# Nova's Documentary on the Dover Schoolboard Suit on PBS **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824 "2007-11-09T19:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824/101 "2007-11-20T13:45:37Z")
[QUOTE=Musicat] I was using WordStar ca. 1978, running on CP/M. Find & Replace was a two-character control code and had all the options I commonly use in Word today (respect/ignore case, full/partial word, forward/backward, single replace or global, # of replacements, show each & wait, etc.) My guess is the find & replace was a multi-step operation, semi-manual, and the combination of sloppy F&R with a misspelled word caused the error. Even without the smoking gun of the spelling/replace error, the comparison between the pre-1987 and post-1987 version of the same manuscript revealed what was really going on. [/QUOTE] Interesting, I wish I knew you in 1986-87 then. I was a light user of WordStar and remember fumbling through the find/replace. I would say it was far from user friendly. Maybe the version that ran on Zenith XTs was clunkier. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824/102 "2007-11-20T16:28:50Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Interesting, I wish I knew you in 1986-87 then. I was a light user of WordStar and remember fumbling through the find/replace. I would say it was far from user friendly. Maybe the version that ran on Zenith XTs was clunkier. Jim [/QUOTE] No, I think that Zenith XT’s were just crap. 😉 (Had one myself. Stupid POS.) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824/103 "2007-11-20T16:45:17Z")
[QUOTE=Musicat] Not an Apple, but a precursor, perhaps it was the [Xerox Alto?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto) [/QUOTE] Apple [Lisa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa), maybe. But no portrait orientation for the monitor. My brainfart, possibly. This was post-divorce, hence all the confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824/104 "2007-11-20T16:49:41Z")
WordStar on an Apple II was my first experience with a word processor and I was simply amazed at the time (because I was a lousy typist). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824/105 "2007-11-20T17:25:54Z")
Well, this is certainly a weird hijack. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824/106 "2007-11-20T17:33:23Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] Well, this is certainly a weird hijack. 😉 [/QUOTE] Hush, my knuckles still ain’t healed from the rapping they got over the bible hijack. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824/107 "2007-11-20T19:26:44Z")
I saw the NOVA program and, I’m sorry, I guess I have to be the lone voice of dissent here among all the embarrassing fawning over an obviously biased documentary. I was very disappointed and disgusted there were no spaghetti monster references at all, not one, throughout the entire program!! Am I the only one who was floored by this slight? I watched in rapt anticipation throughout all the courtroom reenactments, the interviews with the ID proponents and opponents, and listened intently to the commentary. I even went back and reviewed some of it again…just to be sure, but nope, there was absolutely no reverential mention of His Noodly Appendages. None! What, are we in the dark ages here? You people make me **SICK!** I’m moving to Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824/108 "2007-11-20T19:37:01Z")
[QUOTE=Onomatopoeia] I saw the NOVA program and, I’m sorry, I guess I have to be the lone voice of dissent here among all the embarrassing fawning over an obviously biased documentary. I was very disappointed and disgusted there were no spaghetti monster references at all, not one, throughout the entire program!! Am I the only one who was floored by this slight? I watched in rapt anticipation throughout all the courtroom reenactments, the interviews with the ID proponents and opponents, and listened intently to the commentary. I even went back and reviewed some of it again…just to be sure, but nope, there was absolutely no reverential mention of His Noodly Appendages. None! What, are we in the dark ages here? You people make me **SICK!** I’m moving to Canada. [/QUOTE] You could move to Baltimore for your [FSM](http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=574&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=1166639&om=1) fix. Obey your noodly master. I’ve also noticed recently some defacing on the “Marriage Works” Billboards (some campaign by someone who wants to keep marriage “holy”). On one, they wrote over “works” with “sucks”. And, on another, they spray-painted “gay” across the chest of the groom. I love living here. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824/109 "2007-11-20T19:46:37Z")
[QUOTE=Onomatopoeia] I saw the NOVA program and, I’m sorry, I guess I have to be the lone voice of dissent here among all the embarrassing fawning over an obviously biased documentary. I was very disappointed and disgusted there were no spaghetti monster references at all, not one, throughout the entire program!! Am I the only one who was floored by this slight? I watched in rapt anticipation throughout all the courtroom reenactments, the interviews with the ID proponents and opponents, and listened intently to the commentary. I even went back and reviewed some of it again…just to be sure, but nope, there was absolutely no reverential mention of His Noodly Appendages. None! What, are we in the dark ages here? You people make me **SICK!** I’m moving to Canada. [/QUOTE] He’s mentioned on [their discussion boards.](http://discussions.pbs.org/viewtopic.pbs?t=87475&sid=32935482b12649179b1bdd0fea8cfb02) (_Don’t_ look at any of the other threads if you’re on medication to regulate your blood pressure. The titles of many of them are enough to send you to the ER.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/novas-documentary-on-the-dover-schoolboard-suit-on-pbs/425824.md?page=5)