Why editors should not try to "clarify" technical details
Found in the "Classical Guitar" newsgroup of all places!
"In over 40 years of working on various government and defense contracts, this is the only long article about a high tech project I am intimately familiar with that does not contain significant errors of fact or interpretation."
" My favorite was an article on global warming, which quoted some expert as saying that the average global temperature might soon increase by as much as 2 degrees Celsius.
"Some helpful editor added this parenthetical remark: '(35.6 degrees Fahrenheit.)' "
Hilarious.
"In over 40 years of working on various government and defense contracts, this is the only long article about a high tech project I am intimately familiar with that does not contain significant errors of fact or interpretation."
" My favorite was an article on global warming, which quoted some expert as saying that the average global temperature might soon increase by as much as 2 degrees Celsius.
"Some helpful editor added this parenthetical remark: '(35.6 degrees Fahrenheit.)' "
Hilarious.