Tuesday, March 23, 2010

M space

There is something very important that needs to be explained to everyone. When computers were first invented it was important to put to spaces after a period because each space was the width of an n the same as the width between two words and the width between the individual letters were also identical. Two of these n spaces were just slightly larger than an m space. An m space is what was traditionally used after an period. As computer became smarter and specific kerning* was programmed into every typeface the use of the n space after the periods was eliminated and now the computer automatically place an m space after each period. So the space after a period is automatically longer than when the computers were invented the practice of putting two spaces after each period is still adhered to without acknowledging the fact that it is and has been unnecessary for 20 years. So stop it.
*the amount of space between letters

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Musing about chess.

where the king moves determines the next set of moves.

if he moves to D7 you have problems.

for instance you move to Q C1-horse takes pawn, K to d1 horse takes rook then Q takes Q. then K takes Q.

however if

if Blck K moves to F7 -- you move to C3
he B to D8 then you Q to Blck Knight.

Worse case.
If you move R to c1 then he K to c2 then you R to C2 and he Q to c2
If he moves K to D8 I take Bishop for check he moves pawn I take horse.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Wondering where to go

from here. I have many thing to do. First I need to decide exactly what I'm doing, where I need to go. Somewhere away from here?