h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Andy Kemp?

Ummm... the name rings a bell, although I can't think where from. Possibly Warwick Uni? Where am I likely to know him from?

He read maths at Warwick, gradded in 2001, got married to Ruth that summer....

I'm on one of those "oh my god you and I know all sorts of the same lot of people" thing...have a look at the Oxford thing on HenryS' space....

I don't think I did know him - but I've worked out where I recognise the name from - he typed up a couple of sets of revision notes for some of the maths courses for the maths Soc. His name would have been plastered on the front covers...

The world is tiny. Absolutey *tiny*.

Indeed. And growing smaller all the time!

I also get it cos I'm a Catholic, and there's often a Catholic thing going round that's eerily similar:

"Oooooh, I've heard of you. You used to live in so-and-so's parish. So-and-so went to seminary with my uncle's parish priest..."

that kind of thing.

It's amazing how many people know people that you know...

The best one was...

I used to study Theology, and on my theology course was a monk called Augustine, who only became a Catholic when he was at St. Andrew's. When there he was College Dad to a certian Chris, who after Uni went to seminary, and after ordination became curate in my home parish...curiously enough, I knew Chris for at least four years before I ever met Augustine....

There used to be a sixdegrees website, which was great fun, but it closed down a while back. Ah well...

Must do some more work. Stop procrastinating.

It's incredible the way things like that happen!

Have you seen this site? http://smallworld.sociology.columbia.edu/


W*rk? What d'you want to do something like that for?

Indeed. Now then, Mr. LaTeX guru, tell me summat. What's the command thingy for the shadowy Z, C, Q, R...them lot? My winedt is being no help

Ummm... let me consult my documentation...

I think what you mean is \mathbb{Z} (or whichever letter(s) you want)

Hm yea I used \mathbb{Z} and it just looked like an ordinary Z...mebbe it's cos I've not included something in \usepackage that I'm supposed to? I've got amsmath, amssyb and amscd at the moment....

Odd... does it work for any other letters?

Are you doing it in math mode, or text mode? It may only work in math mode?

If it still doesn't work, you may have the relevant font missing...

I've tried it in math mode, as that's the intuitive one, really...but I'll give it a go in text. I've tried it with Z and C, with no luck.

Missing fonts? Arrrrgh.....

I've just tried a few combinatins out, and it looks like you need to \usepackage{amsfonts} or \usepackage{amssymb}, and put the \mathbb{Z} in math mode.

If it's not working with one package, try it with the other. Is it giving you any errors when it compiles?

Just stuck in amsfonts, and YAY!!!! it works!!! Thank you!!!

Yay! No probs

Sounds like you may need to download teh amssymb package again though - it *should* work with both. Either that or you made a silly mistake somewhere.

Hehe ok I'll have a squiz....

You'll have a *what*???

Sounds like something you ought to see a doctor about!