Since we're moving stuff into the high-tech computer age
...time for a very tenuous compo entry.


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(The Supreme Crow is a complete and utter badgerflap, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:18, archived)

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( Dr Scunner She’s a he, technically, but she’s scalding hot, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:19, archived)

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TOAP
( slight yoinks!, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:22, archived)

good god that's awful!
you should be ashamed!

*giggle*
( slight yoinks!, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:20, archived)

Sorry old bean, you've really rather lost me with that one.

( barryheadwound Mul - ti - pass? Multipass!, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:20, archived)

Moi aussi.
Is it a Matrix reference?
( Doctor When And The World Of Tomorrow, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:21, archived)

I dunno



( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - Can't find glasses he likes - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:23, archived)

filename . . .


( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - Can't find glasses he likes - Ta! Cannaoogim!?, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:21, archived)

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www.latex-project.org/
( slight yoinks!, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:24, archived)

Sorry, it's a very geeky one...
LaTeX - pronounced "Lay-tech"* - is a typesetting mark-up language which is a geeky alternative to using a word processor.

EDIT: @slight - of course I'm ashamed. I even wrote the LaTeX file for it so I could get it to look convincing.

*_{Yes, that in itself sounds a bit like a futuristic double entendre...}
(The Supreme Crow is a complete and utter badgerflap, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:25, archived)

geeky?
well, i guess anyone writing equations *is* a bit geeky so yeah. though i've taken to using it instead of a word processor pretty much the whole time.



/geek blog
(boris the spider, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:29, archived)

Well, I suppose it's considered geeky
in the sense that it takes longer to figure out than Word does. A bit like the difference between people who use software packages to design web pages and those who prefer to code in HTML.
(The Supreme Crow is a complete and utter badgerflap, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:32, archived)

Don't worry
I embrace my geekiness :)

(I prefer to code in HTML, too. That says a lot. I also disdain all these WYSIWYG LaTeX editors and just use Emacs. Even on Windows. Fucking hell, I really am a nerd.)
(boris the spider, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:33, archived)

wussy
real geeks use vi
(Your watch is still saving for 5K but has learnt about 'nose bondage', Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:47, archived)

I use VI
for a lot of programming, especially Makefiles and small changes to source codes, including LaTeX source. For dealing with a bigger document I'll use Emacs.

I'm an equal-opportunities geek.
(boris the spider, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:51, archived)

Oh, right, yeah...
...that's a good one. Ha ha.

Jesus Christ on a bike... it's a bit esoteric isn't it?
( Doctor When And The World Of Tomorrow, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:35, archived)

yay for nerd jokes!
today's been good for them :)
(boris the spider, Tue 15 Apr 2008, 15:28, archived)

hurrah for LaTeX
it rocks. That is all.
( crackhouseceilidhband - "refreshing and logical", Tue 15 Apr 2008, 20:47, archived)