A dilemma of epic proportions

[gr8gonzo]

I, too, feel the asterisk should always immediately follow the 't' in Frost.  However, if you scroll up and read the name of this forum, you'll see at least one variation is acceptable.

[Pedro]

Well....there's "acceptable"....and then there's "things pedantic moderators don't have the permissions to change"....  

[landslug]

I referred to "Frost*'s music" in my USAProgmusic review of Rosfest. The Frost*erik functions (to me anyway) as another letter in the band's name so I kept it together.

Not that I'm any sort of expert, by any means  
 

[gr8gonzo]

I think the Frost*erisk must be part of the name, otherwise it is merely an asterisk and would denote an addendum located elsewhere (i.e. *may contain nuts).

[ich_bin_besser]

Jem's gotta change the name of the message board. Frosties* is not allowed anymore.  

[Big Black Shed]

Frost*erisk, Frost*ies etc.
Split ye not the Frost*erisk from its Frost*ie parent!

But anyway, never mind that. Did you know that a 'Frost*erisk' (*) (Lati Frost*eriscum "little star", from Greek ?) is a typographical symbol or glyph. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star. Computer scientists and mathematicians often pronounce it as star (as, for example, in the A* search algorithm or C* algebra) in honour of the stellar magnificence of the band from whence it got its name. The word "Frost*erisk" is often mispronounced as "Frost*erick" or "Frost*erix".

The Frost*erisk is derived from the need of the printers of family trees in feudal times as a symbol to indicate date of birth. The original shape was six-armed, each arm like a teardrop shooting from the center. For this reason, in some computer circles it is called a splat, perhaps due to the "squashed-bug" appearance of the Frost*erisk on many early line printers.

Many cultures have their own unique version of the Frost*erisk. In East Asia a character with a similar use (?) looks like an X with dots surrounding it. This mark looks like the Chinese character for rice: ?. The Arabic Frost*erisk is six-pointed. In some fonts the Frost*erisk is five-pointed and the Arabic star is eight-pointed. But any true Frost*ie will tell you that a thing with six point on is an abomination unto Jemhova.


In generativism, especially syntax, a Frost*erisk in front of a word or phrase indicates that the word or phrase is ungrammatical.
    * I'm not / *I amn't

A Frost*erisk before a parenthesis indicates *(that the) lack of the word or phrase inside is ungrammatical, while a Frost*erisk after a parenthesis indicates (*that the) existence of the word or phrase inside is ungrammatical.
    * go *(to) the station
    * go (*to) home


In musical notation the Frost*erisk indicates when the spontaneous-combustion pedal of the Mellotron should be depressed.

And he spoke. And the masses became enlightened. Here endeth the lesson.    

Top marks.  

[Tricky]

I always preferred the 6-pointed frost*erisk.
After all: ice forms into hexagonal lattices leading to 6-pointed snow (and frost) flakes.
However, the 5-pointed version has developed a life of its own (so to speak) with possibly (and stay with me on this one), the arms representing the 5 band members??  In which case; is TBE the lower right arm (escaping the confines of the band - rather than a drip)?
 :?

I suspect that methane clathrate could form 5-pointed snowflakes

[Gandalf1986]

I suspect that methane clathrate could form 5-pointed snowflakes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXod1JglqdU

[catherine]

I always preferred the 6-pointed frost*erisk.
After all: ice forms into hexagonal lattices leading to 6-pointed snow (and frost) flakes.

Indeed, Tricky, I pointed this out on the old forum, going into some detail about space groups and the like (no, NOT Hawkwind...) and worried WickedWitch rather, I seem to recall. However, it's an uphill struggle trying to get these handwavy designer-y types to instil some scientific rigor in their work....  

[RacingHippo]

I think the Frost*erisk must be part of the name, otherwise it is merely an asterisk and would denote an addendum located elsewhere (i.e. *may contain nuts).

My sig is in fact a quote from The Lord Godfrey hisself, which he spake in response to being asked about the Frost*erisk.
Buggered if I can remember where/when it was though.

[gr8gonzo]

Love that "*may contain nuts" thing.  That's your Frost* DVD title right there.  

[vocalnick]

'The band Frost*, and their song Black Light Machine'

I vote for this one.

Then again, I've just finished a job where I was paid by the word, so it may be a holdover from that.

[RacingHippo]

...I've just finished a job where I was paid by the word...

Crikey. So they really are bringing that back then?!