On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 10:53:19AM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> Wendell Cochran wrote:
>
> >Hmmmmmmm. If I were hiring nowadays, I'd search mailing-list
> >archives for posts by applicants who made the final list. And I'd
> >award demerits, too, for apostrophe's, speling, & similar signs of
> >abusing everyday tools.
> >
> >
>
> Again; take things with a grain of salt. You misspelled "speling",
> although I know you can spell it. And a couple of days ago I googled for
> myself and found a quote attributed to me that contained profanity which
> I definitely did not post. I would hope I'd be asked by the interviewer
> about any questionable postings before he just dismissed me outright on
> the basis of a misquote.
Uh ... "modprobe humor". The spurious apostrophe and the misspelling
are there on purpose :-)
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