I applied for a job in my field recently at company B and just noticed that I left in a sentence from a previous application in my cover letter that mentions the name of the company I'd previously applied to (company A). Whoops. I'm in a fairly small field and company A is one that people have mixed feelings about mainly because they have lots and lots of money and publicity.
Should I drop the company I'm currently applying to an email acknowledging my error or not? If I do, any suggestions on how to phrase it other than "I'm an idiot, please forgive me.)
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posted by sciencegeek
on Feb 19, 2013 -
22 answers
Can you help me debug the unreliable internet connectivity on my Android Samsung Galaxy S1?
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posted by ajp
on Apr 9, 2012 -
8 answers
What sort of resources can I use to stabilize myself from my own anxiety-linked self-sabotage, and how can I utilize them while dodging my own anxiety triggers?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 30, 2012 -
15 answers
I need help finding a particular TV newscast fail video (that, IIRC, was posted on that blue). Specifics within.
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posted by bjork24
on Dec 23, 2011 -
3 answers
Should I drop out of Engineering and change my major? I have Really bad transcript.
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posted by Parh6512
on Oct 19, 2011 -
18 answers
After years of mulling about, I've come to realize that I want to to go to university and gain a proper liberal arts education. For the first time in what feels like eons, I feel enthusiastic and motivated. Trouble is, my first attempt at doing so was three years ago and under much different and more trying circumstances. It seems that the consequences of my halfhearted younger self have severely damaged my future possibilities. What can this 21-year-old do to demonstrate his new-found ardor for all pursuits academic?
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posted by shoebox
on Oct 5, 2011 -
13 answers
Should, or
how should, I represent this cataclysmic but plum past job in my employment history? Way, way more within.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 13, 2011 -
11 answers
Mom bought me a totally awesome cat toy that my cat loves. Of course, I am a doofus who stepped on it while I was moving and now it's broken, and I can't figure out where to buy another. It's manufactured by Hartz, but my usual Google-Fu is failing me.
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posted by loudguitars
on Aug 26, 2011 -
19 answers
I am looking for 2T hard drives for external enclosures for my iMac. I'm interested in the Seagate Barracudas http://bit.ly/fhRdh4
We use them at work but there are some pretty bad reviews on newegg which concern me.
Has anyone used these that could comment? And if you have better suggestions please let me know. Thanks.
posted by captainscared
on Mar 5, 2011 -
25 answers
What would
actually have happened if the Irish Government had not taken on the banks' debt?
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posted by micklaw
on Dec 12, 2010 -
10 answers
Is my job in peril? Should I be searching for another one? Why do I suck so much? These questions and so many more, answered after the jump!
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 18, 2010 -
16 answers
My Windows XP Pro laptop blue screens every 10-15 minutes and runs really slowly, but I can slowly copy stuff off it to an external USB drive. What software can I use to do this copy that survive the blue screen and pick back up when I get it rebooted again?
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posted by cmm
on Sep 23, 2010 -
12 answers
Asking for a friend...she has an Apple laptop with Microsoft Office 2004. She can't view/edit .XLSX, .DOCX documents, etc. Is there a Mac version of the
compatibility viewer that is available for the Windows version of Office?
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posted by dfriedman
on Sep 14, 2010 -
4 answers
My Windows 7 (64bit) PC crashed and now wants me to login. However, I have never set up a user account. What the heck do I do now?
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posted by ninazer0
on Jul 13, 2010 -
4 answers
Please help my wife! She is locked out of Hotmail but is mysteriously still able send and receive from the account on her Blackberry.
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posted by gergtreble
on Jun 20, 2010 -
6 answers
How is the metadata stored for image files, and what is involved in recovering it after drive failure?
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posted by segatakai
on Jun 4, 2010 -
10 answers
I installed a program on my Recently Upgraded Ubuntu OS to help me manage mounting/unmounting various drives plugged into the computer. Big mistake; I've royally messed things up. Now my computer won't mount anything, and so cannot reboot properly. Please help!
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posted by carsonb
on May 25, 2010 -
6 answers
UK (Scotland) tenancy issues. How long should I expect major kitchen repairs to take, and what are my rights as a tenant while the work's being done?
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posted by Catseye
on May 24, 2010 -
4 answers
Hello AskMe Mechanics! My 1999 Chevy S-10 just failed its emissions test and I need some reliable information as to why and towards what I can do to make sure it passes next time.
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posted by carsonb
on Apr 26, 2010 -
8 answers
Please help me regain access to the data on my external hard drive after laptop crash caused files to "disappear".
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posted by segatakai
on Apr 16, 2010 -
9 answers
Looking for a briefly popular internet joke from a year or two ago. Setup was if the discovery of fire had been posted to slashdot (Digg? other?). Response is something like: "Too hot, smoke gets in your eyes, goes out too fast. Fail." Ringing any bells? Google is failing me.
posted by hihowareyou
on Dec 31, 2009 -
4 answers
Can you help me find the original source for the quote: "Fail fail cheap, fail fast, and fail often" ?
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posted by Ookseer
on Dec 30, 2009 -
9 answers
Tried to fix external drive, now laptop gives a "NTLDR is missing" error on boot and will not go any further.
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posted by SamuelBowman
on Dec 9, 2009 -
16 answers
I have had two major professional failures in a single week. I would like insight into a couple of aspects. Sordid details inside.
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posted by sidd.darko
on Oct 10, 2009 -
21 answers
I bought a MacBook Pro in June 2007. Since then, its needed a new hard disk drive, right cooling fan, and DVD read/write drive. Is this normal wear and tear?
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posted by uaudio
on Aug 31, 2009 -
38 answers
I just pulled an older computer out of the closet to donate, and yesterday it booted up fine. Today, I get an error stating "A disk read error occured, press CTL ALT DEL to reboot." I used UBCD for Windows and I cannot see the hard drive when I boot from there either. What other avenues should I explore to try and fix the disk, or is it toast and the files unrecoverable? I am willing to open it up. Thanks in advance.
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posted by jules1651
on Jun 26, 2009 -
7 answers
FaxFilter: Our fax line won't receive all the faxes all the time, only some of the faxes some of the time - and even then not with any consistency. Google-fu (and even bing-fu) are failing me. Of course, there's
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posted by sio42
on Jun 17, 2009 -
8 answers
Please teach me how to get into a car, in the rain, with an umbrella, without soaking myself.
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posted by subbes
on Apr 3, 2009 -
14 answers
I massively screwed up a finalist interview today. I got really nervous and just ... well ... babbled. In the interview before this one, the hiring manager (we'll call her Liz) had basically told me that I was the leading candidate for the job (which I really wanted) but that she needed me to meet with the area heads before she could make an offer. She even offered some advice on the best approach to take with this group. When I got in the room I just became tongue tied and talked all around the first question without ever really answering it, and things went downhill from there. Now I need to write Liz a Thank You note, and every draft I write is taking on a sort of apologetic tone. ("I'm sure everyone could tell how nervous I was....") In such a situation, what's the right thing to say or do now?
posted by anastasiav
on Sep 25, 2008 -
14 answers
What do accountants who fail the CPA exam/fail to get CPA designation do for a living? How much do they get paid?
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posted by onepapertiger
on Aug 18, 2008 -
10 answers
I've been using my Xbox 360 for almost a year without any networking problems. As of two days ago, it will not log into Xbox Live and the problem has gotten worse.
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posted by cgomez
on Jul 19, 2008 -
4 answers
Bizarre Hard Drive Failure Filter: Is it possible that my desk from Ikea is helping to send my hard drive to an early grave?
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posted by fenriq
on Apr 5, 2008 -
20 answers
What happens to the losing side's swag in a big sporting event? (Obviously, it's disposed of. But how? And by whom?)
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posted by bardic
on Feb 8, 2008 -
7 answers
My laptop either doesn't see the HDD on bootup (cannot find OS), or stops seeing it a few minutes into use (BSOD). Could this type of problem:
a) be reasonably easily resolved by me for small amount of cash
b) be easily resolved by a professional for a reasonable amount of cash
c) be best resolved by selling it on ebay for parts or repair for a reaonably small amount of cash?
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posted by forallmankind
on Jan 20, 2008 -
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