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...RRATA: I'd like to congratulate the hundreds of people who won last week's Catch Quittner Err contest--the folks who correctly noted that 3Com's PalmPilot does not run Windows CE, as was stated. Indeed, as someone who owns a Pilot, I know the machine's genius derives from its own operating system, Palm OS. I should have caught the error when it found its way into my copy, but I didn't. However, only four of you noticed the other blooper: the captions under the Sharp Mobilon Pro and Tripad were inadvertently swapped. Shame...
...err is human -- a scientific study in today's issue of Nature says so. You can blame it on our genes. British researchers have concluded that harmful mutations in human genetic material are frequent and persistent. But don't worry. "Most species don't last more than a few million years anyway," says TIME medical columnist Christine Gorman, who notes that by that yardstick, we've still got some time left on earth. Besides, the study basically confirms "the long-held speculation that humans have a high mutation rate...
...when we err, we of course review ourprocedures, hoping to refine our rooming processto avoid such groupings for the future. We willnever, I fear, get it 'all right." Nathans writes...
...side more with the academic relativists. It's not that I believe there is no Truth, or for that matter, that there are innumerable Truths. Rather, I feel that as we struggle towards that which we seek but do not know, it is only natural that we err along the way. As members of an academic community, we should feel free to innovate, and risk erring. Only then can we advance. But errors and flaws should be recognized as such--not celebrated mindlessly for simply existing as viable arguments...
Supposing the majority of bag lunch folk to be hyper pre-meds, Harvard Dining Services (HDS) has assiduously removed all traces of caffeine from the meal, offering only milk, water, and orange juice for beverages. But HDS and The Crimson err in assuming that only manic undergrads indulge in bag lunches. There is another breed of student queuing up at Loker: the sports...