Re: Wireless and SuSE

Ian Rawlings wrote:

On 2008-02-23, Martin Burke <mlburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Whats wrong with predictive text I ask.

Nothing at all -- as long as you can spell in the first place!

No wonder kids don't use it..

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Know what you mean, there again whats the point of a dictionary ? If you
can't spell how do you know where to look it up?


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