[AZ-Observing] Re: Stupid computer (maybe operator)
- From: "J. D MADDY" <maddy0485@xxxxxxx>
- To: "az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 15:54:54 -0700
Well, it may have taken 25 seconds to correct!
JD
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 18:47:10 -0400
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Stupid computer (maybe operator)
> From: stevecoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Howdy all;
>
> As some of you know I am going through my observing notes and drawings
> from over the years and putting it all together. It is a somewhat
> daunting task and has taken many hours in front of the computing machine
> just to get to here...maybe half way done.
>
> I realized today that I was not being consistent in what I called my
> telescopes as I entered the notes. Sometimes it was NS 11 and sometimes
> Nexstar 11. So, I quickly realized the Find and Replace feature on my
> text editor could help.
>
> I put in Find "NS" and Replace with "Nexstar". Suddenly there were many
> changes to the constellation I was working in. I thought "Gee, I did a
> lot of observing with the Nexstar in Canis Major" and proceded along. For
> some reason I needed to go back for a moment and then I saw what I had
> done.
>
> Because I did not check the box to match the case of the input, it changed
> EVERY "ns" to "Nexstar". So, "chains of stars" became "chaiNexstar of
> stars" as did "portions" and others.
>
> To fix the problem demanded time with the human brain computer. I set the
> search for "Nexstar" and let alone the good ones and changed the crazy
> ones. The good news is that I only made about an hours work for myself,
> it is a lesson worth learning.
>
> Clear skies to us all;
> Steve Coe
>
> P.S. If you have a "all you had to do to fix this in 20 seconds was...."
> please keep it to yourself, I have completed my fix and it worked.
>
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