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 The Choose Your Own Adventure README for Nova:
 
   You have come across a cloud computing fabric controller.  It has identified
-  itself as "Nova."  It is apparent that it maintains compatability with
+  itself as "Nova."  It is apparent that it maintains compatibility with
   the popular Amazon EC2 and S3 APIs.
 
 To monitor it from a distance: follow @novacc on twitter
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ To tame it for use in your own cloud: read http://nova.openstack.org/getting.sta
 
 To study its anatomy: read http://nova.openstack.org/architecture.html
 
-To disect it in detail: visit http://code.launchpad.net/nova
+To dissect it in detail: visit http://code.launchpad.net/nova
 
 To taunt it with its weaknesses: use http://bugs.launchpad.net/nova