The auto-replace function can save you a lot of hassle when writing or editing a paper. You want to change all ampersands to the word “and”? No problem. You realize you’ve left a letter out of someone’s last name? Easy as pie. You think people with descriptive last names actually embody those names? Umm, yeah… [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Idiot of the Day: American Family Association confuses people’s names and sexual orientations
Posted: July 1, 2008 in idiocy0
As if the chance of accidentally sending love letters to your boss wasn’t enough, new study finds 1/3 of IT admins read your work email
Posted: July 1, 2008 in TechnologyTags: email, privacy
It is always embarrassing to have private information about yourself shared in a public manner. For example, if you share a secret with a friend, who then gets drunk and regales everyone at a party about the time you [insert highly embarrassing "secret" here], that really sucks. Or how about the time you accidentally reply [...]