I Love Spellcheque

So everyone knows that a computer(at least for the next decade) is not smarter than the human using it. The greatest part of this fact is the wonderful world of spell checking, because the computer can really only check your spelling, not the context of the sentence and which spelling is correct, if you look at the title of this post, according to any spell checking program,that is spelled correctly because cheque is a correct word.

So I decided to do some searching to see what Word and Firefox will try and correct, various words to that would make no sense in writing, but according to those programs, are correct.

The first one I noticed was in my "My Co-Workers are Idiots" post, when I used the phrase USofA, the spellchecker decided that my spacing was incorrect, and instead of telling me to use "US of A" it decide to have me spell "U Sofa." I don't know WTF a U Sofa would be, but it definitely sounds comfortable.

Also, according to Firefox's spellchecker, people should not be playing World of Warcraft, instead, it's best they play World of Watercraft, as that is spelled correctly.

Currently in my wallet, I carry an "Amex", to a human, that makes sense, unfortunately to the computer it thinks I misspelled Amen, which is understandable, but my question is, how bad you have to fail at typing to accidentally hit the x key instead of the n key? It's on the complete opposite side of the f-ing keyboard.

Toggan is the username I use for both Digg and Stumbleupon, and whenever I type it, my screen tells me I'm and idiot and I don't know who I am, I am obviously trying to type Toboggan, and I just managed to miss both the b and the o. Seems logical.

On the topic of usernames, even username is incorrect, sure, you may be thinking that it will want to add a space and make it "user name" but no, it decided that you actually want to type tournament. I'll attach a picture just to prove it, this one is way out in left field.



Anyone else seen any crazy spell check options? Put em in comments so we can all see them.

10 Best Ways to Spend Your Tax Rebate

So the government wants to give you an extra $300-$1200 this year because of our shaky economic situation. The plan is that you will go and spend this in a way that will send the economy back upwards, but really, who wants to worry about that, when you have 10 perfectly good things to spend your tax rebate on!

10. 80Gb Sony PS3 - According to electronics retailer Best Buy, they will begin phasing out the 80gb model of the Playstation 3, we all knew the system would fail, but now's your chance, wait awhile, they will price drop them, and remember the 80gb model is the only one backwards compatable to play your old ps2 games on, seriously, who wouldnt want to play Guitar Hero via HDMI to a nice HD LCD TV? Which brings us to #9!

9. A New TV, with the plumetting price of HDTV's, it's easy to find a nice tv under the 1 grand range, check out this nice 42" LCD from LG on Bestbuy.com. My point exactly.

8. Alcohol, lots and lots of it. With 300-1200 worth of alcohol, you can almost forget the fact the bank is about to forclose on your house.

7. Sex Toys, after your wife left your broke ass, what better way to pass time than have some fun with a good fleshlight?

6. Season tickets to your local sports team, with the economy in the toilet, sports teams will be lacking spectators, because most people, will be spending their paychecks on food and bills.

5. Pay down credit card debt. Things suck now, but eventually the housing market will look up, and you can make a killing being a reseller, oh wait, you defaulted on 3 credit cards, better luck in 7 years when your credit repairs itself

4. Buy stuff on Ebay, if you wait long enough, people will become desperate enough they will start pawning off their stuff on the most popular garage sale on earth. Assuming you aren't one of those poor saps, you can buy their stuff on the cheap and sell it back for some money, can you say "cha ching"?

3. Drugs. That poor man has resorted to selling drugs on the street corner to make money to feed his family, instead of giving him the money, you should at least get a good high from it. Think of it as a community service.

2. Sex. Do you know how much you can get for 1200 bucks? I don't either, but I bet it'd be good.

1. Vega$. When all else fails, gamble it, who knows, if your lucky enough, you can turn that 300 into 3 million.