boughtonp |
08-14-2021 10:13 AM |
Nothing to do with ASCII - the Wikipedia article Shruggy linked contains the origin:
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia
This notation was introduced by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in his 1684 Acta eruditorum. Leibniz disliked having separate symbols for ratio and division. However, in English usage the colon is restricted to expressing the related concept of ratios.
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(From a brief scanning of the source (" A history of mathematical notations"), it seems the use of "a÷b" and "a:b" both derive from wanting a single-line notation for division instead of the traditional multi-line version.)
Anyway, returning from that interesting aside...
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Originally Posted by altPOCA
(Post 6275060)
The IP address of my country being banned from many online services. I don't know why. I personally do nothing wrong.
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ISPs often share IP addresses amongst their customers - so someone else could have been causing trouble. Or it could be a country-level block (which some websites do when an influx of requests from a single country cause problems).
You might be able to use Tor to get around this (though some forums block registration by that too), or find a proxy/VPN so your request comes from another country. (You might only need to do this for registration, and can use your regular connection once the account is created.)
Or, as suggested, email an admin and perhaps they can either temporarily whitelist your IP address and/or create the account on your behalf.
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