Talk:1989: IMHO

I mean, the dress is b&w if you have one of the forms of colorblindness. Although, what colors is it? SilverMagpie (talk) 16:33, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

The gold/black part is 61522F hex and the white/blue part is 8190B2 hex. Grabadora304 (talk) 16:55, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

So that explains the colors represented by the photo; what about the colors of the dress itself? I'd guess black & gold, based purely upon the discussions I've heard. ProphetZarquon (talk) 20:52, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

The dress was blue with black lace. And I've added the fact that Randall had made a comic because of the dress (1492: Dress Color). Herobrine (talk) 01:04, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Currently adding transcript. Chbs (talk) 16:38, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Did top row. Feel free to format it differently. SilverMagpie (talk) 16:42, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Screams in edit conflicts. Chbs (talk) 16:53, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Okay, I've normalized the formatting to what seems to be the standard: uniform indent with ":".Chbs (talk) 16:57, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

What about using tabs?  ;D

ProphetZarquon (talk) 20:52, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

AFAIK In normal (British) usage the phrase is "In my humble opinion" and I have heard it said, when someone prefaces their contribution with IMHO it is rarely humble but is definitely an opinion. RIIW - Ponder it (talk) 16:47, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

No lie, I had a manager who used to refer to the database language as Squeal. As in a high-pitched animal sound. We had an in-house database tool called PiggySQL. Thaledison (talk) 17:26, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

I've always preferred that pronunciation too. ProphetZarquon (talk) 20:53, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Dammit. Now my brain will always translate "OMG" to "oh, my genitals".172.68.58.167 17:45, 4 May 2018 (UTC)Pat

The single space convention became the standard waaay before HTML. Cgrimes85 (talk) 18:13, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Standard, but less readable. For printed documents (especially stories with a lot of lengthy paragraphs) I'd still strongly recommend using double spaces because it's easier for the reader to discern sentence breaks. Incidentally, I had points deducted from English papers lacking that extra space as late as 1998.

(By the way, that link you gave is broken:

"Trouble Encountered ~ can't fetch document")

ProphetZarquon (talk) 21:10, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

If you print documents with monospace font, using just single space is NOT the main reason it's hard to read. You should use proportional font and tool actually designed to handle printing, which include having better option than using two spaces. -- Hkmaly (talk) 03:25, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Using extra-wide space between sentences (not necessarily two spaces) goes back to the earliest days of printing, long before the invention of typewriters.     As a matter of fact, the practice of double-spacing sentences with typewriters got started by trying to mimic the printing practices of the time.     It was only in the mid-20th century (with the 1949 edition of the Chicago Manual of Style) that the recommendation became "one space", in 1969 when they stopped mentioning the earlier customs, and in the 21st century where they explicitly prohibit any alternative.     There's a great article about this that explains the history in great detail.     (Sadly, that blog no longer exists, but the Wayback Machine has preserved the content).     Shamino (talk) 15:44, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Tabs vs Spaces might also be a reference to the programmer's war on how to indent code correctly. Ruffy314 (talk) 19:25, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Agreed. I prefer " " (U+2003, A.K.A.  )

ProphetZarquon (talk) 21:10, 4 May 2018 (UTC)

Did you ever manage to RUN some of those programs? :) -- Hkmaly (talk) 03:25, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

Maybe I'm reading too much in this, but there is a popular product called "cramp tabs" for use during and right after a period Sysin (talk)

I hate to be that guy, but I pronounce Giantess and Gift the same way.--Henke37 (talk) 11:06, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

SQL Pronunciation

For Microsoft's SQL Server, "SQL" should be pronounced "sequel" because it's Microsoft's product, and that's how they pronounce it. I notice young I.T. people tend to try to make abbreviations into pronounceable words (acronyms) rather than go letter-by-letter (initialisms). Many older I.T. people I've met prefer initialism pronunciation. 172.68.150.10 17:36, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

The term "SQL" existed long before Microsoft started playing; they do not get to change the pronunciation. I do not think that it is necessarily young IT people who prefer pronouncable words. "SCSI" being pronounced "scuzzy" has a long tradition. For myself, I usually say "S-Q-L" but have also used "squeal". I am 57. Gene Wirchenko [email protected] 108.162.216.220 01:06, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Is it possible the last panel is punning on menstruation?