10/18/2010 4:41:03 PM

AHAHAHA! Awesome.

That's one of my fears at work. That or an FPO image will somehow get published ... with the FPO disclaimer.

[Edited on October 18, 2010 at 4:42 PM. Reason : d]

10/18/2010 4:41:59 PM

lol

10/18/2010 4:42:25 PM

I'm assuming that's just a place holder from the template?

10/18/2010 4:42:31 PM

it's lorem ipsum ... Latin dummy copy/placeholder

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

Quote :

"In publishing and graphic design, lorem ipsum[p][1][2] is placeholder text (filler text) commonly used to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document or visual presentation, such as font, typography, and layout. The lorem ipsum text is typically a section of a Latin text by Cicero with words altered, added and removed that make it nonsensical in meaning and not proper Latin.[1][2] A close English translation of the words lorem ipsum might be "pain itself" (dolorem = pain, grief, misery, suffering; ipsum = itself). Even though using "lorem ipsum" often arouses curiosity because of its resemblance to classical Latin, it is not intended to have meaning. Where text is visible in a document, people tend to focus on the textual content rather than upon overall presentation, so publishers use lorem ipsum when displaying a typeface or design elements and page layout in order to direct the focus to the publication style and not the meaning of the text.[2]"

[Edited on October 18, 2010 at 4:43 PM. Reason : d]

10/18/2010 4:43:06 PM

10/18/2010 4:43:46 PM

Which reminds me that the other day one of my co-workers referred to it with, "You know when they just use random letters?"

And also of the time a couple months ago when we printed "MONTH 1-14" on the cover of a magazine. Oops.

10/18/2010 4:44:55 PM

Thanks for explaining. I had no idea what was going on.

10/18/2010 4:45:09 PM

^^ Please tell me your colleague is in account sales or project management. Not creative/production.

10/18/2010 4:46:11 PM

wish I could /

10/18/2010 4:47:02 PM

Ah, I see. In that case...

10/18/2010 4:47:44 PM

yeah, Technician has been a big bag of fail lately.

I too laughed at that this morning. I was like. uh oh... copy editors?

[Edited on October 18, 2010 at 4:48 PM. Reason : ]

10/18/2010 4:47:56 PM

I suppose that's what happens when people are basically working for free.

Newspaper is a dying art form.

10/18/2010 4:49:26 PM

The copy editors have nothing to do with mistakes like that, FYI.

10/18/2010 4:51:02 PM

Now the proofreader, on the other hand...

10/18/2010 4:54:38 PM

pretty sure an editor would have to sign off for the layout design and a copy editor would have figured out that something wasn't right on that page. Shit, anyone looking at the layout would have caught that.

10/18/2010 6:01:26 PM

Todays isnt much better theres a bunch of spelling errors all over.

10/19/2010 2:21:03 PM

lol

10/19/2010 2:39:55 PM

good thing they have a sophomore photog as the editor

10/19/2010 2:45:30 PM

I'm satisfied as long as they've improved to their target goal of 60% readability.

10/19/2010 2:49:12 PM

Quote :

"I'm satisfied as long as they've improved to their target goal of 60% readability."

Increase the puzzle count.

10/19/2010 2:58:54 PM

Quote :

"yeah, Technician has been a big bag of fail lately."

10/19/2010 6:17:26 PM

well played.

I'd say just make the whole back page soduko and word puzzles. Better yet, have them on the front page, I usually go directly to that page anyhow, saves me a step.

10/19/2010 6:41:35 PM

10/19/2010 6:43:16 PM

I remember back when I was writing for the sports department the copy editors changed my text to read "Stanford Cardinals." I got a lot of flack for that from the cross country teams. "Hey Todd, what's Stanford's mascot?" "It's the Cardinal." "Then why the hell did you screw it up in your article yesterday?" "Dammit."

10/19/2010 6:46:12 PM

The Wolfpacks!

10/19/2010 6:48:49 PM