# test poast, please ignore

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570>\
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**Created:** [January 26, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570 "2010-01-26T21:22:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570/1 "2010-01-26T21:22:38Z")

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Δf = f[sub]x[/sub](x[sub]0[/sub], y[sub]0[/sub])Δx + f[sub]y[/sub](x[sub]0[/sub], y[sub]0[/sub])Δy + ε[sub]1[/sub]Δx + ε[sub]2[/sub]Δy

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570/2 "2010-01-26T21:23:25Z")

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What kind of jiam do you like on your poast?

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**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570/3 "2010-01-26T21:24:15Z")

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Done.

Ignored.

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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570/4 "2010-01-26T21:27:03Z")

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> [@runner pat](#):
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> What kind of jiam do you like on your poast?

Jiam?

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570/5 "2010-01-26T21:30:29Z")

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> [@Contrapuntal](#):
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> Jiam?

Often made with graopes or other fruiets.

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570/6 "2010-01-26T21:54:45Z")

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εΔ[sub]3[/sub]y 4 u 2 say.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570/7 "2010-01-26T22:00:20Z")

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Dear Larry Borgia, you should know by now that giving a post the title “please ignore” is like waving a red flag in front of a bull. (In the interest of fighting ignorance yes I know that current wisdom states that bulls are colorblind and so a red flag in front of a bull is the same as any other flag.)

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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570/8 "2010-01-26T22:31:02Z")

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Well while we’re here… I need to see something right fast.

That didn’t work.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570/9 "2010-01-26T22:33:32Z")

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Well I, for one, had _no_ trouble ignoring this thread.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570/10 "2010-01-27T06:59:50Z")

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We’re here to fight ignorance, silly. We can’t ignore you.

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**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2010, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-poast-please-ignore/526570/11 "2010-01-27T18:28:31Z")

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> [@runner pat](#):
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> What kind of jiam do you like on your poast?

That’s silly. I put _miolk_ on my Test Poasties.
