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Avoidable Mistakes that Compromise Cooling Performance in Data Centers and Network Rooms
White Papers Avoidable mistakes that are routinely made when installing cooling systems and racks in data centers or network rooms compromise availability and increase costs. This APC white paper examines these typical mistakes, explains their principles...
[October 1, 2009, 9:41]
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
Talkback As a non native speaker of english these mistakes are especially obvious since they translate into pure nonsense. On the other hand, the "should of" mistakes make absolutely no sense in english either, and they're still frequently used.
[June 8, 2006, 17:46]
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
Talkback If a person's content is good I overlook grammer mistakes. I read for ideas after all. If a person's ideas are bad, however, I make fun of their grammer (e.g.then I make fun have they're grammer).
[August 7, 2006, 21:03]
Palm chief admits mistakes
News Although noting that other companies have suffered in this year's tough economy, he acknowledged: "We also made mistakes. Palm chief executive Carl Yankowski began his company's annual shareholders meeting on a conciliatory note Thursday, mindful...
[October 12, 2001, 9:31]
sorry for mistakes
Talkback Really sorry for these silly mistakes. But that doesn't correlate with your post. The point is that most of your annoyances are nothing more than a childish attempt to attract some attention to your person.
[April 19, 2007, 7:25]
HP blames market and 'own mistakes' for results
News Hewlett-Packard fell below expectations for earnings and revenue in its third calendar quarter, a victim of stiff competition in the PC market and its own mistakes. The company reported earnings per share of 23 cents, excluding costs, which fell...
[August 20, 2003, 12:40]
Government: we've learned from our IT mistakes
Talkback Blair's Government have learned as much about mistakes as they have learnt to listen to the electorate. They also learn from mistakes and then go on to repeat the mistakes and throw in a few extras. They listen to the people and then bring in...
[June 20, 2006, 14:03]
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
Talkback Besides, today's grammar mistakes are tomorrow's grammar rules. Given the dumbbing of America, it is pointles to point out misteaks in grammer an speling.
[June 7, 2006, 16:37]
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
Talkback Yeah, see my web page (created July 1998) that covers some of the same spelling mistakes: http://david.tribble.com/text/misspell.html My page is listed on the third page of the Google search: http://www.google.com/search?
[June 6, 2006, 23:20]
Quark faces up to its mistakes
News As it gears up to try to retake market share lost to rival Adobe, Quark has admitted that previous mistakes have hurt the company. At the launch of XPress 7 in Europe on Friday, Quark announced a simpler pricing structure, the return of printed...
[June 5, 2006, 12:05]
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
Talkback I can get a bee in my bonnet seeing common mistakes like the ones listed. Totally! After reading some of the comments, I feel compelled to respond. The one pertaining to the usage of "me". They told me WHY, and that is, use the "me" or "I" in the...
[August 23, 2006, 23:48]
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
Talkback In general your article points out some common unintentional mistakes that people make when converting spoken language into written language. I thought I should point out though that #7, #8, the second half of#9 in your list, and #10, which aren't...
[June 6, 2006, 23:46]
Government: we've learned from our IT mistakes
News The government has learned from its past mistakes in implementing large-scale IT projects, according to the minister responsible for the enormous Connecting For Health programme. Lord Warner was speaking on Friday after the release of a National...
[June 16, 2006, 17:20]
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
Talkback Besides, today's grammar mistakes are tomorrow's grammar rules. Gadfly wrote "Given the dumbbing of America, it is pointles to point out misteaks in grammer an speling. I am assuming you are being sarcastic because your second sentence makes a good...
[June 7, 2006, 16:49]
These are not mistakes - they are business choices
Talkback The 'mistakes' listed above are more business choices: They become ingrained - 'it is the way we have always done it'. The response "well, you have always done it wrong then" rarely wins friends.
[July 22, 2007, 18:49]
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
News It's not necessary to be an editor or a language whiz or a spelling bee triathlete to spot such mistakes. But other times, we try to invest a little care, avoiding mistakes so that there's no confusion about what we're saying and so that we look...
[June 6, 2006, 16:00]
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
Talkback Shouldn't your title have been "10 flagrant grammatical mistakes.
[June 7, 2006, 16:57]
More Tales From the Help Desk: Solutions for Common SAS Mistakes
White Papers In 21 years as a SAS consultant at the Federal Reserve Board, the author has seen SAS users make the same mistakes year after year. This paper reviews some common mistakes and shows how to fix them. In the context of reviewing these mistakes, the...
[June 2, 2007, 1:00]
Top 10 Mistakes on SQL Server
White Papers In this Quest Software white paper, Kevin Kline discusses the top 10 biggest - and widespread - mistakes on SQL Server he's encountered. Kevin then tells you how to apply lessons learned from these mistakes to your current and future IT projects on...
[May 20, 2009, 15:16]
10 flagrant grammar mistakes that make you look stupid
Talkback I wish it was the top 15 or 20 grammar mistakes, though. Great article. One of my pet peeves that didn't make this list is the improper use of "myself". Business professionals, especially, are quilty of sentences such as, "The proposal was written...
[June 7, 2006, 0:11]
