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Examples
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The Romulan Naval Attaché tried to be a great hero by overloading his pistol, but mis-set the controls.
The Final Reflection John M. Ford 2000
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There, without anesthesia, a doctor mis-set one broken arm and ignored the other entirely.
Nothing Left to Fear Bernstein, Carl 1999
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"I did not say frighted, now -- I only said mis-set wi 'the thing -- And there was but ae bogle, neither -- Earnscliff, ye saw it; as weel as I did?"
The Black Dwarf Walter Scott 1801
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This generally happens due to a missing or mis-set "PlayResY:" statement at the top of the file:
VideoHelp.com Forum 2009
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Sometimes this can be caused by mis-set permissions, but it doesn't seem a likely cause if two different Macs are affected.
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This generally happens due to a missing or mis-set "PlayResY:" statement at the top of the file:
VideoHelp.com Forum 2009
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It is possible for multiple email addresses to be validated. checks a four-digit expiration date, that it has not expired, and that it is not an invalid amount into the future (using the computer's own clock, which is occasionally mis-set, resulting in errors, but this is OK, since the customers will be allowed to judge for themselves after receiving one warning).
WebReference News 2008
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“I did not say frighted, now — I only said mis-set wi’ the thing — And there was but ae bogle, neither — Earnscliff, ye saw it; as weel as I did?”
The Black Dwarf 2004
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Madge, however, escaped from her mother at the door, ran back to the foot of the table, dropped a very low and fantastic courtesy to the judge, and said, with a giggling laugh, -- "Our minnie's sair mis-set, after her ordinar, sir -- She'll hae had some quarrel wi 'her auld gudeman -- that's
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801
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Madge, however, escaped from her mother at the door, ran back to the foot of the table, dropped a very low and fantastic courtesy to the judge, and said, with a giggling laugh, -- "Our minnie's sair mis-set, after her ordinar, sir -- She'll hae had some quarrel wi 'her auld gudeman -- that's
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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