Talk:Boxing the compass
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What is "North by Northwest"? --Gbleem 23:53, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
- It's a classic 1959 movie by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, and others. See all about it here. JackofOz 01:09, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
- According to North by Northwest, the title comes from Hamlet: "I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly / I know a hawk from a handsaw." (Act II, Scene ii). So "north-northwest", which makes sense as a compass point, apparently got changed to "north by northwest" which does not. Not sure whether this is worth mentioning even if I did get it right, though. Kingdon 02:06, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
- I think it could make sense as a compass point between NbW and N, that is, 354.375 degrees. --76.184.164.189 04:05, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
- According to North by Northwest, the title comes from Hamlet: "I am but mad north-north-west: when the wind is southerly / I know a hawk from a handsaw." (Act II, Scene ii). So "north-northwest", which makes sense as a compass point, apparently got changed to "north by northwest" which does not. Not sure whether this is worth mentioning even if I did get it right, though. Kingdon 02:06, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] The table and the images
Something is not right with the table and the images. Coloured compass rose overlaps the table in a way that spoils the usefulness of the article. Not entirely sure how to repair it, since there is so little text in the article, interspersing the images within the text is likely not an option as yet. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 13:42, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
- Have a look at the edit history of the article - on 4 Jan and 22 Jan, I and others had a fiddle with the images. I'm not sure if I improved the situation or not! (My problem was the coloured one was too small to read - don't laugh, one day you'll have to wear reading glasses too. ;-)
- There are a number of variables involved, the two main ones being the width of the coloured rose and the width of the page.
- The width of the page is whatever the user has their browser set to. If it's wide, no problems. If it's narrow, the rose overlaps the table.
- The width of the rose dictates how well you can read the rose. At 300px, it's too small to read. At 500px it looks great, but it's too wide for most people's browser window.
- Hence, 400px was chosen as a compromise.
- And as you say, there is so little text in the article that you don't have a lot of (any?) options.
- I hope you're more inventive than I am and can come up with a better answer than I did.
- Best wishes (and good luck). Cheers, Pdfpdf (talk) 09:22, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
