Mea culpa. ( re: the sic )
I've always preferred the idea that the best spell checker is yourself. You may understand this better if you've seen what Microsoft Word ( hissss - spit - spit our the damn talking paperclip ) is capable of. I recall one instance where Word had a hissy fit over something one of my colleagues had typed and 3 of us looked at it for around 5 mins and couldn't for the life of us work out why it had highlighted it - even including considering context !
I do however type ( should the be typo ? ) quite fast and inaccurately sometimes and simply review the result and correct. I find this to be an effective way of generating text over the one-fingered approach.
I regret that one slipped past the sub-ed's eye. ;-)
As for ppl posting s*it on the net. I stand by my comment. Some ppl may read the s*it and actually believe it !
Graham