Comments on: Waifish http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/ Screams in the Night Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Bill http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-882 Bill Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:42:21 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-882 I don't know what's more disturbing: how fast you drank the koolaid or if you didn't answer my call because you were too busy commenting on my blog. I don’t know what’s more disturbing: how fast you drank the koolaid or if you didn’t answer my call because you were too busy commenting on my blog.

]]> By: Jim http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-881 Jim Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:39:27 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-881 The reason google's spell checker is better than Word, aspell, etc, is that it's constantly learning. People who did what you do feed it data of how people misspell words, so it gets better. Unfortunately, Word and aspell don't have this functionality to improve their dictionaries. So they rely on heuristics that remain constant. And when you search, don't forget to pay attention to those delicious and informative text ads. Woo! The reason google’s spell checker is better than Word, aspell, etc, is that it’s constantly learning. People who did what you do feed it data of how people misspell words, so it gets better.

Unfortunately, Word and aspell don’t have this functionality to improve their dictionaries. So they rely on heuristics that remain constant.

And when you search, don’t forget to pay attention to those delicious and informative text ads. Woo!

]]> By: Bill http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-880 Bill Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:19:35 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-880 Even those can't get my spelling of convience! Even those can’t get my spelling of convience!

]]> By: Christopher Smith http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-879 Christopher Smith Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:22:33 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-879 Oh come on Bill. You should have long since learned to use things like ispell, aspell, and dict. You just aren't Unixy enough for your own good. Oh come on Bill. You should have long since learned to use things like ispell, aspell, and dict. You just aren’t Unixy enough for your own good.

]]> By: Bill http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-878 Bill Thu, 02 Nov 2006 15:00:00 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-878 For Google conversions, I really prefer converting the speed of light to fathoms per fortnight: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=c+to+fathoms+per+fortnight&btnG=Search For Google conversions, I really prefer converting the speed of light to fathoms per fortnight:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=c+to+fathoms+per+fortnight&btnG=Search

]]> By: neb http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-877 neb Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:01:35 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-877 Calvin Klein Calvin Klein

]]> By: khayman http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-876 khayman Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:40:56 +0000 http://wdr1.com/blog/2006/10/31/waifish/#comment-876 Since discovering the dictionary.com bookmark keyword in Firefox that's been my primary spell checker and definition hander-outer. But Google is still my default calculator. Because, really where else can you do this: 185 pounds in stone 185 pounds = 13.2142857 stone Since discovering the dictionary.com bookmark keyword in Firefox that’s been my primary spell checker and definition hander-outer. But Google is still my default calculator.

Because, really where else can you do this:
185 pounds in stone
185 pounds = 13.2142857 stone

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