It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.

Buffy ,'Empty Places'


Bureaucracy 2: Like Sartre, Only Longer  

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


DXMachina - Oct 10, 2003 2:14:02 pm PDT #5509 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

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?


Cass - Oct 10, 2003 2:15:04 pm PDT #5510 of 10005
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

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


Steph L. - Oct 10, 2003 2:43:25 pm PDT #5511 of 10005
I look more rad than Lutheranism

In matters of style — and I'm sure I'm right — em dashes take a space on either side.


Laura - Oct 10, 2003 2:44:47 pm PDT #5512 of 10005
Our wings are not tired.

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.


Cindy - Oct 10, 2003 3:23:31 pm PDT #5513 of 10005
Nobody

In matters of style — and I'm sure I'm right — em dashes take a space on either side.

Not according to books I've read (and I'd cite them, but they're in boxes).


Susan W. - Oct 10, 2003 3:33:14 pm PDT #5514 of 10005
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights

All the "how to format your manuscript" handouts I got at the writers' conference say no spaces.


Cindy - Oct 10, 2003 3:34:29 pm PDT #5515 of 10005
Nobody

Anyone have a Chicago handy?


Gandalfe - Oct 10, 2003 3:41:54 pm PDT #5516 of 10005
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.

That's a much beta pi!


DXMachina - Oct 10, 2003 3:47:35 pm PDT #5517 of 10005
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

From the FAQ at the CMoS web site, it appears that no space is used, although it looks bad to me.


P.M. Marc - Oct 10, 2003 3:52:53 pm PDT #5518 of 10005
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

In matters of style — and I'm sure I'm right — em dashes take a space on either side.

Every single style guide I've ever used (and granted, we're looking mainly at technical pub) tells me otherwise.

Your Style Guide May Vary.