Every Important Document You Write Will Contain At Least One Egregious Typographical Error.

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Every important document
you write will contain at least one egregious typographical error.
The more pubic the document, the more embarrassing the error.
-- The Principle of Documentary Fallibility

At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer.
One trivial mistake in syntax can cause hundreds of embarrassing error messages.
canno /skan'oh/ n. An error in a document caused by a scanner glitch, analogous to a typo or thinko.
canno: /skan'oh/ n. An error in a document caused by a scanner glitch, analogous to a typo or {thinko}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...

Every Important Document You Write Will Contain At Least One Egregious Typographical Error.

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