Please create an account to participate in the Slashdot moderation system

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Footnotes, that's why (Score 1) 368

If you write about a society to far in the future and want to show all the changes probable by then, your work will consist mostly of footnotes and explanations and definitions. Not a great way to tell a story.

Comment So is anyone else bothered by this (Score 1) 82

So I have been noticing that people, especially when interviewed, have developed this bad habit of beginning every statement with an unnecessary 'so'. So this is really starting to annoy me. So lately everytime I listen to a podcast or watch a video that word jars me like a electrical shock. So I know it's coming, and I pray that the speaker will recognize that it is a problem. So but they don't. So will this ever go away?

Comment Random sample from one paper (Score 1) 137

"The University of Siegen in Germany working in the research and development of an autonomous unmanned ground vehicle (DORIS) project as in figure 1. As it is still a work-in-progress, a problem has been identified in the de- signing and implement a speed control system for DORIS_1 and DORIS_2 where a mechanical transmission and Hydro- static transmission used. An electro hydraulic servo system developed for DORIS_3 [1]." They do not waste monies on grammar the editing.

Slashdot Top Deals

HELP!!!! I'm being held prisoner in /usr/games/lib!

Working...