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   Message 72,799 of 74,797   
   daletx to Anarcissie   
   Re: Axioms (was, Re: Atlas Shrugged (mov   
   24 Oct 12 16:50:46   
   
   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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