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34-466: The game's North American box states "1 or 2 Players", but Sega has confirmed that this was a typographical error and that Metal Head is single player only. Metal Head's levels are broken down into missions, though most of the missions are to destroy all of the enemies in that particular area using the Mech's various projectile weapons. The time the user have remaining for each mission will count down and

68-529: A Metal Head) is sent in with his team to liberate the country's capital. The player character starts in a small border town and works his way in to reach the capital. In an early preview of the game in December 1994, Computer and Video Games praised the use of multiple camera angles similar to Virtua Racing and said the "most striking aspect" is the 3D graphics, with the backdrops being "nothing short of spectacular" and "the most detailed 3D backdrops" on

102-428: A first-person view looking through the windshield of one of the game's 'Metal Head' mechs. The player can switch between multiple camera angles. Below the screen is a control panel displaying the remaining health status, represented by a power-gauge and a percentage number, the time the user has remaining for the mission, the weapon the user is currently accessing and a screen displaying various other information for what

136-448: A lot of attention in the context of textual criticism . Many of these mistakes are not specific to manuscripts and can be referred to as typos. Some classifications include homeoteleuton and homeoarchy (skipping a line due to the similarity of the ending or beginning), haplography (copying once what appeared twice), dittography (copying twice what appeared once), contamination (introduction of extraneous elements), metathesis (reversing

170-413: A small number of characters. "Fat finger" typing (especially in the financial sector) is a slang term referring to an unwanted secondary action when typing. When a finger is bigger than the touch zone, with touchscreens or keyboards , there can be inaccuracy and one may hit two keys in a single keystroke. An example is buckled instead of bucked , due to the "L" key being next to the "K" key on

204-563: A typo that happens to result in a correctly spelled word that is different from the intended one. Since it is spelled correctly, a simple spellchecker cannot find the mistake. The term was used at least as early as 1995 by Robert Terry. A few illustrative examples include: and many more. For any of these, the converse is also true. Transposition error Input : Joseph Miscat Instead of : Joseph Muscat Input : 23 Auguat Instead of : 23 August Input : Jishua Instead of : Joshua A transcription error

238-447: Is a specific type of data entry error that is commonly made by human operators or by optical character recognition (OCR) programs. Human transcription errors are commonly the result of typographical mistakes; putting one's fingers in the wrong place while touch typing is the easiest way to make this error. Electronic transcription errors occur when the scan of some printed matter is compromised or in an unusual font – for example, if

272-511: Is displayed below the power gauge health bar. Before each mission a talking head appears of presumably one of the superior commanders in the Federation Armed Forces/Federation Police, and will instruct the user of the objective of the mission, which includes full voice-acting. A summary of the current mission will also appear when the game is paused. Designed for Sega's 6-button controller, the game uses

306-405: Is hindered by weak explosions and slow gameplay, with the player normally only facing one enemy at a time. He nonetheless deemed it "decent". Mean Machines praised the "Smooth and fast-moving detailed polygon cityscapes" and called it a "thoughtful shoot 'em up that shows the promise of the 32X." Mega said it "could be described as the thinking man's Doom," but that Doom is "better on both

340-457: Is not a typo but an example of obfuscation , where people make a word harder for filtering software to understand while retaining its meaning to human readers. In mapping, it was common practice to include deliberate errors so that copyright theft could be identified. Typosquatting is a form of cybersquatting that relies on typographical errors made by users of the Internet. Typically,

374-423: Is required (i.e. a 'miss' when the user does not hit an enemy target). In the top-right of the quadrant of the screen is a map of the level. The user's vehicle is represented as a triangle and remaining enemies' vehicles are represented as pulsating circles, which allows navigation throughout each level. Five years after the 'World Federation' was established strife and war are still on the rise. In order to keep

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408-436: Is sometimes referred to as The Grauniad due to its reputation for frequent typesetting errors in the era before computer typesetting. This usage began as a running joke in the satirical magazine Private Eye . The magazine continues to refer to The Guardian by this name. Typos are common on social media , and some—such as " teh ", " pwned ", and " zomg "—have become in-jokes among Internet groups and subcultures. P0rn

442-454: The QWERTY keyboard , the most common keyboard for Latin-script alphabets . Historically, the process of converting a manuscript to a printed document required a typesetter to copy the text and print a first "galley proof" (familiarly, "a proof"). It may contain typographical errors ("printer's errors"), as a result of human error during typesetting. Traditionally, a proofreader compares

476-476: The Mega Drive, as well as the "equally detailed" enemy troops including robots and jeeps. Upon release, GameFan magazine's Dave Halverson called it "an excellent first generation" 32X game while Nick Rox called it "the best game of its kind!" Steve Merrett of Computer and Video Games called it "the most impressive-looking 32X game yet." The "second opinion" reviewer Mark Patterson said it looks good but

510-646: The church for the use of the Mayor of Totnes. This edition is known as the Judas Bible because in Matthew 26:36 " Judas " appears instead of " Jesus ". In this copy, the mistake is corrected with a slip of paper pasted over the misprint. Certain typos, or kinds of typos, have acquired widespread notoriety and are occasionally used deliberately for humorous purposes. For instance, the British newspaper The Guardian

544-493: The cost of a reduced number of entries per unit time. Mathematical transposition errors are easily identifiable. Add up the numbers that make up the difference and the resultant number will always be evenly divisible by nine . For example, (72-27)/9 = 5. Double data entry is considered to be the goldstandard approach, although even when ruled important, it is described emotionally as "laborious". However, as double-entry needs to be carried out by two separate data entry officers,

578-637: The course of transcription; thus a transposition error is a special case of a transcription error. Transposition errors are almost always human in origin. The most common way for characters to be transposed is when a user is touch typing at a speed that makes them input a later character before an earlier one; or simply fails to keep the correct order in their internal memory while transcribing the text. Transcription and transposition errors are found everywhere, even in professional articles in newspapers or books. They can be missed by editors quite easily, just as they can be created quite easily. The most obvious cure for

612-507: The cybersquatter will register a likely typo of a frequently-accessed website address in the hope of receiving traffic when internet users mistype that address into a web browser . Deliberately introducing typos into a web page, or into its metadata , can also draw unwitting visitors when they enter these typos in Internet search engines . An example of this is gogole.com instead of google.com which could potentially be harmful to

646-485: The errors is for the user to watch the screen when they type, and to proofread. If the entry is occurring in data capture forms, databases or subscription forms, the designer of the forms should use input masks or validation rules . Transcription and transposition errors may also occur in syntax when computer programming or programming , within variable declarations or coding parameters. This should be checked by proofreading; some syntax errors may also be picked up by

680-406: The expenses associated with double data entry are substantial. Moreover, in some institutions this may not be possible. Therefore, M. Khushi et al. suggests another semi-automatic technique called 'eAuditor'. Using an audit protocol tool, it was identified that human entry errors range from 0.01% when entering donors' clinical follow-up details, to 0.53% when entering pathological details, highlighting

714-442: The game suffers from slow pacing, glitchy explosions, bad controls, pop-up, a poorly designed change-view feature, and clunky combat. Typographical error A typographical error (often shortened to typo ), also called a misprint , is a mistake (such as a spelling or transposition error ) made in the typing of printed or electronic material. Historically, this referred to mistakes in manual typesetting . Technically,

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748-433: The gameplay and presentation sides." One of Game Zero ' s review team said the game has boring graphics and gameplay, while the other found it reasonably fun and compared its visuals favorably to contemporary mech game Iron Soldier . Both agreed that Metal Head failed to create the feeling of controlling a mech. The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly panned the game, with their main criticism being that

782-456: The gameplay is boring. GamePro instead focused its criticisms on the graphics and sound, calling the digitized talking heads "laughable" and complaining of the rasping quality of the audio. The reviewer remarked that the missions are varied but ultimately boil down to the same actions, and summarized the game as "a promising programming experiment not taken to fruition." Next Generation said that its graphics look good in screenshots, but that

816-415: The manuscript with the corresponding typeset portion, and then marks any errors (sometimes called "line edits") using standard proofreaders' marks . When using a typewriter without correction tape , typos were commonly struck out with another character such as a strikethrough . This saved the typist the trouble of retyping the entire page to eliminate the error, but as evidence of the typo remained, it

850-463: The order of some elements), unwitting mistranscription of similar elements, mistaking similar looking letters, the substitution of homophones , fission and fusion (joining or separating words). The Wicked Bible omits the word "not" in the commandment , " thou shalt not commit adultery ". The Judas Bible is a copy of the second folio edition of the authorized version, printed by Robert Barker , printer to James VI and I , in 1613, and given to

884-468: The original search term in such a way as to create misspellings, transpositions, omissions, double strikes, and wrong key errors would find most misspelled auctions. The resulting effect is that there are far fewer bids than there would be under normal circumstances, allowing the searcher to obtain the item for less. A series of third-party websites have sprung up allowing people to find these items. Another kind of typo—informally called an " atomic typo "—is

918-556: The paper is crumpled, or the ink is smudged, the OCR may make transcription errors when reading. Input : Gergory Instead of : Gregory Input : 23 Auguts Instead of : 23 August Input : NO REGERTS Instead of : NO REGRETS "Transposition error" may be confused with "transcription error", but they do not mean the same thing. As the name suggests, transposition errors occur when characters have “transposed”—that is, they have switched places. This often occurs in

952-610: The peace the Federation Armed Forces, part of the Federation Police, build fully armed, bipedal Mechs also known as 'Metal Heads'. The Metal Head's success causes a heavy militarization of the countries of the Federation. A sudden and chaotic revolution led by terrorists, armed with their own fully armed Mechs, breaks out and the terrorists take control of a whole country. The player character (in

986-417: The program the author is using to write the code. Common desktop publishing and word processing applications use spell checkers and grammar checkers , which may pick up on some transcription/transposition errors; however, these tools cannot catch all errors, as some errors form new words which are grammatically correct. For instance, if the user wished to write "The fog was dense", but instead put "The dog

1020-403: The term includes errors due to mechanical failure or slips of the hand or finger, but excludes errors of ignorance , such as spelling errors , or changing and misuse of words such as "than" and "then". Before the arrival of printing , the copyist's mistake or scribal error was the equivalent for manuscripts . Most typos involve simple duplication, omission, transposition, or substitution of

1054-427: The typo. It is common practice to correct the typo by sending a subsequent message in which an asterisk (*) is placed before (or after) the correct word. In formal prose, it is sometimes necessary to quote text containing typos or other doubtful words. In such cases, the author will write "[ sic ]" to indicate that an error was in the original quoted source rather than in the transcription. Scribal errors receive

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1088-419: The user. Since the emergence and popularization of online auction sites such as eBay , misspelled auction searches have quickly become lucrative for people searching for deals. The concept on which these searches are based is that, if an individual posts an auction and misspells its description and/or title, regular searches will not find this auction. However, a search that includes misspelled alterations of

1122-425: Was dense", a grammar and spell checker would not notify the user because both phrases are grammatically correct, as is the spelling of the word "dog". Unfortunately, this situation is likely to get worse before it gets better, as workload for users and workers using manual direct data entry (DDE) devices increases. Double entry (or more) may also be leveraged to minimize transcription or transposition error, but at

1156-577: Was not aesthetically pleasing. Correction fluid was invented to hide the original mark and allow the typist to correct the error almost invisibly. Word processing software all but eliminated the need for this solution. In computer forums, sometimes "^H" (a visual representation of the ASCII backspace character) was used to " erase " intentional typos: "Be nice to this fool^H^H^H^Hgentleman, he's visiting from corporate HQ." In instant messaging , users often send messages in haste and only afterward notice

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