times where I do believe it would be irresponsible to let the insanity continue.

Recently I had a friend claim that he had ridden his scooter 10,000 miles. He claimed he did this over the course of 500 hours. The "problem" I had with the claim was that his scooter has a maximum speed of 12.5 mph. Yeah, I pointed it out to him.

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[Andrewwhyte 1]

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I've been guilty of it in the past.

Isn't that a redundant sentence?

It's not like you "have been" guilty of it in the future

And if it's the present tense, then it would be "I am" rather than "I have"

I not sure, based on this, that I can believe anything in this thread.

It is not a redundant sentence. It is the correct congegation of the past imperfect of the verb "to be".

[rehmwa 2]

If you had eyes to observe, you'd notice I made no claim of redundancy, I merely questioned "IF" it was redundant. Therefore, even if your somewhat specious grammatical analysis has a grain of accuracy in it, I'd still not be incorrect in not stating the inaccuracy of the post. Technically.

however, for argument's sake

again, how is "I've been guilty of it in the past" different from "I've been guilty of it" ????



hmmmm?

Well? I'm waiting

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[rehmwa 2]

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again, how is "I've been guilty of it in the past" different from "I've been guilty of it" ????

hmmmm?

Well? I'm waiting

Your silence validates my point. Deafeningly so.

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[rwieder 0]

All humans are prone to make mistakes on a daily basis, one more than one occasion.

"Man is the only mammal that blushes, or needs to"

-Richard-
"You're Holding The Rope And I'm Taking The Fall"

[Andrewwhyte 1]

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If you had eyes to observe, you'd notice I made no claim of redundancy, I merely questioned "IF" it was redundant. Therefore, even if your somewhat specious grammatical analysis has a grain of accuracy in it, I'd still not be incorrect in not stating the inaccuracy of the post. Technically.

"Technically." is not a sentence; it is not even a clause. You are in no position whatsoever to lecture anyone on grammar.

[lawrocket 3]

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again, how is "I've been guilty of it in the past" different from "I've been guilty of it" ????

hmmmm?

Well? I'm waiting

Your silence validates my point. Deafeningly so.

Okay. That's funny! Waiting one minute.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[rehmwa 2]

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You are in no position whatsoever to lecture anyone on grammar.

My position was sitting. But, apparently, I stand corrected.

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[jcd11235 0]

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All humans are prone to make mistakes on a daily basis, one more than one occasion.

"Man is the only mammal that blushes, or needs to" - Mark Twain

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[SkyPiggie 0]

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Recently I had a friend claim that he had ridden his scooter 10,000 miles. He claimed he did this over the course of 500 hours. The "problem" I had with the claim was that his scooter has a maximum speed of 12.5 mph. Yeah, I pointed it out to him.

Yeah, but maybe those were all downhill miles.

[kelpdiver 2]

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c) only with women.

[kelpdiver 2]

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Recently I had a friend claim that he had ridden his scooter 10,000 miles. He claimed he did this over the course of 500 hours. The "problem" I had with the claim was that his scooter has a maximum speed of 12.5 mph. Yeah, I pointed it out to him.

I suppose a bike that can only go 12.5mph isn't like to have an odometer. Frankly, I'd prefer a bicycle where I can go 18 without great effort.

It's very easy to me to estimate the miles I put on the motorcycles I've owned, within 5%. It's much more difficult to guess the hours that it's taken, since that's a mix of full speed commutes (80mph), city riding(0-30), and high traffic lanesplitting (15) So maybe I have 2000 hours for 100k miles presuming 50mph average, but there's a much greater error range.

[PLFXpert 0]

As I grow older I make more. I haven't yet decided if that's a good thing.

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.