| rindolf | Regarding perlipc.pod : in the beginning of the sentence should I write "N.B. If the signal is fired, something bad happens." or "N.B.: if the signal is fired, something bad happens." ? |
| talexb | With the colon, please. :) |
| rindolf | talexb: I see. |
| rindolf | talexb: and a lowercase "if"? |
| talexb | No, I think that could be upper case .. |
| rindolf | talexb: I thought so too, but the original was the other way. |
| talexb | it's a sentence unto itself. |
| rindolf | talexb: but it's after a colon. |
| rindolf | talexb: a colon does not start a new sentence. |
| talexb | I dunno. My degree's in Engineering, not English. :( |
| talexb | For me, the colon says, "Thing to the left is the title, thing to the right is the content. |
| rindolf | talexb: OK, thanks anyway. |
| PerlJam | rindolf: I'd capitalize "If" |
| sdgvf | rindolf: how about just 'Note:' |
| * talexb | \o/ |
| PerlJam | sdgvf: because he wants to "Note Well:" not just "Note:" :) |
| Zaba | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_(punctuation), 'Use of capitals' |
| anno | Note well: ... |
| sdgvf | most people, even if they know what N.B. stands for, aren't going to note it a whole lot harder than if it just says Note: |
| rindolf | Bikeshedding. |
| rindolf | PerlJam: according to Zaba's wikipedia link, it should not be capitalised. |
| Su-Shee | what it's for nota bene? |
| PerlJam | rindolf: My reading of the article is inconclusive as to what it "should" be. It seems to all depend on who's manual of style you subscribe to. |
| ^Mike\b | Su-Shee: yes |
| Su-Shee | if a real sentence which could stand for its own follows, I start with a capital letter. if not, I don't. |
| talexb | By the way: Don't forget what colour you'd like the bike shed painted. |
| PerlJam | talexb: "color" ;-> |
| talexb | Pffffffft. ;) |
| LeoNerd | Wait.. we're -painting- the bikeshed now? Nobody ever mentioned paint before... |
| talexb | LeoNerd And you're head of the committee to choose the new COLOUR. |
| Su-Shee | "first we choose the color, then we choose the paint." (from my English teacher at school.. :) |
| LeoNerd | $ perl -MConvert::Color -E'say Convert::Color->new("bikeshed")->as_rgb->rgb' => Unable to parse color name bikeshed at -e line 1 |
| kent\n | doesn't the paint type preclude the colour choice? and paint manufacturer? |
| LeoNerd | Hehe.. Now we're arguing about the process of bikeshedding.. Go meta :) |
| kent\n | LeoNerd: you read my mind |
| kent\n | and now I mention that, were' metameta something |
| talexb | Taking things a *little* too literally. |
| Su-Shee | kent\n: it's a lesson to illustrate that color and paint are two different things... |
| LeoNerd | Colour is very complex problem... |
| LeoNerd | A lot of computer-type techies think it's just an RGB triplet, or maybe a triplet in some other space... |
| talexb | And anyway, Google's just patented the primary colours in their logo. But mauve is still available. For good reason. |
| Su-Shee | LeoNerd: luckily, I've learned "color" by actual "paint". ;) |
| kent\n | Yeah, it matters about what's in the proximity of the bikeshed, perceptual colour :( |
| anno | German uses the same word for color and paint, so we need to be taught the difference |
| anno | same with shadow and shade |
| * LeoNerd | takes anno out back to "teach him a lesson" |
| Su-Shee | anno: excellent example. same with freedom and liberty. |
| * kent\n | wonders if the bikeshed has to be colourblind safe |
| * talexb | wonders what colour a duck blind is. Oh. Camouflage. Never mind. |
| Su-Shee | camouflage. you've just introduced French into the discussion ;) |
| kent\n | talexb: what colours are blind ducks painted though? |
| kent\n | wait till we start painting our words, bikeshed synaesthesia sounds like a win. |