Is it ok for a question to be the answer?
When I posted this poem, several people asked
how I got Yahoo to space all the letters properly.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ag8SxRGFpMDnrnt_ORUsPoTsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20091007164831AAkyNI0
When one enters text and submits an answer or question,
it gets compiled into the HTML code of the web page.
When a browser (IE, FrFx, etc.) parses this code, it
ignores what seem to be unnecessary spaces. There's
a special code character, called a nonbreaking space,
which is used to force spaces to be recognized. It
looks like this: & n b s p ;
but without the spaces (If I put it all together, it
will disappear.) To show what I typed to post the
poem with proper spacing, I have substituted all the
ampersands (&) with dollar signs ($), and here it is:
* * *
the hidden eye
can take a structure
a practical structure
(they use it all the
time) and
$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;t
$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;o
$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;s
it into$nbsp;$nbsp;u$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;s$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;s
$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;s$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;s
$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;e$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;e
$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;l$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;n
$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;e$nbsp;$nbsp;s$nbsp;$nbsp;s
and they look
twice
and say it's
$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;(crazy
$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;isn't
$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;$nbsp;it)
Art
* * *
[Note: the code lines are so long, Yahoo chops them short]
BQ: Do you think I'm completely out of my mind,
or just slightly mad?
.
Actually, most of iot was done with copy/paste