Weather!

[Beyond]

It just started snowing here in N/E Connecticut. Supposed to get 2-4 inches. Well, it's been feeling like winter, now it'll also look like winter. I'd rather it looked and felt like Spring

[geckzilla]

Hey, it's snowing here, too. Medium-sized clumps of flakes falling and silencing the city as only snow can do.

[neufer]

Federal Government is closed. Classes are clearly cancelled for the day; I can go back to bed!

What wimps Good thing Obama is outta town.

Now back in my day...

[owlice]

... you walked uphill both ways with bare feet?

[geckzilla]

With winter comes the gas leaks. This happens at least once a year if not more. The trucks left without incident but I took the picture for the cool LED wreath on the front of one of the trucks.

[Beyond]

Oh yeah. It only shows up when clicking the picture to make it larger.
Cold weather also brings the inevitable wood-stove fires.

[Beyond]

I'm now in debt to mother nature. My thermo meter shows -8 degrees F, -22 degrees C. Maybe I'll be able to pay her back on a hot summer day.

[Beyond]

It's now two days from my -8'F post and my thermo meter just hit 40'F YEE-HAA!!

[neufer]

It's now two days from my -8'F post and my thermo meter just hit 40'F YEE-HAA!!

• 40' F is 0.6666º F

[Beyond]

I don't really want to ask how you got 0.6666' from 40' F, but... ok, how did you

[Nitpicker]

I don't really want to ask how you got 0.6666' from 40' F, but... ok, how did you

Divide both sides by unknown variable F, then:
40 arcmin = 0.6666 degrees

Or it could be that you used your thermo meter (or heated tape measure) to measure 8 feet on one side and 40 feet on another (multiplied by F).

One doesn't call oneself Nitpicker without reason.

[geckzilla]

C'mon, Beyond. You didn't honestly think you could get away with using a prime in place of a degree symbol at an astronomy forum, did you?

[Beyond]

Hey, tried the doohickey in your -char- thingy, but forgot how to do it, so just did it like before.

[neufer]

Hey, tried the doohickey in your -char- thingy, but forgot how to do it, so just did it like before.

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 47#p213847

[geckzilla]

Ever since I stated that I couldn't remember the alt code for typing degrees I have been remembering and using it. °°°! Anyway, you could also just type out the word degrees or deg or nothing at all (40F is better than 40'F). Whatever you do, don't use a prime.

[Beyond]

Ok° i° think° i° got° it° back°. Btw, why are you calling the high apostrophe (') thingie a prime
Thanks neufer, helpful as always. What a fun guy °

[Nitpicker]

Btw, why are you calling the high apostrophe (') thingie a prime

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_(symbol)

[Beyond]

Btw, why are you calling the high apostrophe (') thingie a prime

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_(symbol)

Wikipedia says it does not have an article with this exact name.

[geckzilla]

Interestingly, the symbol on your keyboard is, in fact, not an apostrophe at all. Neither is the quotation mark actually a quotation mark. They're actually prime and double prime. Typographers everywhere secretly cringe when we use prime and double prime as apostrophe and quote marks.

Huge text examples:

Prime & double prime. Note the absence of opening and closing marks.
' "

Apostrophe & quotation marks in both opening and closing forms:
‘ ’ “ ”

[Beyond]

Two days ago, i had a low of -8° F. Now look at the forecast as winter officially arrives in two days.



Living in New England can really put one into a daze, weather wise.

[Beyond]

Interestingly, the symbol on your keyboard is, in fact, not an apostrophe at all. Neither is the quotation mark actually a quotation mark. They're actually prime and double prime. Typographers everywhere secretly cringe when we use prime and double prime as apostrophe and quote marks.

Huge text examples:

Prime & double prime. Note the absence of opening and closing marks.
' "

Apostrophe & quotation marks in both opening and closing forms:
‘ ’ “ ”

So, what nincompoop put only (') and (") on Querty

[owlice]

Btw, why are you calling the high apostrophe (') thingie a prime

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_(symbol)

Wikipedia says it does not have an article with this exact name.

Try this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_%28symbol%29

[Nitpicker]

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_(symbol)

Wikipedia says it does not have an article with this exact name.

Oops, URLs with parentheses need "url" tags (or the thing owlice just did). Now fixed.

[Beyond]

So officially, there is no way to "quote" anything with a qwerty keyboard. All we can do is "decorate".

[Chris Peterson]

Interestingly, the symbol on your keyboard is, in fact, not an apostrophe at all. Neither is the quotation mark actually a quotation mark. They're actually prime and double prime. Typographers everywhere secretly cringe when we use prime and double prime as apostrophe and quote marks.

Huge text examples:

Prime & double prime. Note the absence of opening and closing marks.
' "

Apostrophe & quotation marks in both opening and closing forms:
‘ ’ “ ”

I'd suggest that the symbols on the keyboard are neither... or both. Modern applications are context sensitive, interpreting the keyboard symbol differently, as is appropriate.