Still not dead (or king) - interlude

[johnpalmer]

I'm still thinking of how a person with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can fight back against the GOP, in hopes of making them sane again. Blogging is all I can think of. I'm not sure if I should try to blog elsewhere, or just say what I have to say here (or seeing if LongHairedWeirdo - my nom du blog - is available on LJ/DW). Any thoughts?

Interlude: At work, there are a collection of clever and cute bumper stickers. One bothered me for a long time... I finally figured it out recently, though.

It shows a picture of a brain, and a > (greater than) sign. On the right hand side, it had sigma (sum of) i = 1 to n, of (a picture of a bear)/n.

So:

brain picture > (sum from 1 to n) of (bearpicture)-sub-i, divided by n

Can you figure it out?

Hint: think cartoon

Comments

[redbird]

LongHairedWeirdo isn't currently in use on either LJ or DW. If I recall correctly, the maximum length for LJ usernames is 15 characters, in which case this wouldn't fit; Dreamwidth allows longer names (though I'm not sure offhand how long. (I just spent a couple of minutes poking through the FAQs, and couldn't find the length limit for LJ, just that if a name is too long, you'd get an error message.)

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Here is what constitutes a valid LJ username:

• Maximum Length: 15 characters
• Allowed Characters: a-z, 0-9, and _ (underscore).
• Reserved: LiveJournal reserves certain prefixes, such as 'ex_', 'ext_', 'lj_', and 's_', for official or system use. These prefixes will produce an error of "Sorry, that is a reserved username."
• Underscores:Usernames can no longer begin or end with an underscore, nor contain more than one underscore in a row.

Dreamwidth's rules for usernames are "25 or fewer characters with letters, numbers, and hyphens (-) only, with the first and last characters of the username being letters and numbers only."

Note that LJ restricts you to 15 characters, while Dreamwidth gives you 25; LJ specifies only lower-case letter, while Dreamwidth doesn't say anything, but I've never seen a Dreamwidth username that included any upper-case letters: and Dreamwidth only likes hyphens, while LJ only likes underscores.

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

Dreamwidth allowed the full length name so I gave them my money first; I'll decide if I want to add LJ to the mix. At least I'll have a place where it's easy to *start* blogging.

Thank you; you and redbird helped me actually move forward.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I'm always glad to provide useful information! (As it says in my LJ and DW user profiles, "I have a tendency to emit information and advice almost involuntarily, the way a cat sheds...")

Now I'll go look for the name(s) in both journals, and add you to my "friends" lists :-)

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

LongHairedWeirdo is in use now with a paid account. I'll have to decide if I should dual post to "longhairdweirdo" (drop the e in 'haired') on LJ or not. I don't think it matters... you can comment in DW with an LJ account, IIRC.

Thank you; you helped ensure I'd actually *do* something.