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2021-06-17 // day precision

The FAR numbering experiment meets its audience

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

Four-panel confused woman with equations, overlaid with FAR 1.105-2 explanations of parts, subparts, sections and subsections.
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Comment attachment by Dan Cary: Diagram identifying part, subpart, section and subsection in the example citation 25.108-2.
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Editorial interpretation

A mathematical-confusion meme reproduces the FAR numbering explanation. Members call it verbose; Dan acknowledges the experiment did not quite land and promises Part 2. This preserves criticism as part of the historical record. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments 2021-06-17 — Forrest B Lipe: This one is way too verbose 2021-06-17 — Dan Cary — reply in Forrest B Lipe’s thread: Forrest B Lipe it’s literally copy paste… sometimes you get on stage to try something and it doesnt quite hit. 2021-06-17 — Forrest B Lipe — reply in Forrest B Lipe’s thread: I get it Dan. You got to just keep swinging. Most are spot on. 2021-06-17 — Dan Cary — reply in Forrest B Lipe’s thread: Forrest B Lipe working on a tight ten minutes 2021-06-17 — Andy Knott: TL:DR, like most of my SOWs 2021-06-17 — Dan Cary — reply in Andy Knott’s thread: Andy Knott the TL:DR, [Associated comment image is displayed above.] 2021-06-17 — Andy Knott — reply in Andy Knott’s thread: Dan Cary [Reaction GIF not preserved as animation.] 2021-06-17 — Dan Cary: Lesson learned, FAR part 1 memes suck. Tomorrow we see how Part 2 does. 2021-06-17 — Andy Knott — reply in Dan Cary’s thread: Dan Cary the very definition of humor! 2021-06-17 — Forrest B Lipe: I was thinking of one the other day. It’s the guy pointing at his temple and it goes “if we make everyone responsible for ocs, then when it fails it’s no ones fault” 2021-06-19 — Megan Gill: Hmm this is not your best work. 2021-06-19 — Dan Cary — reply in Megan Gill’s thread: Megan Gill thanks for the honest feedback. 2021-06-19 — Megan Gill — reply in Megan Gill’s thread: Dan Cary you’ve clearly set the bar too high. 2021-06-19 — Dan Cary — reply in Megan Gill’s thread: Megan Gill a victim of my own success. Coverage: 14 displayed and 14 visible comments retained; one GIPHY reaction is referenced but its animation bytes were not captured. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, June 2021, FAR Part 1, training, community feedback, mememaking