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A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
It always looks like a staple. Okay, when I draw it.
When I draw pi, it looks like two t's connected at the top. The upper case verdana pi looked like an actual staple, i.e., and upside-down, squared-off U.
Er, I always thought lowercase delta looked kind of like a sperm.
Me, too.
Plei, how do you type an em dash? Is there an HTML code? I always go with the --.
Natter 17 = 4² - cos(π): Nilly — Could This Be Mathier?
Love. Love. Love
I'm just shocked that no one's yet pointed out that I used an emdash, rather than an endash.I was working, I just got here. And it totally shames me that I noticed. Though I am pretending I wouldn't have mentioned it.
Go space! Choose space!Nooooooooooooo!
Cindy, it's — — although I'm not Plei, as you can see by my unorthodox and radical but far more readable and aestetically pleasing spaces.
it totally shames me that I noticed
Why be ashamed? After reading the rest of the discussion, do you really think you were the only one to notice?
Cass is right. You space people are so wrong.
I'm not loving the Pi sign, only because it only looks like a staple.
Cindy, it's & mdash; — although I'm not Plei, as you can see by my unorthodox and radical but far more readable and aestetically pleasing spaces.
You're not Plei, I can tell, because even though you're equal in hottitude, you suffer from the scourge of unsightly spaces. The—will not be spaced!
I'm not loving the Pi sign, only because it only looks like a staple.
Natter 17 = 4² - cos(π): Nilly — Could This Be Mathier?
Why be ashamed? After reading the rest of the discussion, do you really think you were the only one to notice?No, Buffistas can be counted on for this very thing. Just that it felt like *work* for a minute.
and then I read this:
how do you type an em dash? Is there an HTML code?and I was reading coding sites in Italian looking for it... It took me a few minutes to realize it was Italian cause most of the stuff I was reading was just code.
eta: content
Natter 17 = 4² - cos(π): Nilly — Could This Be Mathier?I like this. With the better font for pi of course. (and no spaces but why be picky?) t runs away
In matters of style — and I'm sure I'm right — em dashes take a space on either side.
So I just got back to my desk and I see over 100 messages in Bureaucracy since I left this morning. I'm so pleased to see it was all about Nilly and the mathier Natter 17. I can't wait to see her delight when she gets back.