i was gonna make a thread and ask what § was called IN WORDS, but i figured it out while looking for how to make the symbol.

so instead of a thread asking a stupid question, i'll use this thread to answer what i was gonnna ask. call it the fact of the day.


i think everyone should do this, we'll all be geniuses in no time. speaking of which, they seem to rank the ancient people higher on the IQ hall of fame than modern people like einstein and darwin. they just makin shit up, yo. fuck plato, son.

2/3/2009 10:46:59 AM

§

2/3/2009 10:48:13 AM

Yes, sadly enough, I did not learn this until law school, and now I use it every day.

2/3/2009 10:49:03 AM

Have that sign shortcutted on my Word program. Had to use it all the time typing up laws in law school. Can easily be hand-written by just writing one "S" and another "S" on the bottom half of the first "S".

[Edited on February 3, 2009 at 10:49 AM. Reason : .]

2/3/2009 10:49:36 AM

so how do we make it now?

2/3/2009 10:49:47 AM

fuck plato, son

2/3/2009 10:49:55 AM

So what's it mean?

2/3/2009 10:52:03 AM

Quote :

"so how do we make it now?"

html:

§

which is "&+sect;" (minus the " and +)

or §

"&+#167;" (minus the " and +)

or hold down alt and type 0167 on the number pad

§§§§§§§§§§§

Quote :

"So what's it mean?"

ive always seen it used in law, with statutes. now that i know the name, it was a dumb question.... it just labels the different sections of the chapters of the statutes

like chapter 20 is traffic laws in nc

and i think § 20.138.1 is the main dwi statute'

then like § 20.138.1(a)(1) is the normal thing

i dunno where he section sign comes in

2/3/2009 10:53:47 AM

I mean...when it came to law school...you would just be like...

"In the Landlord Tenant Law of South Carolina, Section 27, Rule 41...blah blah blah blah."


So it's just a way to list things. Like "Section 4, Chapter 3 of your Marketing Book" type shit.

2/3/2009 10:54:03 AM

Oooooh

I'm SOOOO using this now. I like writing fun signs for no reason.

DO NOT GIVE ME SOMETHING TO TYPE TODAY!!!! IT WILL HAVE § ALL UP IN IT!

2/3/2009 10:55:42 AM

my calc III teacher uses § a lot

2/3/2009 10:56:40 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%A7

2/3/2009 10:57:49 AM

§º Tuff

2/3/2009 10:58:02 AM

i edited this, it might get missed... some law professional help me out

Quote :

"like chapter 20 is traffic laws in nc and i think § 20.138.1 is the main dwi statute' then like § 20.138.1(a)(1) is the normal thing i dunno where the section sign comes in "

do you always use the § thing, or only when it gets to a certain subsection etc

2/3/2009 11:01:32 AM

ooo from cddweller's link, found a thing i've never heard of

DOUBLE DAGGER

‡

† + † = ‡

2/3/2009 11:03:04 AM

^wtf is that?

2/3/2009 11:03:48 AM

what, dagger?

its got like 20 uses apparantly, even chess!!!1

2/3/2009 11:04:36 AM

now i feel kind of stupid. i usually see superscripts with numbers for that shit, but i remember seeing the single dagger before

2/3/2009 11:06:42 AM

looks like its actually single dagger that gets used, so i wouldnt feel dumb. hell i wouldnt feel dumb either way.

DOUBLE DAGGAR branches off into Cross of Lorraine



what an interesting thread!!1

2/3/2009 11:08:22 AM

I learned this in MA141

n00b

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

2/3/2009 11:24:58 AM

right, so how do you type the double?

alt+0135 ----> ‡
alt+0134 ----> †

[Edited on February 3, 2009 at 11:33 AM. Reason : found]

2/3/2009 11:29:06 AM