Trivial things that make you annoyed beyond expectations?

[Gwylan]

Moving on Wimbledon is a real p.i.a.

 

[icowden]

OK, I'm confused. I though the 4th dimension was the preserve of nutters and saddos with beige cardigans and dodgy habits.

Harsh!

You are confused because we routinely talk about dimensions incorrectly. The 4th dimension is time (and space because space is also time). So technically all number plates are 4 dimensional.

What they are trying to describe is the difference between a flat, two dimensional appearance, a two dimensional drawing with depth / shading that therefore looks 3 dimensional and a plate which is actually 3 dimensional in appearance as the letters are raised.

My cardigan is getting very warm this evening.

 

[raleighnut]

Harsh!

You are confused because we routinely talk about dimensions incorrectly. The 4th dimension is time (and space because space is also time). So technically all number plates are 4 dimensional.

What they are trying to describe is the difference between a flat, two dimensional appearance, a two dimensional drawing with depth / shading that therefore looks 3 dimensional and a plate which is actually 3 dimensional in appearance as the letters are raised.

My cardigan is getting very warm this evening.

Back in the late 70's I used to make numberplates with raised letters/numbers by punching holes in flat plates through a template to attach the numbers using a spire clip onto the little raised nipples on the back of the numbers, these were to fit to the new cars the garage I worked at sold