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Ltryptophan's avatar

In Wired magazine there is an 18.11 section, what is this numbers relevance?

Asked by Ltryptophan (12091points) October 25th, 2010

Anyone Wired magazine savvy?

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picante's avatar

I don’t have a savvy answer, but my unsavvy answer is my wondering out loud if that’s the issue’s cover date. I notice that they have a cover date of the 18th of each month—18.11 is November 18. Just a guess—but you certainly picqued my curiosity with this.

lillycoyote's avatar

Do you have a link, an image, a context perhaps for the mysterious 18.11 section? I think I need a little more detail, @Ltryptophan, my friend. Though @picante may be savvier than she (?) thinks and also be right. If they publish on the 18th of every month then it is quite possible that the 18.11 is November 18. But it’s actually a “section?”

@picante I’m assuming you’re female from your avatar. Hope I’m right; sorry if I’m wrong. :-)

FutureMemory's avatar

Nov 18th was my guess as well. I googled “wired 18.11” and came up with…this question.

picante's avatar

I am a she—on November 18th and all the other days, too!

lillycoyote's avatar

It’s issue number, not the date. If you go here and scroll down on the bottom left hand side there’s a box that allows you to search for issues by “number”. The “volume” number is, I believe, generally increased by 1 each year, for a publication like a magazine or a journal.

lillycoyote's avatar

P.S. The first issue of Wired, the March/April 1993 was issue 01.01

Ltryptophan's avatar

Thanks all! :) et lilycoyote

lillycoyote's avatar

@picante Glad I got it right. I’m a little wary about the issue right now because a few days ago I discovered that a user here that I always thought was female was actually a guy! I think it happens to everyone but it’s still a little embarrassing.

CaptainHarley's avatar

If I remember correctly, 1811 had something to do with early computers. Perhaps the number of kilobytes on the old HP’s??

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