# How did she do that? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 11, 2007, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-she-do-that/399728 "2007-04-11T23:55:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-she-do-that/399728/21 "2007-04-14T00:24:23Z")
This thread makes me want to change my name now. I want to put a picture of brains before and after my name. 😉 _Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaainzzzzzzzzzzzzz_ ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-she-do-that/399728/22 "2007-04-15T18:39:28Z")
Brains are part of standard ASCII, right?? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-she-do-that/399728/23 "2007-04-15T23:50:19Z")
> [@](#): > > I hate to break it to you, but they don’t show up for me (Mozilla on Mac OSX). This thread is the first that I heard that those were hearts; I thought that your name was | kat&&herbrain |. And now, with the same machine, same browser, no updates on my end, it’s showing up hearts. Most peculiar. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-she-do-that/399728/24 "2007-04-16T01:00:17Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] Seems some folks don’t like the “microscopic” infinity so: **∞** (Font size 7 and bold) [/QUOTE] Great. How long before we have this new member: **∞The Lone Ranger∞** ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-she-do-that/399728/25 "2007-04-16T01:07:36Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] I like the hearts, and the name itself is cute, but why the double ampersand? [/QUOTE] And who is Herb Rain? Peace, mangeorge (sorry, what’s-his-name won’t let me use smilies.) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-she-do-that/399728/26 "2007-04-16T13:45:42Z")
unusual characters like that must make it a right pain in the arse to log in though (say, after clearing your cookies, or on a public computer). ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-she-do-that/399728/27 "2007-04-16T14:46:59Z")
[QUOTE=Thudlow Boink] Brains are part of standard ASCII, right?? [/QUOTE] They’re supposed to be, but most people inadvertently uninstall them. ---
**Author:** ![4.66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/2bfe46/32.png) [@4.66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/4.66)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-she-do-that/399728/28 "2007-04-16T18:47:03Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Very cool, so how did you get it to stay ∞ ; without the space? [/QUOTE] One way to do it would be to use the non-printing character &­#173; . So typing &&­#173;#173; produces &­#173; which in turn produces nothing. (note that using the preview feature messes things up) ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-she-do-that/399728/29 "2007-04-16T21:18:34Z")
[QUOTE=wolf\_meister] Seems some folks don’t like the “microscopic” infinity so: **∞** (Font size 7 and bold) [/QUOTE] Hmmm, so it’s not infinity but 8 on its side. Wouldn’t infinity be symmetrical? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-she-do-that/399728.md?page=1)