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
Uh... why not just make it "Nilly, Could This Be Mathier?" I mean, the style guides I know would say that the sentence takes a comma instead of an em dash there.
In general, that's true, but not always. It depends on how the speaker is saying it, and what the speaker was going to say. For instance, say the speaker was going to say
"Nilly, [insert here that mathematical expression that includes pi, which I've already memfaulted],"
but then realized it was getting so damned mathy, that the "could this be mathier?" question just burst out of him. In a case such as that, the em dash would be more apt than the comma.
Feh, dashes. Ellipses are much more cool . . .
Oh, please, connie. Ellipses are much cooler. . .
So has anyone said "when come back, bring pi" yet?
It was awhile ago, but yeah...
DXMachina "Angel 3: Big Damn Evil, Sir." May 2, 2003 6:36:05 pm PDT
Natter 17 = 4² - cos(π): Nilly — Could This Be Mathier?
This is so sweet.
I hope I got the code right! (Jon B had the pretty one) Hee!
Er, I always thought lowercase delta looked kind of like a sperm.
It'd need a longer, and probably wrigglier, tail for me to make that connection.
Natter 17 = 4² - cos(p): Nilly - Could This Be Mathier?
Wow. My home computer doesn't have Times on it. That seems remiss.
Natter 17: Welcome back, Nilly! We tried to set up a thread in honor of your favorite number as a lovely surprise for you, but then we had a punctuation war instead.
t laughing uncontrollably
<laughing uncontrollably>
It's funnier, 'cause it's true.
Does this work for you, billytea?
As a matter of fact it does, Jon. Huh.
