Now the question is, did he put the x as a variable i.e. they couldn’t agree how to write it so he used x as a stand-in, or was he using x phonetically.
And this, for the readers in the future reading this post from their flying cars on Mars (or Roko’s Basilisk), is what we call trolling in the ancient times.
Now the question is, did he put the x as a variable i.e. they couldn’t agree how to write it so he used x as a stand-in, or was he using x phonetically.
Probably the latter, and yet…
Dang, people should email him for 15 years to find out!
Let’s leave it unsettled so future nerd historians, 100 years from now, can hate us for not asking and write books speculating about it.
Or post the question on a forum, then post “response deleted” and then post a third one to say “Thanks! That was super-interesting!”
Share a screenshot, but be sure that the screenshot is a photobucket 404.
And this, for the readers in the future reading this post from their flying cars on Mars (or Roko’s Basilisk), is what we call trolling in the ancient times.