LOL.
I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?
Willow ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
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le nubian - Nov 04, 2013 8:11:14 am PST #5985 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Dana - Nov 04, 2013 8:14:06 am PST #5986 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
You will pry my double-spaces out of my cold, dead hands, which will still be reaching for the space bar.
Connie Neil - Nov 04, 2013 8:31:07 am PST #5987 of 30002
brillig
I stand with Dana at the two-space barricade.
edit: cue the kerfuffle music, something a la Le Mis.
EpicTangent - Nov 04, 2013 9:01:09 am PST #5988 of 30002
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
You will pry my double-spaces out of my cold, dead hands, which will still be reaching for the space bar.
This was me for a very long time. I've loosened up enough that I don't fight it if something's submitted with single spaces - but with docs from Engineers I still get enough of them that use both single and double IN THE SAME DOCUMENT (OFTEN THE SAME PARAGRAPH), I still get my panties in a bunch even without embracing the double to the exclusion of all others (Consistency, you Bastards!)
lisah - Nov 04, 2013 9:06:09 am PST #5989 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate
I unlearned two spaces as soon as I learned that one space was all that was needed.
billytea - Nov 04, 2013 9:25:38 am PST #5990 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
It is a hard habit to break.
As recorded in the Chicago Manual of Style. "Being without two / Takes a lot of getting used to..."
Zenkitty - Nov 04, 2013 9:34:52 am PST #5991 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I remove double spaces from every manuscript automatically, before I even start editing it.
Yeah, we actually did get the occasional manuscript (and by "manuscript," I mean Word doc) with a line break at the end of every line (not sentence). As if it were typed on a typewriter. And when we asked the author to reformat it and remove the extra line breaks, they replied "I do not understand what you mean by 'extra line breaks'."
Yep. That's happened to me more than once. These are Ph.D.'s, people. We have a program that removes extra line breaks. I don't know how it works. It may just be a small tired person in a dimly-lit room.
When I see CMOS, I think complementary metal-oxide semiconductor. If that doesn't make sense in context, then I remember it's Chicago Manual of Style.
Dana - Nov 04, 2013 9:35:32 am PST #5992 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Please, PhDs are the worst.
Zenkitty - Nov 04, 2013 9:36:16 am PST #5993 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Please, PhDs are the worst.
What is up with that? They're supposed to be smart.
Dana - Nov 04, 2013 9:39:09 am PST #5994 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
So smart that they can't think about things like deadlines, writing, consistency, or any kind of common courtesy to people who aren't their direct colleagues.
(Yes, there are people who don't meet this description. There are plenty more who do.)