A Follow-Up to "The Web is Public Domain"

Re:A Follow-Up to "The Web is Public Domain" by adriennefriend on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @10:33PM (#1912771)

Re: typos.

Can we just do the "put yourself in their shoes" thing for a moment, and consider that she may be heart-broken by all of this, and typed that note through tears? Have you ever attempted to write a note (typed or hand-written), under extreme stress, pain, or frustration? I know I have. It wasn't pretty.

Please, some compassion.

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Re:A Follow-Up to "The Web is Public Domain" by shubber on Tuesday November 16, 2010 @11:50PM (#1912970)

As much as I agree with you, if you're writing a public missive about the future of your company, it doesn't make sense to publish the draft, much less the draft you wrote through heartbroken tears. There's a professional context to consider.

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Re:A Follow-Up to "The Web is Public Domain" by Tyrannosaurs on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @06:21AM (#1913850)

Particularly when if you paste the first paragraph (all three and a bit lines of it) into Word it points out the "Id/I'd" error and two other errors (traveling [sic] and hasnt [sic]).

Zero skill, knowledge or emotional togetherness required.

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Re:A Follow-Up to "The Web is Public Domain" by tesseract on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @09:22AM (#1914286)

> traveling [sic]

I take it you're in the Commonwealth? A US copy of Word shouldn't flag that.

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Re:A Follow-Up to "The Web is Public Domain" by Tyrannosaurs on Friday November 19, 2010 @08:39AM (#1921350)

Fair point but the other two count.

You Americans should get that spell checker bug fixed though. ;-)

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Re:A Follow-Up to "The Web is Public Domain" by scott_s on Wednesday November 17, 2010 @12:08PM (#1914847)

I've written emails during emotional turmoil before, usually related to relationships. I scour those, looking for any instance where what I said could be misinterpreted.

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