# SDMB world changes forever **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784 "2001-10-06T14:57:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/1 "2001-10-06T14:57:21Z")
Well kind of … Just wanted to spead the word a bit as I only stumbled over this announcement in the About This Message Board forum and had not seen threads about it in the other forums. Check this out [Symbol font now available](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=90639) It’s a blast! ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/2 "2001-10-06T15:43:05Z")
Oh God - I’ve just learned how to do links, and now they spring this on me. 😉 Looks cool though! ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/3 "2001-10-06T16:56:20Z")
Yeah, I saw that. I was keeping it quiet. Dear God. What next will you torture me with? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/4 "2001-10-06T17:47:08Z")
It’s the cat’s pajamas! I promise I won’t start cluttering up random threads with [sym]e[/sym],[sym]d[/sym] proofs, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/5 "2001-10-06T17:48:38Z")
Just curious…Is there a purpose for this? ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/6 "2001-10-06T18:10:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*Just curious…Is there a purpose for this? \*\* **Science!** ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/7 "2001-10-06T18:14:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*It’s the cat’s pajamas! > > I promise I won’t start cluttering up random threads with [sym]e[/sym],[sym]d[/sym] proofs, though. 🙂 \*\* Yeah, just stick to the good, old-fashioned [sym]e[/sym], N proofs. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/8 "2001-10-06T19:25:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Just curious…Is there a purpose for this? Theology! Direct quotes from [sym]Sokrates[/sym] and [sym]Aiscailus[/sym]! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/9 "2001-10-06T20:08:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tomndebb \* > \*\*Direct quotes from [sym]Sokrates[/sym] and [sym]Aiscailus[/sym]! \*\* Don’t you mean [sym]SokrateV[/sym] and [sym]AiscailuV[/sym]? My Greek’s a bit rusty, but I thought the terminal sigma was standard in all eras. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/10 "2001-10-06T21:36:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > > I promise I won’t start cluttering up random threads with [sym]e[/sym],[sym]d[/sym] proofs, though. 🙂 > > Yeah, just stick to the good, old-fashioned [sym]e[/sym], N proofs. 😉 Works for me - let’s do a basic one: Prop: As n[sym]®[/sym][sym]¥[/sym], 1/2[sup]n[/sup][sym]®[/sym]0. Pf: Let [sym]e[/sym]\>0. If N = -ln([sym]e[/sym])/ln(2), then [sym]"[/sym]n\>N, n \> -ln([sym]e[/sym])/ln(2) [sym]Þ[/sym] n ln(2) \> -ln([sym]e[/sym]) [sym]Þ[/sym] ln(2[sup]n[/sup]) \> ln(1/[sym]e[/sym]) [sym]Þ[/sym] 2[sup]n[/sup] \> 1/[sym]e[/sym] [sym]Þ[/sym] 1/2[sup]n[/sup] \< [sym]e[/sym]. [sym]¨[/sym] ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/11 "2001-10-06T21:43:17Z")
My, that’s sweet. 🙂 **ultrafilter** , we’ll let the liberal-arts types quote Socrates and Aeschylus in the original Greek. We can do Euclid and Archimedes - and Euler, Gauss, Cauchy, Riemann, Noether, Erdös, and Lovasz! ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/12 "2001-10-06T22:21:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*My, that’s sweet. 🙂 > > **ultrafilter** , we’ll let the liberal-arts types quote Socrates and Aeschylus in the original Greek. We can do Euclid and Archimedes - and Euler, Gauss, Cauchy, Riemann, Noether, Erdös, and Lovasz! \*\* A whole new world of possibilities has been opened, and GQ will never be the same again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/13 "2001-10-06T22:41:31Z")
You guys are weird. ---
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/14 "2001-10-06T22:46:52Z")
[sym]I love this, so I think I will do my whole post in it. Symbols rock! They’re cool and stuff. Greek![/sym]:D[sym] Although I like Ancient Egypt more then Greece…[/sym] ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2001, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/15 "2001-10-06T22:54:42Z")
Well, er . . . I thought the koalas were cute as the dickens. :o ---
**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:** [October 7, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/16 "2001-10-07T00:06:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*Just curious…Is there a purpose for this? \*\* yes, it makes the Koalas very happy [sym]O{[sup]o[/sup]·[sup]o[/sup]}O[/sym] [sym]O{[sup]o[/sup]·[sup]o[/sup]}O[/sym] ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/17 "2001-10-07T04:27:42Z")
Makes good sigs ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2001, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-world-changes-forever/85784/18 "2001-10-07T07:36:28Z")
[sym]i am Saepiroth! i hold powers beyond those of my mortal ken! yield! yield to my mighty abilities or the [/sym] [sym]O{[sup]o[/sup]·[sup]o[/sup]}O[/sym] [sym] gets it! (by “it” i mean samplings of my MIGHTY and TERRIBLE wrath!)[/sym] ohh, i am going to have so much fun with this! i just hope Kniz doesn’t find it, for he’s resumed his old mantle; kniz is once again the [sym]Master Of Smilies![/sym]