tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post2342772556863980354..comments2023-08-02T04:56:49.094-04:00Comments on ampersand seven: #40Therese Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-78614251269599274792009-12-07T03:04:53.992-05:002009-12-07T03:04:53.992-05:00Did not know "dystopian". Confused it wi...Did not know "dystopian". Confused it with "diplopia".Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513648613788716017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-67552392611790030112009-02-09T13:33:00.000-05:002009-02-09T13:33:00.000-05:00Ray, I don't know V. Sounds like good clean dysto...Ray, I don't know V. Sounds like good clean dystopian fun!<BR/><BR/>It IS a very alien alphabet. I'm sure people much smarter than yours truly have figured out why Braille works, but I still scratch my head and wonder why they don't just use the regular alphabet and numbers in bas-relief. I suppose that's just a sighted person's limited logic, working backwards from my own repertoire.Therese Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07516328708322780202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117627891523667640.post-20442058632641080072009-02-09T12:44:00.000-05:002009-02-09T12:44:00.000-05:00Something about Braille has always reminded me of ...Something about Braille has always reminded me of the miniseries <I>V</I>--you know, the one where reptilian aliens come to Earth and masquerade as friendly humans in some quasi-coherent statement about the insidious power of Hitler's Germany?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, they had a logo on their uniforms that looked like Braille, as did most of their written language as evidenced on command consoles and whatnot.<BR/><BR/>Not that I am comparing blind persons with reptilian aliens, mind you. I'm fascinated by its "alien" quality, though, as the dots do not form letters or ideograms that would be recognizable to the sighted.<BR/><BR/><B>fruisma</B> (the proverbial film that forms over one's eyes as a response to stress or anger)Ray Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09608912826395230990noreply@blogger.com