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Saturday, May 03, 2014

Scanner for ebook cannot tell its 'arms' from its 'anus'


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  • Scanner for ebook cannot tell its 'arms' from its 'anus'
  • : A technical problem with optical character recognition software creates some awkward moments in romantic novels theguardian.com

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  • Top 5 embarrassing misprints  theguardian.com:
    You'd think the substitution of anuses for arms was as good as a misprint gets, but such hilarious scanning errors are merely the latest in a long history of printing goofs. Here are some of the best. Can you find better ones?
    1. The Wicked Bible
    2. Ground black people
    3. Jonathan Franzen's massive parade of typos
    4. Like chips in the sea
    5. Guardian Chistmas card
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