Oh lighten up. The supposedly offensive post was just an attempt at
being entertaining. Nothing wrong with that and it was better than this
spittle.

The original:
"To send us off on another tangent, and one that I haven't seen mentioned
in this thread before, it's "ded-reckoning", not "dead-reckoning". The
"ded" stands for "deduced", not whatever "dead" might stand for other
than the obvious."

We now return you to your regularly scheduled navigation argument.

Peter Duniho wrote:
"Marc J. Zeitlin" wrote in message
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[...]
I'm willing to admit when I'm wrong - are you?


Sure. I'm not perfect. I have admitted to being wrong several times here,
the rare instances it happened.

My post was less-than-kind simply because your post was as well. I realize
Usenet is the perfect forum for petty nit-picking, but that doesn't make it
okay. Whether it's ded or dead, it was clear that everyone involved knew
what we were talking about. Your post had no point, other than to (falsely,
as it happens) claim some superior knowledge. It contributed nothing to the
discussion, and was no more useful than a post the purpose of which was
solely to correct a spelling or grammar error.

Those kinds of posts **** me off. If it were actually important to correct
spelling or grammar errors here on Usenet, each thread would be half
messages about spelling and grammar. Clearly it's not important, but still
every now and then, some smug "I know something you don't" person comes
along and posts nothing but a correction to spelling or grammar.

And by the way, as person who works very hard to ensure his posts are as
free of spelling and grammatical errors as possible, I feel I have the right
to assert that such errors really aren't all that important. I do the work
because it's important TO ME, not because I think it's a critical need in
the newsgroup.

Such posts are, whether worded nicely or not, simply belittling. They imply
that the person or people to whom they refer are somehow ignorant or
otherwise less-worthy of consideration, based on no greater evidence than a
simple spelling or grammatical error.

It's irritating enough when they are correct, but when they actually aren't,
it's even more annoying. Annoyances beget rude posts. Even more so when
that's the first contribution a person has made in a month.

I should probably be following the old adage, "if you have nothing good to
say, say nothing at all". But that cuts both ways. You should have thought
about that yourself before posting your message.

Pete