Use all 40 k simple <| sep |> A gorgeous open view of your cinderblock cubicle . Fuck Phoenix . <| sep |> Not always . Kilo , mega , giga and terra are prepositions of the metric system , meaning a thousand , a million , a billion and a trillion respectively . When used in the context of computers , they are usually ' rounded ' up to multiples of 210 1024 because it ' s easier to calculate like that when working in binary . Both definitions are technically correct , and hard drive manufacturers happily take advantage of it to make their hard drives seem a tiny bit larger . <| sep |> what do you write with a straight holder and a pointed nib ? Not myself as I can ' t do these that well , but the earliest form of Spencerian , althought Platt Spencer himself used a quill business hand Italian hand of later form of Spencerian caps from the time of Platt ' s sons shades occurred in places where obliques couldn ' t do , and it ' s done using the offhand position . I ' ve tried using a straight pen holder for Engrosser ' s script , and while ES should only be done with an oblique , I like the look the straight holder gives , which is like a split between English roundhand and Engrosser ' s script . It still gives ragged edges , so it ' s not suitable for official documents but great for casual and maybe even wedding stuff . Squaring off is easier to do . how do I write copperplate with a straight pen ? Do you just have to twist your hand that much ? Although English roundhand was done with quill , straight holder allows one to write some majuscules found in The Universal Penman , in which the shades occurred in unusual places . Paul does ER most of the time , and it helps with his flourishing , which is quite different in how Spencerian flourishing is done he tends to incorporate his style of flourishing when doing Spencerian . He doesn ' t twist his hand or paper too offkilter from how most oblique users do . And when doing letters like T , the paper doesn ' t have to be turned for the crossbar rather , you ' d turn your pen on its long axis the pen turn is one of the benefits of the straight holder . His style ' s been catching on , and with his manual releasing soon , we ' ll soon gain insight on using straight pens for copperplate . Mind you , though he works a lot from history , his ER is very stylized , so he ' s made the straight holder work for him .