Here’s a link that works https://www.google.com/amp/s/reason.com/blog/2018/02/23/a-high-school-studen... On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 16:39 James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:

The page is gone; maybe the story isn’t true?

Jim

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The page isn't gone, and the original link works perfectly fine. You just need to avoid deleting the newline separating the URL from the signature (or, if your mail reader takes it upon itself to split the URL, you need to repair the damage). Here's a more foolproof copy of the original URL: https://www.truthrevolt.org/news/student-faces-expulsion-joking-square-root-... Tom James Propp writes:

The page is gone; maybe the story isn’t true?

Jim

On Friday, February 23, 2018, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:

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Bill, Presumably, being friends with Donald Knuth, you can get \varsqrt included in TeX release 103993/33102 ? The other Donald would approve. Best wishes, Adam P. Goucher

Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 2:04 AM From: "Bill Gosper" <billgosper@gmail.com> To: math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [math-fun] student faces expulsion for joking that square-root symbol looks like a gun

I'm for expulsion. Any kid who can think that is obviously doing hallucinogens. gosper.org/buntline.png --rwg

On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 12:53 PM, Bill Gosper <billgosper@gmail.com> wrote:

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