My Latex Mistake in Vector Calc Forums

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around issues related to using LaTeX in the forums, particularly in the context of vector calculus. Participants share their experiences with browser compatibility and image hosting, as well as troubleshooting steps they have taken.

Discussion Character

  • Technical explanation, Debate/contested, Meta-discussion

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses frustration over LaTeX not displaying correctly in Mozilla, suggesting they may have broken the forums.
  • Another participant counters that LaTeX works fine with Mozilla and reassures that nothing was broken.
  • Some participants share similar past experiences with images being blocked, speculating on potential causes such as remote linking issues with image hosting services.
  • A participant suggests using alternative image hosting sites for better compatibility.
  • One participant reflects on their experience with editing posts multiple times and switching browsers, indicating ongoing access issues with the calculus forum.
  • Another participant proposes considering whether scripts are enabled and mentions that connection speed may affect performance.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express differing views on the functionality of LaTeX in Mozilla, with no consensus on the underlying causes of the issues discussed. Multiple competing perspectives on troubleshooting and browser performance remain present.

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Limitations include potential dependencies on specific browser settings, image hosting policies, and individual user experiences that may not be universally applicable.

Pythagorean
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I broke the forums!

I made the mistake of using latex with mozilla.

the graphics didn't appear, just a dialect of the code, so I edited a couple times, thinking my coding was wrong in the Vector Calc thread. My bad, sorry for the inconvenience.
 
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LaTeX works fine with Mozilla, and you didn't break anything.

- Warren
 
I used to have the same problem and it turned out that my image was blocked. I don't know how those guys who helped me re-opened the stuff. Amazing.
 
Kiley Dean said:
I used to have the same problem and it turned out that my image was blocked. I don't know how those guys who helped me re-opened the stuff. Amazing.
Possibly because the site you use to host images doesn't allow remote linking? I'm not sure of your host but it's best to use either LaTeX or a site like www.imageshack.us to link to your images.
 
Well, thanks z-component for the nice link but you are totally on a wrong track. I think my previous post was about what my latex showed me some months ago. Things just didn't work out right for me till they fixed my browser. I was-am using firefox, a really awesome product of mozilla. You should try it, really cool.
 
Yeah, no worries, that post was made half in jest, but I couldn't access the calculus forum after having edited my post five times in a row, trying to figure the code out.

Once I switched to Internet Explorer, I still couldn't acces that one forum, but I assumed it was busy trying to generate the latex graphics, and I probably just bogged it down a bit.

Figured I'd hollar out just in case.
 
You may need to think if the script is on or off
Usually if you are connected to broadband, things are never that slow, but I guess it is just via a phoneline or such.
 

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