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    • CommentAuthorAndrew Stacey
    • CommentTimeJan 17th 2011

    I realise that the answer is very probably “No”, but I thought I’d just ask if anyone could lay their hands on an issue from December 4th and solve a very curious puzzle for me.

    There’s a letter in the current issue (I got sent a free copy, if you see one look at - but don’t read - page 10 to see why) which can be found online here and which refers to the error message on “the _n_Lab website”. Now, while we’re not the only thing on the web that comes up when one searches for “nLab”, the emphasised “n” makes it look like us. What I don’t understand is the reference to the error message. I’ve just looked, and our error messages are currently:

    404
    File not found
    You were, perhaps, looking for cheese?
    500
    Application error (Apache)
    Something very bad just happened. I just know it. Do you smell smoke?

    Neither of which talks about restoring normality.

    Unfortunately, that particular part of that particular issue is behind a subscription wall and much as I would love to know if they really did mean us, I’m not prepared to pay for that knowledge.

    (If anyone does subscribe to NS but would prefer not to admit to it, feel free to email me)

    • CommentRowNumber2.
    • CommentAuthorUrs
    • CommentTimeJan 17th 2011
    • (edited Jan 17th 2011)

    What I don’t understand is the reference to the error message.

    It’s probably referring to the page reality check, where – according to the entry’s history – you did once write

    Normal service will be restored once we are sure what “normal” is.

    • CommentRowNumber3.
    • CommentAuthorAndrew Stacey
    • CommentTimeJan 17th 2011

    Gosh! That’s going back a bit. I ought to be embarrassed that I don’t remember that, but then my memory has never been all that good. I guess we should probably remove that page. Looking at the date, I would guess that it referred to when we moved the nLab to its current hosts and disabled editing while the move was in progress.

    • CommentRowNumber4.
    • CommentAuthorAndrew Stacey
    • CommentTimeJan 17th 2011

    I’d still like to know what the original comment about the nLab “error” page was …

    • CommentRowNumber5.
    • CommentAuthorUrs
    • CommentTimeJan 17th 2011

    I’d still like to know what the original comment about the nLab “error” page was …

    Even if i were willing to pay for it, I am not sure which issue and which article is the one in question. Do you?

    • CommentRowNumber6.
    • CommentAuthorDavidRoberts
    • CommentTimeJan 17th 2011
    • (edited Jan 17th 2011)

    Here is a (slightly edited) copy of the December article

    • CommentRowNumber7.
    • CommentAuthorFinnLawler
    • CommentTimeJan 17th 2011

    Whatever about calling us ’geeks’ (I’m more of a nerd myself), that’s a remarkably cogent layman’s explanation of what category theory is for.

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    • CommentAuthorTodd_Trimble
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2011

    It can be pretty funny to read how (über-geeky) one can appear to another’s eyes!

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    • CommentAuthorTobyBartels
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2011

    I guess we should probably remove that page.

    I added a bit of explanation at least.

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    • CommentAuthorDavidRoberts
    • CommentTimeJan 18th 2011

    Looks good to me. :)

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