Reading A Dark Knight in Aurora I came across this description of the “Ultraception symbol” that mass murderer James Holmes invented. The Ultraception takes the form of “a circle enclosing an infinity symbol (called a lemniscate) that touches both sides, with a seriffed numeral ‘1’ through the middle.”
The word lemniscate (which, I note in passing, WordPress spellcheck does not recognize) comes from the Latin for a ribbon, or decorated with ribbons, and it derives from a Greek word meaning the same. Now if you’re a mathematician, which I am not, you’ll know that lemniscate has a more technical meaning, referring to a figure-eight shaped curve whose equation in polar coordinates is ρ2=a2 cos 2θ or ρ2=a2 sin 2θ. I gather from the Internet that there are different kinds of lemniscates named after different mathematicians. But I don’t know anything about that. I just thought it interesting that there’s a word for the infinity symbol, which is basically a figure eight turned on its side. That’s something I didn’t know.
Alex Good 
To lemniscate and beyond!!!
Doesn’t have quite the same impact 😁
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Sure doesn’t! Just makes me think of lemming and lemurs . . .
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I would invent a new symbol that means something too, but I’m busy loafing off and doing nothing. Inventing things seems like a lot of work.
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Just put a doodle pad by your phone. You’ll have lots of meaningless symbols in no time!
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But my cellphone moves around a lot. How do I keep the pad next to it?
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OK, you need to keep a notepad and pen in your shirt pocket. You should have that already for work!
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I’ll have to put those in my other cargo pants pocket. Sweat would destroy a pad of paper in my shirt pocket. Today is the perfect example. Going to be 35C today. I already figure I’ll be drinking close to 4liters of liquid.
But what do I do if inspiration strikes while I’m hacking my way through a bramble bush and I step on a bees nest and have to run through a swamp in shin deep water?
Gotta think of what “might” happen after all. Being Prepared is the boyscouts motto.
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Yeah, it’s sweltering here today too. As for taking notes under pressure, I don’t think a well-made manly man should have trouble doing a few doodles while skipping over alligators.
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That’s where all my alligator boots and belts come from 🙂
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