From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 5e35320c for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2020 15:30:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id BF4369BD86; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 01:30:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 778C19BCEC; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 01:30:10 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="uNqZHpDg"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D9B7C9BCEC; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 01:30:08 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ed1-f46.google.com (mail-ed1-f46.google.com [209.85.208.46]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E8C359BCEB for ; Wed, 12 Feb 2020 01:30:07 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ed1-f46.google.com with SMTP id c26so5103670eds.8 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2020 07:30:07 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=SV4kWZCeg/s04fLjjVUCmAsmr1ConJb6HvkdtSxXkxg=; b=uNqZHpDgnZQM2CCtyJoQFLj93smnui9YW/kOXKjO48aV4A5Jpcs2e6XG2uR+Y/0WMG TfvR23qx4Pns4fqHaa9zIIlh4FUNqz74kWLPbGHr9+KgpYC64/6WX/+KAYQPNM11hi35 eDfpiL5nZhYD7i+Gl/GbJ8yCTQKvCFsrSePTYpuK8J8MQoiZ7a+tr99ZrULAHiO1kCyV C7QiYUIucvPYGGThDD2eKLI2eElCcn8OqSSRQZ2gYeCsnpA2NPtBgz0J/UGuXoqQh4U7 8ztwXrX6b9FZhYDsfD2mHMPXF4PKSGlhNaZW+jqLk6JppDq5Uq3rz9OyINDNsd46h+Qg aCBw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=SV4kWZCeg/s04fLjjVUCmAsmr1ConJb6HvkdtSxXkxg=; b=XKvIaGDmNe+i+CfNmzwJ1y9C3HNnTpK/yzO7il1RwBHhoEqCIMZ4/Kk0j+hCyYx3KU nny8cJfBTh0J5jNxvbQZlAIzQ2loQtoceUCwEXzo3evjueijouEaBlKLSRINC+uYQMvx 4X8kOqfWksAHTehNYu8Cn9Wo2JBP/EI92/ziGwrRUCLfsfQwYp/7FjU3BHNgQG63Bycp I1DQ/a1o50RaV472qSl4cQuCaUwW+u9fkkI2sauMWfdqB8Vkyr1YZz30qae7B7f9LzXT OR7prvqsdDY1jk0Xm9RT969DVMNgmoXdFmE7Nl+bwbA5UsYQ6bqbXjG55RKrT6sYSBIe CYVQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWnpSob8L6sljVbrBeeT7TFAiGwNUQUF+Uf/P1ZlNbyHQiRam5V mecilquG4s53wGKXWNpi2Rn5VLCsaibUVavTQr9C X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxVKKPLj19F3Hdy/nu6c7MXe2tcMvb//GDFDnzvcnm6MC4V0WWET03FLSjhukCsC03hckXt5CuwWBOrmIZ/ZGo= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:aec7:: with SMTP id me7mr6503455ejb.81.1581435005307; Tue, 11 Feb 2020 07:30:05 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <202002110332.01B3WwWE015186@tahoe.cs.Dartmouth.EDU> In-Reply-To: From: Mike Markowski Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 10:29:53 -0500 Message-ID: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000ba1003059e4e872b" Subject: Re: [TUHS] V9 shell [was Re: Warner's Early Unix Presentation] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000ba1003059e4e872b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" My favorite example is a business trip my wife took. Her surname is Hsi which was "corrected" to His at the site she visited. Upon arrival it took her several *hours* to work out with the security folks that Ms Hsi was not impersonating Ms His. (That says as much about the security group as it does about autocorrect, I suppose.) Mike Markowski On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 9:38 AM Clem Cole wrote: > Amen. As a dyslexic (which most often shows when I'm typing as you folks > have experienced) autocorrect generally is a PITA. FWIW: Grammerly > works well for me. It underlines in dotted red and lets me look at what it > thinks it should be - where I can accept it or not. > > Doug -- I agree DWIM was just silly.... UCB's Pascal system (pix) tried > it also and let's just say it failed as I explain in a comment /answer on > quora ( > https://www.quora.com/When-you-are-programming-and-commit-a-minor-error-such-as-forgetting-a-semicolon-the-compiler-throws-an-error-and-makes-you-fix-it-for-yourself-Why-doesn-t-it-just-fix-it-by-itself-and-notify-you-of-the-fix-instead > ). > > Clem > > --000000000000ba1003059e4e872b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
My favorite example is a business trip my wife took.= =C2=A0 Her surname is Hsi which was "corrected" to His at the sit= e she visited.=C2=A0 Upon arrival it took her several *hours* to work out w= ith the security folks that Ms Hsi was not impersonating Ms His.=C2=A0 (Tha= t says as much about the security group as it does about autocorrect, I sup= pose.)

Mike Markowski

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020= at 9:38 AM Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> wrote:

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