4/02/2009

Seven*

When rolling two standard six-sided dice, it is the sum of any two opposite sides on a standard six-sided die. It has a 6 in 36 (or 1/6th) probability of being rolled (1–6, 6–1, 2–5, 5–2, 3–4, or 4–3), the greatest of any number.


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In the beginning, various Hindus wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase J vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the character more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the character from a 6-look-alike into an uppercase V-look-alike. Both modern Arab forms influenced the European form, a two-stroke character consisting of a horizontal upper line joined at its right to a line going down to the bottom left corner, a line that is slightly curved in some font variants. As is the case with the European glyph, the Cham and Khmer glyph for 7 also evolved to look like their glyph for 1, though in a different way, so they were also concerned with making their 7 more different. For the Khmer this often involved adding a horizontal line above the glyph.[2] This is analogous to the horizontal stroke through the middle that is sometimes used in handwriting in the Western world but which is almost never used in computer fonts. This horizontal stroke is, however, important to distinguish the glyph for seven from the glyph for one in writings that use a long upstroke in the glyph for one.


*-Thank you, Wikipedia.

Not from Wikipedia...

The best quote from the movie Seven.
What's in the box?
7 dies insquequo Oris Dies!

8 comments:

THE KID said...

How about Susan's cousin stealing the idea of the name "Seven" for her own newborn from George?

Sarah said...

Seven and counting...

Today I got around to wondering...what ever happened to Korey Feiner? I heard he was with the Twins now?

-Sarah

THE KID said...

I probably only did what you'd done already Sarah; doing a quick search of the Twins sites and some Twins blogs.

But all i came up with was "your search resulted in zero responses."

I bet our host has insider info though.

Chris said...

After Korey Feiner was released by the Mariners, he was signed by Camden in the Atlantic League.

They let him go in early August.

Since, then...I have heard nothing. If there is some time, I'll do some research.

Would anyone know where I could go to buy some more time?

THE KID said...

Time, why you punish me?
Like a wave crashing into the shore
You wash away my dreams...

Time, why you walk away?
Like a friend with somewhere to go
You left me crying...

parkside21 said...

The great part about that Seinfeld moment as that George doesn't actually say "seven" at first. In true George fashion, he just draws it in the air, while whistling.

Also, I should mention, there is a great moment from Friends in which Monica motions...uh....."7". I know, it's lame, but that show has been a guilty pleasure for me for a long time.

Lastly, great movie reference, Chris. One of the best, most shocking endings of all time. The best part about it, is that there is no gore if I remember, it's just all implied fear. Perfectly done.

Sarah said...

Thanks Kid--and Chris. :)

I always liked Korey as a catcher (though I liked Nunez's intro music SO MUCH MORE! :p Who doesn't love a good spanish polka?! Come on!) I just wondered what happened to our Wisconsinite.

Chris, you can buy time at the 7/11--next to the phone cards, right between the "eternal happiness" display and the voodoo dolls.

:)

Unknown said...

After leaving Camden, Korey Feiner got picked up by the Reds. He is now on the DL for the AA Carolina Mudcats. I played football with him in high school so I try to keep up with him.

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