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ratammer
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by ratammer » Sat Jun 25, 2022 8:31 am
Title text:
100he100k out th1s 1nno5at4e str1ng en100o501ng 15e been 500e5e50op1ng! 1t's 6rtua100y perfe100t! ...hang on, what's a "virtuacy"?
The inconsistencies in the title text
must be to annoy us all, right?
aka Diana
chridd wrote: ↑ Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:09 pm
*doesn't drink the interrobangs*
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Old Bruce
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by Old Bruce » Sat Jun 25, 2022 4:19 pm
I don't see any inconsistency in the title text. There is the typo in the word virtually. Instead of using two 50s he used one 100. Math works out but it makes for a problem in the spelling.
Aside from that I do have a bit of a headache coming on.
ratammer
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by ratammer » Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:06 pm
It's not a typo when it's called out! But I was thinking of how "IV" is 4 in one place and 15 in another.
aka Diana
chridd wrote: ↑ Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:09 pm
*doesn't drink the interrobangs*
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Any pronouns
chridd
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by chridd » Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:11 am
Should be 1'5e. I'V isn't a single roman numeral since ' doesn't have a value.
Old Bruce
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by Old Bruce » Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:02 pm
ratammer wrote: ↑ Sat Jun 25, 2022 11:06 pm
It's not a typo when it's called out! But I was thinking of how "IV" is 4 in one place and 15 in another.
Just think about how there are most likely similar inconsistencies from people who are using contractions and number substitutions of their own devising. These "innovative" encoding systems are all pretty much designed to confuse instead of communicate.
Old Bruce
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by Old Bruce » Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:03 pm
chridd wrote: ↑ Sun Jun 26, 2022 1:11 am
Should be 1'5e. I'V isn't a single roman numeral since ' doesn't have a value.
Would not 1'5 mean one minute five? Or one foot five?
jimbobmacdoodle
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by jimbobmacdoodle » Wed Jul 06, 2022 7:13 am
Old Bruce wrote: ↑ Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:03 pm
Would not 1'5 mean one minute five? Or one foot five?
Certainly not one foot five, since that would be 1'5".
somitomi
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by somitomi » Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:13 am
I've seen measurements missing that little mark for inches (because sloppy writing) and I don't even use imperial units in my everyday life.
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Old Bruce
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by Old Bruce » Thu Jul 07, 2022 8:07 pm
jimbobmacdoodle wrote: ↑ Wed Jul 06, 2022 7:13 am
Old Bruce wrote: ↑ Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:03 pm
Would not 1'5 mean one minute five? Or one foot five?
Certainly not one foot five, since that would be 1'5".
I was thinking of the old money thing from England. One and Six pence, the shilling is implied.