Auto-corrected text leads to killing

[Victor Steinbok]

Extreme Cupertino?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-20031874-71.html
> Brook testified in court that his text to Witkowski included the word
> "mutter." Unfortunately, his cell phone's predictive software
> apparently decided he meant "nutter."
> Reports don't reveal what particular brand of cell phone enjoyed this
> software. It is also unclear whether Brook wanted to call Witkowski "a
> mutter," which, in some contexts, can have a more derogatory
> meaning--either "bog-dweller" or "mother's boy."
> However, being called insane, albeit inadvertently, caused Witkowski
> to become enervated.

More at the link.

     VS-)

PS bonus: enervated? http://goo.gl/K5RFD [left column]
PPS: In case people forget--original Cupertino Effect post here:
http://goo.gl/lyxnj

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