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Post by kevinharrell on Oct 23, 2017 20:12:07 GMT -5
Who can spot the mistake in this advertisement?  |
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Post by tortoise on Oct 23, 2017 20:27:47 GMT -5
infected
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 24, 2017 8:37:32 GMT -5
That's what happens when you rely purely on the computer's spell-check instead of using your own eyes and brain. Many years ago, I had a customer who had us create a reunion invite, something something "Class of '49" something. The computer (as normal) used a single leading quote instead of an apostrophe. When I pointed this out to the customer, he said they have former English teachers in the class and yes he wants it right. When I explained to my digital manager, he argued it with me (yes, with the Grammar Nazi  ) "So you want me to make it wrong." "No, I want you to make it right." "Well, the computer did it that way, the computer knows what it's doing." "Uh, no, the computer doesn't know jack, the computer can't think at all, all it can do is what it's programmed to do. Which in this case is use a single leading quote at the start of a word. Now fix it!" He gave in, fixed it (although he continued to grumble about making it wrong), we ran many copies, customer was thrilled and apparently had a great reunion. Folks, never assume the computer is right. Just watch its auto-correct suggestions for further proof. >'Kat |
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Post by w650 on Oct 24, 2017 19:11:32 GMT -5
I've had several mistakes printed in the letters section of Cyclenews magazine. I'm always writing them in the middle of the night and my fuzzy eyes miss them. Of course I'm not a big company like Genuine, but computers fool us all occasionally.
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Post by wheelbender6 on Oct 24, 2017 21:01:06 GMT -5
I find so many typos in contemporary hard back books. Read a book published before 1990 and you rarely see any typos.
We expect computers to do everything for us.
Proof reading has been a big part of every job I have held, including gritty labor jobs.
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Post by spandi on Oct 24, 2017 23:50:55 GMT -5
Don't worry they also come with disc breaks  |
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 25, 2017 8:56:18 GMT -5
you're so knotty, spandi! 
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 25, 2017 22:32:57 GMT -5
I dunno... I had a 1970 Eldorado with the 500 cid 8.3 liter V8 with a double-pumper carb with barrels the size of beer cans, that was fed by 2 half-inch garden-hose sized lines... It WAS fuel-infected for sure...
Raw fuel was everywhere... ESPECIALLY out the twin sewer-pipe sized exhausts... At idle they'd drip wet gas into little puddles under each pipe. Goose the throttle and a spray of wet fuel went into the air. She gave a whopping 2 mpg in town, and 3-4 on the highway. The whole car was "fuel-infected" and reeked of gasoline.
And you thought flatheads were inefficient... LOL!
Ah, the joys of the hapless seventies... LOL!
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Post by wheelbender6 on Oct 26, 2017 18:15:40 GMT -5
"She gave a whopping 2 mpg in town, and 3-4 on the highway."It sounds like you and your dopple pumper Caddy could solve the world's oil glut all by yourself, Leo. Your great story gave me an excuse to post a pic of Billy Gibbons' Cadzilla. 
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Post by spandi on Oct 27, 2017 6:58:33 GMT -5
Yah gotta have some fun sometime kat! (I once had a fuel infection, but a penicillin shot got rid of it) |
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 27, 2017 8:47:59 GMT -5
Weren't the 70s the era of long lines at gas stations 'cause of some gas crisis? Oh. My. Gosh.  Leo caused the gas crisis!! 'bender, that is a really coo' ride. Dunno how she handles anything besides the smoothest flattest not-a-pothole-anywhere roads  . spandi, you make my head shake. And my mouth smile. >'Kat |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Oct 27, 2017 23:31:43 GMT -5
Wheelbender6...
OOHHH... The "Cadzilla" is one of my all-time FAVORITE customs! What a ride!
Yeah, that old Eldo of mine was a gas-hog on steroids. I traded in a 1968 Coupe DeVille on it. That '68 was a real dream-boat... Solid luxury and comfort, and AMAZING speed. Had the old 472" motor, and even gave really decent mileage for its day (14 city and 17 highway). It was all leather and walnut, with hundreds of pounds of chrome... The Eldo was pretty cheesy compared to it, and of course, kept me broke putting gas in it.... I got SO disgusted I traded it in on a new Chevette! Truly miserable little cars, but still good for their day. About 60hp, and 18 mpg city and 22 highway. It paid for itself in short order just in gas savings... Of course, it couldn't get out of its own way... LOL!
I actually ORDERED it from one of my Chevy dealer clients. You could do that back then. I wanted it all black, with AC and 4-speed manual tranny. I even had a "sound-deadening" package ($6.00) and "extra chrome trim" package ($10.00 if I recall)... It was cute! But I still recall taking it to redline in the first 3 gears, and when shifting to 4th, I was burning up the freeway at 38-mph... Absolute top-end was 70. If I was at WOT, at 70, and turned on the AC, it would drop to 55... Any hills or headwind, and I'd have to kill the AC.
Wow, have cars come a LONG way since then!
My "new" old '04 Honda Accord with her teensy 3.0 liter (180 cid) V6 cranks out 250+ hp, gives 22+ mpg city and 28 highway, is quicker on acceleration and MUCH faster top-end than any muscle car I drove as a kid... And does it all in near silence, with cushy leather and ice-cold AC that barely affects performance of mileage...
Yeah, cars have come a LONG way since the seventies!
Ride safe and enjoy modern technology...
Leo in Texas
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Post by Jarlaxle on Oct 28, 2017 18:19:28 GMT -5
I find so many typos in contemporary hard back books. Read a book published before 1990 and you rarely see any typos. We expect computers to do everything for us. Proof reading has been a big part of every job I have held, including gritty labor jobs. Well...sometimes. TSR's older books are LOADED with mistakes. (Off the top of my head: printing "perfect" as the title of a high-ranking priest, rather than "prefect". In later printings, it was removed...but not fixed.) |
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 29, 2017 10:33:53 GMT -5
Well...sometimes. TSR's older books are LOADED with mistakes. (Off the top of my head: printing "perfect" as the title of a high-ranking priest, rather than "prefect". In later printings, it was removed...but not fixed.) Then again, TSR also thought it was totally fine to use HP Lovecraft's and Michael Moorcock's and Fritz Leiber's creations. Their copyrighted creations. Without asking first if it was okay to use them. So they might have had bigger issues on their collective mind than typos (like avoiding lawsuits...).  |
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Post by w650 on Oct 29, 2017 20:18:07 GMT -5
Over on Modern Vespa it was revealed that this Buddy Kick is Chinese made. It seems that in China 125cc machines are fuel injected. Of course the Vespa dealer that revealed this acknowledged that domestic Chinese market scooters are better than "the inferior products exported to America" but, of course, sneered at Genuine sinking to using Chinese built product.
Frankly, after seeing all the companies using Chinese built machines, from Piaggio to Suzuki, this is just another brick in the wall. People are buying epic numbers of 50cc, Chinese built scooters and riding them to respectable mileages. Genuine is just the latest to join the parade.
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