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Test for length requirements

aldiboronti

Posted: 02 April 2017 12:28 PM

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Faldage

Posted: 03 April 2017 03:19 AM

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languagehat

Posted: 04 April 2017 06:54 AM

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Dave Wilton

Posted: 04 April 2017 10:58 AM

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Dr. Techie

Posted: 04 April 2017 05:10 PM

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I’m sorry, the correct response was “O”.

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Faldage

Posted: 05 April 2017 03:44 AM

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Dr. Techie - 04 April 2017 05:10 PM
I’m sorry, the correct response was “O”.

Or either that or Dave was establishing that, not unlike the minimum number of pitches a pitcher can throw and be credited with a win, the minimum number of characters necessary for a post to be postable is zero.

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Dave Wilton

Posted: 05 April 2017 04:46 AM

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Yes, but I had to cheat to achieve it. It’s actually a seven-character post. I posted empty italics brackets (underline or bold would have worked too). The software counts the formatting codes as characters, but does not display it.

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Dr. Techie

Posted: 05 April 2017 07:21 AM

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A couple of joke-squashers, the both of yez.

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languagehat

Posted: 06 April 2017 06:32 AM

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