Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!bu.edu!telecom-request From: 0003209613@mcimail.com (Sandy Kyrish) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: The Press and Numbers Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 91 15:21:00 GMT Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 20 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 221, Message 4 of 13 If Doug Davis is going to be so snide about journalists' inability to multiply numbers correctly, perhaps he should be a bit more careful not to misspell "fraudulently" seven times in a single document. After all, if he is better than a journalist, then he should be in complete mastery of all journalistic skills. What I'm really complaining about is the number of Digest readers who seem to live for the opportunity to find fault with other people's statements. Every time we laugh at "outsiders" for making technological mistakes, we are proving that we see technology as a special priesthood that only the scrupulously worthy can join. The fact is, technology exists in society, and plain old people are periodically going to make technical mistakes about it. Personally, I don't find poking fun at them an ego trip. Sandy Kyrish 320-9613@mcimail.com