nigel99 144 #1 May 17, 2012 I like my smartphone, but bloody hell I am sick of it replacing my words with what it THINKS I should have said! As I type I check that I haven't missed a key and I've typed the word correctly but then you press send/post whatever and then you see that it has replaced a word with something completely random... Going to have to find out how to turn that shit off.Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #2 May 17, 2012 Damn You Autocorrect lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nigel99 144 #3 May 17, 2012 Those were so freaking funny!Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kasch 0 #4 May 17, 2012 you can shut it off?!Sex with sith is like sex with a stripper. A lot of flashing lights and waving of glowing sabers, but in the end you end up with something dark and wrinkely. DPH# "-13" TSK# "-13" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #6 May 17, 2012 I had a pilot yesterday who's radar transponder had failed, so the previous controller cleared him "as filed" via Victor airways at 10,000 feet so we could manually separate other aircraft from his route of flight. So far, so good. When he checked on my frequency, he reported approaching a reporting point not on his filed route. I started asking him questions and pieced together that his smartphone app from AOPA had amended his flight plan to a more direct set of airways, disregarding his need to stay clear of several busy terminal areas. He was 10-20 miles off course and invisible to us. Crap! He had caught the app SNAFU and refiled the correct route thru flight service, but the 2nd proposal didn't print out at the controller's sector until after he had departed. I'm glad I caught the mistake, but sheesh!To all the non-pilots here, sorry about babbling on in ATC talk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #7 May 17, 2012 Very valid point. When we start using immature technologies in business that deals with life and death, we are setting ourselves up for tragedy. The auto-spell thing needs another 10-20 years to get better. I'm very surprised AOPA would release an app like that - they are usually pretty conservative.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
