I’m convinced that the most useless key on a typical 105-key qwerty computer keyboard is the scroll lock. Stuff from Google indicates that the key is an archaeological remain. Since that is the case, somebody should replace the scroll lock with the 13th function key. 13.
Don’t you think it’s annoying that sometimes, you can’t find the 13th floor when you need to get to the 13th floor? There’s the 12th floor. And there’s the 14th floor and the 13th floor is nowhere on the panel. Even worse, you need to go to the 42nd floor but according to the panel, you actually want to go to the 43rd floor?
Why don’t we be done with the number 13 and let 14 be the new 13? How about that?
I wonder if Laputan Logic gonna blog about the number 13. Should be a fun read.
Yup. You got it right. It’s a goddamn slow day.
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Hm. You’re right I haven’t blogged about 13 before. Lifts in Australia don’t avoid the 13th floor (except in casinos which, given their clientel, should really be avoiding the 4th floor). The number doesn’t seem to have that much power here except perhaps on Friday the 13th. Perhaps it’s an American thing?
I wrote some stuff on Chinese numerology a while back. In that system 13 means “certainly live” which means it can’t be all bad.