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OK, kiddos, gather around while Auntie Sarah tells you about the good old days. Directly before the invention of iPads, laptops, or personal computers, people used typewriters to compose text on paper (if we were not writing manually with a pen or pencil on paper or parchment, or pressing sticks into clay to write cuneiform letters). We did not “keyboard”; we typed. (Of course, most of us still call it “typing” even though we use a keyboard.) Thus, if we made a typographical error, it was nicknamed a “typo” (get it? type => typewriter => typographical error => typo).Before typewriters, real people (printers) would hand set tiny pieces of lead (e.g., individual letters, spaces, punctuation marks made out of molten lead) for the machine (printing press) to create books, newspapers, magazines, and other printed items that use typography. Back in the dinosaur era (circa late 1960s), I got to accompany my Uncle Merlo J. Pusey (historical editor at the paper, Pulitzer Prize winner, and book author) after Thanksgiving dinner one year to see the massive house-size presses used to print The Washington Post because he was responsible for closing out the paper (“putting it to bed”) that night and printing the official issue. Back then, they still used hot metal type. (For people unfamiliar with this last name, “Pusey” is pronounced “PYOO zee,” and it's also the last name of a well-respected former president of Harvard University, Dr. Nathan Pusey.)[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]And that, my friends, is why text mistakes are called “typos.” (And, no, type O blood is not a typo, but it is a good play on words, thanks to Scottie Ivers.)As Rik Osborne wisely commented, not every wrong word should be deemed a “typo.” For example, “hte” is obviously a typo, but using “then” instead of “than” or mixing up “principle/principal” or “capital/capitol” could be a case of the author not knowing the difference between the two words. To me, those are spelling mistakes, not typos, and we need to stop blaming autocorrect for our lack of proofreading efforts.Relying on Grammarly, autocorrect, and spell check to do what I call “braincheck” is a brain-dead move. Use those as tools, but do not treat them as gospel.UPDATE: See the excellent comment by David S. Rose (Quoran) about his printing hobby (“Believe it or not, my hobby is actually setting and printing metal type by hand, just like Gutenberg!”). He even has a website explaining letterpress printing![6]I have seen letterpress printers. Attorneys used to get their business cards printed this way, because the cards had the look of engraving, but not the cost.When I worked on several presidential inaugural committees, we engaged a company to do letterpress printing of special thank-you card for VIPs.Thank you, Veronica Anzaldu, Robert Taylor, and Deborah Newbury, for your eagle eyes.As Brady Ball suggested, perhaps we should now call them kebos (for “keyboard errors”). Food for thought!Footnotes[1] Merlo J. Pusey[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1985/11/23/merlo-j-pusey-dies-at-83/690df1b9-66b4-46ae-af5d-8b0674dfebd0/[3] Merlo Pusey - National Book Foundation[4] Merlo J. Pusey | AMERICAN HERITAGE[5] Merlo J. Pusey Dies; Justice's Biographer Won a Pulitzer Prize (Published 1985)[6] Introduction to Letterpress Printing

I have always liked my name. Who doesn't? I felt happy when I had my name printed on the cover page of my novel. 'Arpita Chipkar' I felt fabulous!Soon I got married and told my husband that I wish to keep my name. I was a writer. When you type my full name, you could find my articles and interviews. I had created a name for myself. I had filled meaning to my name. I was something! I was someone. 'Please don't change my name after marriage. I have put in efforts in carving some meaning for myself.’ I had requested. He had agreed.When I got pregnant, his parents started forcing me to get my surname changed. It was unnecessary. I told them that I am not less of his wife or a less of their family member because I wish to keep my name. They kept forcing but somehow they couldn't do it. As there wasn't enough time for the paperwork.I lost respect for them and their name. Nobody likes to get forced to do something. What is in the name? It's your identity. It is a personal choice.Your girlfriend has clearly thought of keeping hers. I think you should respect her decision. Regarding your future children, I doubt you will have them with her. You need to get a counselling from an expert or talk to someone with better convincing skills.Relationships don't work this way. You cannot force your partner into doing things just because you want! You need to do something about your insecurity ! Seek help.

I graduated from IIT Delhi in May 2012, majoring in Computer Science and Engineering. Here are some random facts about the CS department at IIT Delhi that were true in my experience and that of many other people I knew (both in CS and outside). However, these might not be representative for every one and certainly not necessarily true today any more.At least as of 2012, CS department enjoyed probably the best infrastructure in the whole campus. It had a separate building called Bharati which was new and beautiful. Labs were more comfortable with bio-metric entry, reliable printer services, reliably high speed internet, fairly effective air conditioning and most importantly were open 24 x 7. To help you understand the difference better - during exam days, Bharati used to be flooded with students from all the departments because it was one of the best places to study.Courses were strongly inclined towards theory and CS fundamentals and much weaker on the software engineering aspects. Several professors urge students to go for PhD (and subsequently research) over industry.Web development was not taught as part of curriculum or otherwise. When my class graduated in May '12, no more than 5 students could setup a very simple database driven website. Having said that - all of them were obviously capable enough of learning it very quickly.Most students used to find CS program to be very intensive. Utkarsh's answer is spot on in that regard. However, as Anon user mentions it - there were some students who were so smart and natural with CS that they could easily breeze through without breaking a sweat. Being in the CS class was honestly intimidating.Many students in the campus, at least in my experience, used to believe CS guys to be academically stronger than themselves. It was common for people to deregister from a course if large number of CS students registered for it (as grading was usually relative). I was once told during a team parliamentary debate by a senior - Come on, you're from CS, think of some counter-argument quickly.CS faculty usually got more positive reviews from the students compared to the faculty in some other departments. For instance, I've friends from maths department who exclaimed how they couldn't understand a basic concept like primal-dual of LP in 4 years of their department courses as they did in single lecture in one of CS faculty's class.There was very little 'red-tape' in department processes. Our assignments used to be either programming assignments which were submitted online or were written very informally on a paper and handed over. Like other Indian colleges, we just did not have to create a project report with a flashy file, neatly laser typed. It was common to see seen students printing a report in lab at 9:25 AM when their final presentation in front of a committee is at 9:30, and the faculty was okay with that. It was okay to not attend classes at all if that’s what students preferred and most classes did not have strict attendance policies. It used to be okay to walk out of class to attend a phone call. Faculty was, generally speaking, more reasonable and student friendly compared to some other departments.Year after year, half of the CS class used to be composed of people from a single caste - Agarwals. For those who don't know, anyone having a last name among: Agarwal (along with some spelling variations), Garg, Gupta, Goel / Goyal, Mittal, Singhal, Bindal, Bansal or one of 11 other names belongs to this caste. Many people having a last name of Jain also fall in this category. As a result - think of any 5 Indians in CS that you know and at least 2 will have one of these last names.Though all department machines contain only Linux (mostly Ubuntu), majority of the people still used Windows in their laptops for day to day working.