h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hate to be a pedant, but somebody has left THREE horrible errors in a single sentence, and something has to be said!

Your second paragraph reads:

“The purpose of this series of entries is to show the evolution of computers - whether stationary or semi-sentient artificial intelligences like androids and robots - have been portrayed, and how these portrayals have changed as our knowledge and perceptions of technology has grown.”

This should read:

“The purpose of this series of entries is to show HOW the evolution of computers - whether stationary or semi-sentient artificial intelligences like androids and robots - HAS been portrayed, and how these portrayals have changed as our knowledge and perceptions of technology HAVE grown.”

And this has been edited??!

D.

You'll get a faster response for things like this if you post to A388334 - Editorial Feedback. I've posted a link to this there now, though.

That has been fixed and we are checking the other entries for similar errors.

>>> And this has been edited??!

Yes it has but remember h2g2 is all about feedback like this which improves Guide Entries each step of the way.

Exactly Pedants like us fulfil a vital role around here

I think it's just the old addage of attracting more flies with honey than vinegar...

What? How exactly does that apply in this circumstance? Or is it just too near the end of the day, and I'm confused...

It's the tone of the feedback... but I suppose either way it was provided

Ahh, I see what you mean now

The eds seem to have missed that subtle hint you gave KerrAvon. Maybe this somewhat less subtle post will help ..FULFIL.. our desire for a typo to be corrected.

Count Zero('s a LoONie)

I hate it when I notice an error in one of my LoON posts. So I'll just try to kick a comma from this post into the first sentence of my last so that it will be clear that I was speaking TO KerrAvon and not ABOUT KerrAvon.

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Count Zero('s a sloppy LoONie)

Without the errors in LoONie posts, other LoONies would have nothing to correct...

Yea, but this article still has the 'word' "fulfil" in it.

So it does- I thought that was fixed

As it should - 'fulfil' is the UK spelling of the word.

*checks dictionary* - so it is, well, you learn something every day

Welcome back to Earth

Hey, it's been a long day at the end of a long week. In three quarters of an hour, I'll be finished here, and not back until Wednesday, so my concentration is not at its best

My word, don’t things move fast around here?

Anyway, I’m just dropping in to say thanks to KerrAvon -- page duly noted.

And thanks to the h2g2 Editors from all right-thinking people!

U$ spellings can be a confusion. I’ve just realised that ‘honourable’ needs to be spelled this way -- I thought we dropped the ‘u’ the same as the Yanks! Just shows what constant exposure to $tateside models can do to you!

On the other hand, ‘humorous’ is spelled like this. Stupid language, always said so.