Comments on: Almost Back http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:02:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-107495 Clifford Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:19:18 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-107495 Aha! Great...! -cvj Aha! Great…!

-cvj

]]> By: Elliot http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-107470 Elliot Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:25:13 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-107470 Aha. just needed to clear the cache. I had been on the site during the rebuild and ff had cached it. looks great now. e. Aha. just needed to clear the cache. I had been on the site during the rebuild and ff had cached it.

looks great now.

e.

]]> By: Plato http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-107190 Plato Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:04:33 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-107190 Sorry, <a href="http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/09/strange-phenomena/" rel="nofollow">the post</a> not the comment. Sorry, the post not the comment.

]]> By: Plato http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-107188 Plato Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:01:03 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-107188 Just for reference <a href="http://asymptotia.com/2006/12/09/strange-phenomena/#comment-10251" rel="nofollow">Strange Phenomena</a> Just for reference Strange Phenomena

]]> By: Elliot http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-107022 Elliot Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:38:06 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-107022 I guess it's me. I'm running FF 2.0.0.11 on an emac running Mac OS X 10.4.10. I am not sure why it does not appear correctly. but it seems I'm a minority of one so it's likely my problem. e. I guess it’s me. I’m running FF 2.0.0.11 on an emac running Mac OS X 10.4.10.

I am not sure why it does not appear correctly. but it seems I’m a minority of one so it’s likely my problem.

e.

]]> By: Plato http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106996 Plato Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:58:11 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106996 I am using Firefox and it looks fine. I can sympathize with this adventure to restore. While constructing another site for an organization, it somehow it got messed up too. I now copy the language for each page link and keep it in safe place in case it happens again. Updating, every once in a while using "view page source" by right clicking mouse. Copy, and then paste in word document. This is a nice way to see how some people are using html and css for displays. All the best to you Clifford. I am using Firefox and it looks fine.

I can sympathize with this adventure to restore. While constructing another site for an organization, it somehow it got messed up too.

I now copy the language for each page link and keep it in safe place in case it happens again. Updating, every once in a while using “view page source” by right clicking mouse. Copy, and then paste in word document.

This is a nice way to see how some people are using html and css for displays.

All the best to you Clifford.

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106992 spyder Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:35:14 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106992 Using Firefox 2.0.0.6 on MacoS X etc. It looks pretty much the same as the former (pre-attack), with some minor textual and font differences. Running just fine! Thanks for all your efforts. Using Firefox 2.0.0.6 on MacoS X etc. It looks pretty much the same as the former (pre-attack), with some minor textual and font differences. Running just fine! Thanks for all your efforts.

]]> By: Elliot http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106959 Elliot Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:28:14 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106959 firefox view is "different" than before the attack. IE7 looks pretty much the same as it did before. hope that helps. everything is visible in both however just very different look/feel. e. firefox view is “different” than before the attack. IE7 looks pretty much the same as it did before. hope that helps. everything is visible in both however just very different look/feel.

e.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106942 Clifford Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:41:13 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106942 No... I would say that it was *really good*. I deliberately designed a look that is not busy and in-your-face and trying to grab your attention all the time. So the fact that you were immediately comfortable and re-immersed in the reading of the posts is, in my opinion, a good sign that I've succeeded. Thanks! -cvj No… I would say that it was *really good*. I deliberately designed a look that is not busy and in-your-face and trying to grab your attention all the time. So the fact that you were immediately comfortable and re-immersed in the reading of the posts is, in my opinion, a good sign that I’ve succeeded. Thanks!

-cvj

]]> By: Yvette http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106939 Yvette Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:17:10 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106939 My random observation of the day: is it really bad if I read all the way to the end of your post and thought "wait, it changed <i>back?!?</i>" only at the last sentence or so? And then scrolled back to the top to realize I completely missed that? H-okay, time for bed. My random observation of the day: is it really bad if I read all the way to the end of your post and thought “wait, it changed back?!?” only at the last sentence or so? And then scrolled back to the top to realize I completely missed that?

H-okay, time for bed.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106935 Clifford Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:29:36 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106935 <blockquote> I am using firefox and the format does not appear to be fixed. </blockquote> Hi, Confused by that. What do you mean, exactly? What does not work for you? Looks fine so far for me on Firefox 2.0.0.11. Is it not rendering properly? (Not counting the cosmetics on some font choices, doing some other magic with the sidebar, and the broken footer code...) Cheers, -cvj

I am using firefox and the format does not appear to be fixed.

Hi,

Confused by that. What do you mean, exactly? What does not work for you? Looks fine so far for me on Firefox 2.0.0.11. Is it not rendering properly? (Not counting the cosmetics on some font choices, doing some other magic with the sidebar, and the broken footer code…)

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: Elliot http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106904 Elliot Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:37:24 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106904 I am using firefox and the format does not appear to be fixed. It is ok on IE7 at work. just fyi. e. I am using firefox and the format does not appear to be fixed. It is ok on IE7 at work. just fyi.

e.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106889 Clifford Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:41:23 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106889 Hi Supernova, In future, if a comment of yours ever get gobbled by the spam checker engine, send me an email and I can wrestle with it and grab it from its jaws. It is doing its best trying to protect us from the junk and gets a bit enthusiastic sometimes. -cvj Hi Supernova,

In future, if a comment of yours ever get gobbled by the spam checker engine, send me an email and I can wrestle with it and grab it from its jaws. It is doing its best trying to protect us from the junk and gets a bit enthusiastic sometimes.

-cvj

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106886 Clifford Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:24:51 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106886 Hi Pedant, You said that "Asymptopia" is: <blockquote> "in some way more mellifluous and consonant to the English ear" </blockquote> I say: Really? I'd say that's in the ear of the observer. This English ear (well, both of my English ears) would prefer it the way I have it. I would say that Asymptotia is far more "natural" since it is a direct extension of existing words: Asymptote, and its derivative Asymptotic. I know of no word "Asymptope". (Perhaps we use it to denote a mathematical construct that becomes a polytope at infinity :-D ) Wasn't aware of Nambu's essay. My Asymptotia and his Asymptopia are perhaps towns in the same county. Definitely not the same places though. Cheers! -cvj Hi Pedant,

You said that “Asymptopia” is:

“in some way more mellifluous and consonant to the English ear”

I say:

Really? I’d say that’s in the ear of the observer. This English ear (well, both of my English ears) would prefer it the way I have it. I would say that Asymptotia is far more “natural” since it is a direct extension of existing words: Asymptote, and its derivative Asymptotic. I know of no word “Asymptope”. (Perhaps we use it to denote a mathematical construct that becomes a polytope at infinity :-D )

Wasn’t aware of Nambu’s essay. My Asymptotia and his Asymptopia are perhaps towns in the same county. Definitely not the same places though.

Cheers!

-cvj

]]> By: Supernova http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106869 Supernova Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:40:46 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106869 Hooray! :) Hooray! :)

]]> By: pedant http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106868 pedant Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:36:06 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106868 Your getting the 'Asymptotia' look back on track reminded me of the debate that your blog's name provoked. When you started up there was some suggestion that 'Asymptopia' might have been a better 'brand name', principally on the grounds that it was in some way more mellifluous and consonant to the English ear. By chance I have been reading Nambu's 1985 survey 'Directions of Particle Physics', in which 'Asymptopia' is identified as a wonderland in which string theory and other products of the 'Dirac mode' of research might be tested on the Planck scale. Not that I'm suggesting a change - if it's not broke, don't fix it. Your getting the ‘Asymptotia’ look back on track reminded me of the debate that your blog’s name provoked. When you started up there was some suggestion that ‘Asymptopia’ might have been a better ‘brand name’, principally on the grounds that it was in some way more mellifluous and consonant to the English ear. By chance I have been reading Nambu’s 1985 survey ‘Directions of Particle Physics’, in which ‘Asymptopia’ is identified as a wonderland in which string theory and other products of the ‘Dirac mode’ of research might be tested on the Planck scale. Not that I’m suggesting a change - if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.

]]> By: Supernova http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106867 Supernova Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:33:26 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106867 Testing... the old blog kept flagging my comments as spam. Let's see if the renewed version likes me any better. Testing… the old blog kept flagging my comments as spam. Let’s see if the renewed version likes me any better.

]]> By: Jude http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106847 Jude Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:58:35 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106847 I'm on IE7--required for work--and it's okay. I don't have IE6 on any computers now. It works out well because my kids use Firefox and I use IE7, so we have different home pages. I’m on IE7–required for work–and it’s okay. I don’t have IE6 on any computers now. It works out well because my kids use Firefox and I use IE7, so we have different home pages.

]]> By: Mary Cole http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106838 Mary Cole Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:05:16 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/01/28/almost-back/#comment-106838 Good to see the old style back! Perhaps when things settle down a bit and you have a moment to spare(!) you could do a post on steamed date pudding. Sounds delicious. Good to see the old style back! Perhaps when things settle down a bit and you have a moment to spare(!) you could do a post on steamed date pudding. Sounds delicious.

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