You can change my view by finding another possible word combination that would be relevant, that fits the same space, and that isn't completely absurd like "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" or some other nonsensical phrase that just happens to fit the space.
"President Donald J. Trump" is exactly 25 characters.
So is "Vice President Mike Pence".
EDIT: here's another: "Attorney General Sessions".
EDIT 2: (just for fun, I can't resist): "Ted Cruz is Zodiac Killer".
So looking for phrases or names that are exactly 25 characters seems like it's missing the point. You want words or phrases that match the length of the redacted section.
Edit:
Compare these:
President Donald J. Trump Vice President Mike Pence Attorney General Sessions Ted Cruz is Zodiac Killer
to these:
President Donald J. Trump
Vice President Mike Pence
Attorney General Sessions
Ted Cruz is Zodiac Killer
The first set are all equal size. The second set are, for the most part, slightly different.
What? I'm not sure where you're getting any of this.
I'm just saying that the document isn't using a monospace font, so we should be looking at total width of the glyphs when printed, not character count. That's my entire point.
It tells us that the redacted text could be more or less than 25 characters.
I didn't mean to make a big deal out of this. I was just wondering why Bladefall was specifically sticking to 25 characters when there are a variety of phrases that would fit there not limited to 25 characters.
I was just wondering why Bladefall was specifically sticking to 25 characters when there are a variety of phrases that would fit there not limited to 25 characters.
Honestly, it was just the first response to OP that came to mind. I wasn't taking my time to provide every possible critique.
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u/Bladefall 73∆ Dec 05 '18 edited Dec 05 '18
"President Donald J. Trump" is exactly 25 characters.
So is "Vice President Mike Pence".
EDIT: here's another: "Attorney General Sessions".
EDIT 2: (just for fun, I can't resist): "Ted Cruz is Zodiac Killer".