Me I’d say an asterisk is the risk of something going wrong with stars..Or maybe minor planets.
Rob Grigjanissays
This must be one of those things that can’t be seen/heard in Canada.
Reginald Selkirksays
The Number sign# has the correct number of legs, but the body is square.
# aka pound sign, cross hatch, hashtag
robrosays
I just learned this in a meeting recently. The # sign’s official name is “octothorpe”. It was named by Bell Lab engineers when they added it to the telephone keypad to send instructions to the telephone OS. The “octo” part is clear. The “thorpe” part may have been named for Jim Thorpe. Of course, this naming story may be completely made up, but it is the official name of #.
Pierce R. Butlersays
PZ Myers @ # 1: … they also ripped off two of his legs!
Nah, they just nailed four of them in pairs.
Or else that’s Insect Jesus – our Bug and Savior.
Jay Cee also manifests, they say, as lamb, lion, fish, dove, eagle … considering the vulnerable ecological niches of all those, he probably figures he’ll have to do his next Coming as invertebrate(s) among invertebrates.
Colin Jsays
Definitely nailed the limbs in pairs. Even human Jesus had to do that, since he wasted one branch of the cross as a headrest.
A person has 4 limbs and a cross has 4 branches, but given the traditional layout of the cross, I guess nailing one limb to each branch would have been very uncomfortable.
Wounded Kingsays
Colin@ #8 Perhaps I can interest you in the [i]crux decussata[\i] or St. Andrew’s Cross.
Alan G. Humphreysays
@ Colin #8
Very uncomfortable? Isn’t that the purpose?
A more enterprising Roman capitalist could have sold a 4th spike per crucifixion by demonstrating the extra discomfort of having the head also nailed through both cheeks. 90-degree neck twist with an extra score of comfortlessness if the tongue is got, too. But then the expiration date may have been reduced…
My god, they also ripped off two of his legs!
Don’t fret! Midjourney will happily add them back on again.
FWIW, Kurt Vonnegut gave the asterisk a different meaning!
See : https://screenrant.com/bojack-horseman-vonnegut-easter-egg-asterisk-meaning/
But then it is a wildcard too isn’t it?
Me I’d say an asterisk is the risk of something going wrong with stars..Or maybe minor planets.
This must be one of those things that can’t be seen/heard in Canada.
The Number sign# has the correct number of legs, but the body is square.
# aka pound sign, cross hatch, hashtag
I just learned this in a meeting recently. The # sign’s official name is “octothorpe”. It was named by Bell Lab engineers when they added it to the telephone keypad to send instructions to the telephone OS. The “octo” part is clear. The “thorpe” part may have been named for Jim Thorpe. Of course, this naming story may be completely made up, but it is the official name of #.
PZ Myers @ # 1: … they also ripped off two of his legs!
Nah, they just nailed four of them in pairs.
Or else that’s Insect Jesus – our Bug and Savior.
Jay Cee also manifests, they say, as lamb, lion, fish, dove, eagle … considering the vulnerable ecological niches of all those, he probably figures he’ll have to do his next Coming as invertebrate(s) among invertebrates.
Definitely nailed the limbs in pairs. Even human Jesus had to do that, since he wasted one branch of the cross as a headrest.
A person has 4 limbs and a cross has 4 branches, but given the traditional layout of the cross, I guess nailing one limb to each branch would have been very uncomfortable.
Colin@ #8 Perhaps I can interest you in the [i]crux decussata[\i] or St. Andrew’s Cross.
@ Colin #8
Very uncomfortable? Isn’t that the purpose?
A more enterprising Roman capitalist could have sold a 4th spike per crucifixion by demonstrating the extra discomfort of having the head also nailed through both cheeks. 90-degree neck twist with an extra score of comfortlessness if the tongue is got, too. But then the expiration date may have been reduced…