XPost: alt.society.anarchy, alt.buddha.short.fat.guy
From: daletx@gnusguy.com

On 10/24/2012 1:25 PM, Anarcissie wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:04:34 -0500, daletx wrote:
>
>> On 10/23/2012 10:45 PM, Anarcissie wrote:
>>> On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:20:06 -0700, Ned Ludd wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Ned Ludd"  wrote in message
>>>> news:mbidnQFPM-FiQBvNnZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>>>>>
>>>>>    It appears in the original as:
>>>>>
>>>>> —following them proceeds without doubt” (Valsiner, 2009, p. 46), but
>>>>> not also that “choice of one’s axioms is always deeply filled with
>>>>> doubt—
>>>>>
>>>>>    Which I cut and pasted from the text on the screen, and note the
>>>>> unusual characterization of the "fi" of the word "filled" - it is one
>>>>> character wide, but contains both characters!
>>>>>
>>>>>    This is that character, which I will be surprised if the coding
>>>>> of this browser allows to be passed to the net:  fi
>>>>>
>>>>> Ned
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>     Ha!  It made it!  If you cut and past the "fi" above, or just
>>>>     Forward
>>>> this message without sending it, and move your cursor over it, you
>>>> will see that it is one character wide (with both the letters f and
>>>> i). I've never seen that before.
>>>>
>>>>    Ned
>>>
>>> It's a ligature.
>>
>> So when those guys on the cop show find ligature marks on the victim...
>
>
> It's not only typography and sex and religion, it's a
> violent crime!  Someone should call the tabloids....
>
> Do they still have tabloids?

I think you get those from sitting too long.  On a table.

DT

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