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SteveX · 02-18-2010, 01:14 PM

Quite right Majorion. The more I've read of this fantastic tail (cyborg soldiers. 600 + kidnapped young men, bullet proof pyro guys, 911 connection, reptilians and super soldiers) the more I shake my head at myself for even bothering.

I was fair minded enough to re-read the blank PDF. I still think there's 2 authors involved. There seems to me to be 2 levels of grammar and punctuation.... but no longer think it's 2 stories spliced into one.

As we all know the level of literacy is sub par and not just for a MD/scientist. As a dyslexic (yes folks, I'm dyslexic and I use big words when not rambling on) I recognise certain grammatical spelling errors associated with using Word spell checker. I use it on nearly ever post. That PDF shows all the hallmarks. Spell checker won't flag the difference of shortened words i.e. defence & defences. There are quite a few short words here. OK no big deal because its only spelling / grammatical error. Then there are spelling mistakes, which you'll see if you transfer it to a Word. I don't, as a dyslexic, often pick up on spelling mistakes by others.

This literacy thing gave me some questions that needed answering. So I looked at the quoted e-mails above and a post by Kinsue (below). His level of grammar looks better than the PDF.

Can't be bothered to see if Kinsue uses the same phrases or words as the PDF. He just writes better in my opinion.

http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=17244

Then we have this whole Shunger quote in the PDF, which I find very damming (spelling?) and I quote

"Project Ember
The following is straight from the log of Shunger"

What the heck is it with the powers that be? Do they only recruit scientist with basic level of written English. All those quotes from a supposedly different guy are just as bad as the PDF.

As a side bar. Another quote "once at my destination I shall send these CDS to you, we have made copies and Ben is going to send his CDs on Friday so that if mine do not make it his surely will." I would be fascinated if this did indeed happen. If so, which ones turned up and what where the post marks? Please don’t tell me only 1 turned up from Kinsue.

Also, the only safe computer is one not plugged into the Internet. So blasting e-mails around is really asking for it if there was an ounce of truth to any of it.

EDIT PS this'll be funny as hell if its a set up by disobedient hounds.

02-18-2010, 01:14 PM	#95
SteveX Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: UK Posts: 356	Re: The Heather Material Quite right Majorion. The more I've read of this fantastic tail (cyborg soldiers. 600 + kidnapped young men, bullet proof pyro guys, 911 connection, reptilians and super soldiers) the more I shake my head at myself for even bothering. I was fair minded enough to re-read the blank PDF. I still think there's 2 authors involved. There seems to me to be 2 levels of grammar and punctuation.... but no longer think it's 2 stories spliced into one. As we all know the level of literacy is sub par and not just for a MD/scientist. As a dyslexic (yes folks, I'm dyslexic and I use big words when not rambling on) I recognise certain grammatical spelling errors associated with using Word spell checker. I use it on nearly ever post. That PDF shows all the hallmarks. Spell checker won't flag the difference of shortened words i.e. defence & defences. There are quite a few short words here. OK no big deal because its only spelling / grammatical error. Then there are spelling mistakes, which you'll see if you transfer it to a Word. I don't, as a dyslexic, often pick up on spelling mistakes by others. This literacy thing gave me some questions that needed answering. So I looked at the quoted e-mails above and a post by Kinsue (below). His level of grammar looks better than the PDF. Can't be bothered to see if Kinsue uses the same phrases or words as the PDF. He just writes better in my opinion. http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=17244 Then we have this whole Shunger quote in the PDF, which I find very damming (spelling?) and I quote "Project Ember The following is straight from the log of Shunger" What the heck is it with the powers that be? Do they only recruit scientist with basic level of written English. All those quotes from a supposedly different guy are just as bad as the PDF. As a side bar. Another quote "once at my destination I shall send these CDS to you, we have made copies and Ben is going to send his CDs on Friday so that if mine do not make it his surely will." I would be fascinated if this did indeed happen. If so, which ones turned up and what where the post marks? Please don’t tell me only 1 turned up from Kinsue. Also, the only safe computer is one not plugged into the Internet. So blasting e-mails around is really asking for it if there was an ounce of truth to any of it. EDIT PS this'll be funny as hell if its a set up by disobedient hounds. Last edited by SteveX; 02-18-2010 at 01:34 PM.