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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

  • There, without anesthesia, a doctor mis-set one broken arm and ignored the other entirely.

    Nothing Left to Fear Bernstein, Carl 1999

  • "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

  • This generally happens due to a missing or mis-set "PlayResY:" statement at the top of the file:

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • Sometimes this can be caused by mis-set permissions, but it doesn't seem a likely cause if two different Macs are affected.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • This generally happens due to a missing or mis-set "PlayResY:" statement at the top of the file:

    VideoHelp.com Forum 2009

  • 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

  • “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

  • 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

  • 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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