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celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0	Message 1526540 - Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 21:22:56 UTC Last modified: 10 Jun 2014, 21:23:13 UTC This message is SPAM free;) No it's not! Spam spam spam spam, Wonderful Spaaaaam! That felt soooo good. ID: 1526540 ·

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1526545 - Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 21:24:38 UTC - in response to Message 1526540. This message is SPAM free;) No it's not! Spam spam spam spam, Wonderful Spaaaaam! That felt soooo good. No, that's wrong, it WAS SPAM free;)) rOZZ Music Pictures ID: 1526545 ·

celttooth Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0	Message 1526551 - Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 21:27:31 UTC Friends friends, friends friends, Wonderful friennnnnnds! ID: 1526551 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65738 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1526579 - Posted: 10 Jun 2014, 22:12:18 UTC - in response to Message 1526545. This message is SPAM free;) No it's not! Spam spam spam spam, Wonderful Spaaaaam! That felt soooo good. No, that's wrong, it WAS SPAM free;)) Keep your friends close and your fiends closer... ;) The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1526579 ·

Angela Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31	Message 1533043 - Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 3:13:53 UTC My sister came over for dinner tonight and now she and Eric are watching the final three episodes of Game of Thrones. It sounds very gory. I'm glad I'm not watching. For my delight and amusement this evening Eric handed me a draft of a 40 page journal article he wrote. It needs to be proofread before submission - lucky me!!! I think SOMEBODY owes SOMEBODY a big bouquet of flowers... ID: 1533043 ·

James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54	Message 1533098 - Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 6:58:47 UTC - in response to Message 1533043. My sister came over for dinner tonight and now she and Eric are watching the final three episodes of Game of Thrones. It sounds very gory. I'm glad I'm not watching. For my delight and amusement this evening Eric handed me a draft of a 40 page journal article he wrote. It needs to be proofread before submission - lucky me!!! I think SOMEBODY owes SOMEBODY a big bouquet of flowers... Screw the flowers, I think its going to see a play again time. Or even better an opera:) [/quote] Old James ID: 1533098 ·

James Sotherden Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54	Message 1533107 - Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 7:15:40 UTC - in response to Message 1533101. I think SOMEBODY owes SOMEBODY a big bouquet of flowers... AND a visit to a good play as well! p.s. Technical proof reading in the UK costs about Â£10 per thousand words at 250 words/page. I think Eric needs to go to the Opera. In a Tux with tails. [/quote] Old James ID: 1533107 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1533198 - Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 13:06:54 UTC Eric is so lucky to have Angela as a kind trooper. She may or may not understand what she if proofreading. I know it would probably make MY head spin. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1533198 ·

Angela Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31	Message 1533387 - Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 20:56:10 UTC - in response to Message 1533198. Eric is so lucky to have Angela as a kind trooper. She may or may not understand what she if proofreading. I know it would probably make MY head spin. I am only looking for things not caught by spell and grammar checkers. A spell checker will not catch incorrect word usage. A grammar checker might notice a verb tense change mid-sentence, but not across larger passages of text. Also, it still takes a real person to know when a sentence is awkwardly written. I always find lots of little things that need correcting. I also still accidentally over-correct, because scientists have unique ways of expressing themselves at times. I just flag things that I think are "off" and Eric decides what does and does not get changed in the next draft. I certainly do not understand the technical aspects of Eric's papers. For general proofreading purposes this is actually an advantage. If I fully understood what I was reading, my eyes and my brain would fill in the gaps that a proofreader is tasked with finding. I have a Master's Degree in Speech Pathology, not a Ph.D in physics. I would not be able to spot an error in an equation, a table, a figure or a graph. Learning does occur on my part, but it only goes so far. Proofreading Eric's papers for more than 20 years has given me the ability to read an abstract and understand how the findings of that paper might shed some light on the general research questions involved in the study of interstellar medium. (And even better, now when I go to the obligatory "banquet" dinners at astronomy conferences, I know if I am standing in the buffet line next to somebody who is famous!!!) ID: 1533387 ·

kittyman Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004	Message 1533422 - Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 21:48:21 UTC - in response to Message 1533387. Eric is so lucky to have Angela as a kind trooper. She may or may not understand what she if proofreading. I know it would probably make MY head spin. I am only looking for things not caught by spell and grammar checkers. A spell checker will not catch incorrect word usage. A grammar checker might notice a verb tense change mid-sentence, but not across larger passages of text. Also, it still takes a real person to know when a sentence is awkwardly written. I always find lots of little things that need correcting. I also still accidentally over-correct, because scientists have unique ways of expressing themselves at times. I just flag things that I think are "off" and Eric decides what does and does not get changed in the next draft. I certainly do not understand the technical aspects of Eric's papers. For general proofreading purposes this is actually an advantage. If I fully understood what I was reading, my eyes and my brain would fill in the gaps that a proofreader is tasked with finding. I have a Master's Degree in Speech Pathology, not a Ph.D in physics. I would not be able to spot an error in an equation, a table, a figure or a graph. Learning does occur on my part, but it only goes so far. Proofreading Eric's papers for more than 20 years has given me the ability to read an abstract and understand how the findings of that paper might shed some light on the general research questions involved in the study of interstellar medium. (And even better, now when I go to the obligatory "banquet" dinners at astronomy conferences, I know if I am standing in the buffet line next to somebody who is famous!!!) You ubiquitous gurl, you. Meows of respect coming your way. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster ID: 1533422 ·

Angela Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13130 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31	Message 1533708 - Posted: 29 Jun 2014, 18:02:40 UTC - in response to Message 1533422. You ubiquitous gurl, you. Meows of respect coming your way. LOL!!! A spell checker will not catch incorrect word usage. ID: 1533708 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30640 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 1543425 - Posted: 17 Jul 2014, 21:01:53 UTC I Hate NSF. Especially when it is a good customer. ID: 1543425 ·

zoom3+1=4 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65738 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49	Message 1543510 - Posted: 17 Jul 2014, 22:19:59 UTC ARGH!!! Klingons love guile... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's ID: 1543510 ·

tullio Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 9 Apr 04 Posts: 8797 Credit: 2,930,782 RAC: 1	Message 1543642 - Posted: 18 Jul 2014, 2:45:39 UTC From "The UNIX programming environment" by B.W.Kernighan and R.Pike: style(1) and diction(1) analyze punctuation, grammar and language usage. The style and diction programs are described in "Computer aids for writers" by Lorinda Cherry, SIGPLAN Symposium on Text Manipulation, Portland, Oregon,(June 1981). Good old UNIX days. Tullio ID: 1543642 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30640 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 1544036 - Posted: 18 Jul 2014, 22:23:17 UTC AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA It happened again! ID: 1544036 ·

Julie Volunteer moderator Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34053 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18	Message 1545794 - Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 12:06:01 UTC - in response to Message 1544036. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA It happened again! What??? Did the rich folks take over the world again??? Old news... ;) rOZZ Music Pictures ID: 1545794 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30640 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 1545938 - Posted: 22 Jul 2014, 16:04:45 UTC - in response to Message 1545794. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA It happened again! What??? Did the rich folks take over the world again??? Old news... ;) No, rich folks with rubber checks. ID: 1545938 ·

Es99 Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0	Message 1546136 - Posted: 23 Jul 2014, 2:13:39 UTC - in response to Message 1545938. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA It happened again! What??? Did the rich folks take over the world again??? Old news... ;) No, rich folks with rubber checks. That's how they stay rich ;) Reality Internet Personality ID: 1546136 ·

Donald L. Johnson Send message Joined: 5 Aug 02 Posts: 8240 Credit: 14,654,533 RAC: 20	Message 1546245 - Posted: 23 Jul 2014, 6:20:02 UTC - in response to Message 1545938. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA It happened again! What??? Did the rich folks take over the world again??? Old news... ;) No, rich folks with rubber checks. Oh, THAT NSF...... Donald Infernal Optimist / Submariner, retired ID: 1546245 ·

Gary Charpentier Volunteer tester Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30640 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32	Message 1546517 - Posted: 23 Jul 2014, 21:58:13 UTC I hate quarter end! six different GD tax forms not counting payment coupons ID: 1546517 ·

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