Opps! Not again!

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Yet another admission of a mistake?

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Climate scientists withdraw journal claims of rising sea levels

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/21/sea-level-geoscience-retract-siddall

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[SpeedRacer 1]

Why do people on DZ.com spell it as "Opps!" instead of "Oops!"?

I've seen this several times. Is this some sort of pun that's going over my head, or what?

Speed Racer
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[rushmc 23]

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Why do people on DZ.com spell it as "Opps!" instead of "Oops!"?

I've seen this several times. Is this some sort of pun that's going over my head, or what?

If it is I dont know about it

Just my normal spelling conundrum

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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Why do people on DZ.com spell it as "Opps!" instead of "Oops!"?

I've seen this several times. Is this some sort of pun that's going over my head, or what?

Cranky?

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

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Why do people on DZ.com spell it as "Opps!" instead of "Oops!"?

I've seen this several times. Is this some sort of pun that's going over my head, or what?

Must be the schools in the red states.


A search does show its been spelled that way over 500 times.

OOPs has been used over 800

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All quiet, on the Western Front.

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Why do people on DZ.com spell it as "Opps!" instead of "Oops!"?

I've seen this several times. Is this some sort of pun that's going over my head, or what?

Must be the schools in the red states.


A search does show its been spelled that way over 500 times.

OOPs has been used over 800

I think this is worth investigating. I mean, it would be different if it were just occasionally incorrect; but getting it right only 61.538461% of the time in such a large sample - I smell a conspiracy.

Most likely to do with use of cellphones at freefall speed.

" . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

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Why do people on DZ.com spell it as "Opps!" instead of "Oops!"?

I've seen this several times. Is this some sort of pun that's going over my head, or what?

same as prolly for probably? That is really annoying!

yes there is a hole in the ozone layer, ice caps are melting and the sea levels are the same. Things just aren't changing like they thought it would.

Mother Nature just keep making us look like fools.(at least the "experts")

LifeshouldNOTbeajourneytothegravewithawellpreservedbody,buttskidinsideways,cigarinone hand,martiniintheother,bodythoroughlyused upandscreaming:"WOO HOO!! What a ride!!!"

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Yet another admission of a mistake?

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Climate scientists withdraw journal claims of rising sea levels

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/21/sea-level-geoscience-retract-siddall

Once again it seems you did not actually read the article.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

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"Science is a complicated game and there are set procedures in place that act as checks and balances."

The concept of putting checks in place in order to reduce the dissemination of erroneous information is completely foreign in the "new media", as is the interest in retracting misinformation.

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Why do people on DZ.com spell it as "Opps!" instead of "Oops!"?

Perhaps because the "O" and "P" keys are side by side, most people are tossing out a quick post in between other tasks, and it is not a big enough error to go back and edit out. I'm more curious why most of the time instead of typing "and" I type "adn"

You are only as strong as the prey you devour

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I'm more curious why most of the time instead of typing "and" I type "adn"

Clearly your education failed you.

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Clearly your education failed you.

But no. The keyboarding class I took was at a local tech school. My girlfriend was in the same class so she did my assignments so that we could skip out of class early and go park at the lake. I think it was quite the success.

You are only as strong as the prey you devour

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Yet another admission of a mistake?

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Climate scientists withdraw journal claims of rising sea levels

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/21/sea-level-geoscience-retract-siddall

Once again it seems you did not actually read the article.

Remote controlled by JR from the wilderness ??

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Why do people on DZ.com spell it as "Opps!" instead of "Oops!"?

I've seen this several times. Is this some sort of pun that's going over my head, or what?

That's the mistake to which he refers.

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Why do people on DZ.com spell it as "Opps!" instead of "Oops!"?

I've seen this several times. Is this some sort of pun that's going over my head, or what?

same as prolly for probably? That is really annoying!

yes there is a hole in the ozone layer, ice caps are melting and the sea levels are the same. Things just aren't changing like they thought it would.

Mother Nature just keep making us look like fools.(at least the "experts")

"OPPS" is a typo, "prolly" is an illegitimate internet abreviation; not really the same.

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"Science is a complicated game and there are set procedures in place that act as checks and balances."

The concept of putting checks in place in order to reduce the dissemination of erroneous information is completely foreign in the "new media", as is the interest in retracting misinformation.

Yea, that's what peer reviewed journals are for, to keep a few quacks in-line.

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Why do people on DZ.com spell it as "Opps!" instead of "Oops!"?

Perhaps because the "O" and "P" keys are side by side, most people are tossing out a quick post in between other tasks, and it is not a big enough error to go back and edit out. I'm more curious why most of the time instead of typing "and" I type "adn"

I know, I guess it could be sympathetic or something, I dunno. "The" is a killer for me (teh).

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Yea, that's what peer reviewed journals are for, to keep a few quacks in-line.

I'd pay money to see an accountable peer review process in the "news" industry.
Sadly though, the peers aren't much better.

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Yea, that's what peer reviewed journals are for, to keep a few quacks in-line.

I'd pay money to see an accountable peer review process in the "news" industry.
Sadly though, the peers aren't much better.

The news is an opinion driven from the private sector mostly, journals come from many state universities, so checks are necessary via peer-reviews. Peer reviews from the media would just be opions from other for-profit media outlets, I wouldn't put a whole lot on the TV or internet(s).