I am looking for a math typesetting style guide. By this I don't mean the kind of stylesheet for journal submissions that says "Be sure to use the blah-blah-blah LaTeX package and the XYZ equation environment, and our army of editorial assistants will tie up the loose ends and knock off the rough edges." (Why not? Because my advisor is involved in starting a new journal, and suddenly my labmates and I are that army of editorial assistants.) [more inside]
posted by nebulawindphone on Nov 4, 2009 - 11 answers

"I don't see my feelings changing anytime soon" - What does that mean, exactly? [more inside]
posted by thermonuclear.jive.turkey on Sep 22, 2009 - 46 answers

vocab-filter: Is there a vocabulary word or term to describe a service or an act of generosity that is ceased by its maintainers because a small, select group broke the rules ? [more inside]
posted by fizzix on Jul 5, 2009 - 28 answers

Looking for linguistic theories that describe why words change in meaning, particularly because they look and/or sound like other words. [more inside]
posted by hiteleven on Apr 26, 2009 - 5 answers

I have issues. My new friend takes issue with that. [more inside]
posted by crickets on Apr 3, 2009 - 31 answers

How does one properly use the term condescend (or condescending)? Is there a correct way? Is there a more popular way? It seems the word expresses two contradictory meanings. [more inside]
posted by es_de_bah on Mar 10, 2009 - 13 answers

What is the word or Phrase for a situation where competing persons become emroiled in a "sub game "? A different level of competition, so to say. Relates to game theory somehow. It may or may not include the word "pareto". Thanks.
posted by Student of Man on Jun 3, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm looking for translations of a particular sense of the English word "experience." [more inside]
posted by Jeff Howard on Mar 7, 2008 - 11 answers

I'm interested in designing a notetaking markup system for writing & the web. Before I put much more effort into it, does it exist? [more inside]
posted by tmcw on Feb 28, 2008 - 9 answers

If someone is French Algerian, can they call themselves "Latin?" [more inside]
posted by miss lynnster on Jan 21, 2008 - 25 answers

Is the definition of 'terror' as 'Violence committed or threatened by a group to intimidate or coerce a population, as for military or political purposes' a recent development, or a regional variation? [more inside]
posted by beniamino on Jun 11, 2006 - 21 answers

What is the History of English Language Capitalization? [more inside]
posted by freebird on Dec 27, 2005 - 34 answers

How do you cross out words in Hypertext?
posted by semmi on Oct 11, 2004 - 30 answers

Semantically correct code in a weblog: what happens when your focus is on posts' titles (rather than on posts' timestamps) with regards to headers (h1, h2) classes? [more inside] [more inside]
posted by kchristidis on Jul 8, 2004 - 7 answers

what the hell does the phrase "the human spirit" actually mean? is it just a term created by publishers and marketing departments to sell material or does it imply something more?
posted by Stynxno on Dec 10, 2003 - 9 answers