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Gandalf wrote:
> The # is an octothorpe.
> Never said I didn't know.
>
> I do actually feel sorry for you though.
>
> You have such a sad, pathetic little existence that you need to feed
> your ego by chest thumping in a Usenet newsgroup.
>
> Have at it, little boy, if that's what it takes to make you feel big and
> meaningful.
>
> I just tire of of your tiny rants.
>
> --
> -Gandalf
>
> Never meddle in the affairs of a dragon for you are crunchy and taste
> good with ketchup!
so gand
just ignore me! ... easy eh?
better than outright lies - especially such easily discredited ones
Obviously you should have said you didn't know ... 'cause you obviously
don't
.... the term ocothorpe was FIRST coined in the early 1980s
as a joke (bit like you! - but funny)
You'll also notice the "mainly US" reference
like weapons of mass destruction .... just cause some jumped up idiot says
it doesn't make it true!!!
see
http://blog.whatfettle.com/2004/03/13/pound-hash-and-octothorpes/
and
A simple source you could have used (second entry from google)
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Octothorpe
says the following
(mainly US) A name for the hash or square symbol (#), used mainly in
telephony and computing
1982: Octothorp is the # on a push-button telephone. Rumour at the telephone
company is that a man named Charles B. Octothorp, wanting to make his name
N. Potter, Inc., 1982, p. 230)
2004: Strings are enclosed in double quotation marks, numbers are not
enclosed in anything, and dates and Boolean values are enclosed between
Explained (Hentzenwerke 2004, p. 139)
mathematical term; reportedly a jocular coinage by Bell Labs supervisor Don
Macpherson in the early 1960s, from octo- (with reference to the eight
points) + -thorpe (after 1912 Olympic medalist Jim Thorpe, in whom
Macpherson had some interest).
on the other hand
the original glyph was added to the typographers collection in the late 16th
century ....
slightly earlier.than your pathetic attempt at one upping
just 'cause you no likee me doesn't mean you can re-write history
using "bigger sounding names" doesn't discredit a fact either
if you are going to be an arse ... at least be an accurate arse ...
you get more like doc every day .... I suppose your archives are up to date?
when will the spam start?
ac
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