+1 <grin>
On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 06:40:29AM +0000, 'caveman رجل الكهف' via vim_use wrote: > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > On Monday, September 21, 2020 7:01 PM, Tony Mechelynck > <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Since March 2007, it is a real standing law in the US state of > > Arkansas (whose name is to be pronounced as "Arkansaw"), that the > > "possessive" (i.e. genitive) form of the state's name must be written > > «Arkansas's» and not «Arkansas'». (I'm using French quotes to > > emphasize the difference with the apostrophe). > > in case we have some arkansas officials here in > the list, i'd like to share a suggestion for free, > tax exempt: > > i think the simplest solution is to actually > rename the state into "Arkansa". this way they > can the apostrophe at will however they please, > like "Arkansa's". > > > even better, rename it to just "Arkan". > > > information theoretically there are like 50 states > right? so technically we just need: > > ceil(log2(50)) = 6 bits only > > so clearly "Arkansas", being 64 bits is way an > over kill. > > while at it, let's also rename massachusetts, and > other wrong names. > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/S_wNh5kW7tNNCfyLZgxzYLdHml8iHdQ6SVR3XudgRCVDpToExchAqCmc9J4XPUvWu1KRRRS7_1zfOSEMK_ZrFTBrGnNi3QucpFyCFhh28KM%3D%40protonmail.com. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/20200922183817.GC8724%40trackstand.