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It allows note taking and corrections on drafts. Same deal with things like SCOTUS opinions. (Random example: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-62

It allows note taking and corrections on drafts. Same deal with things like SCOTUS opinions. (Random example: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-624_b07d.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-624_b07d.pdf)

conductr 9mo ago
Also allows flexibility in terms of binding options
lostlogin 9mo ago
I’d have thought the 20+ pages before getting to the point would have allowed scrap paper for notes. Maybe the foreword, acknowledgements, preface and various notes contained something of value.
- ceejayoz 9mo ago
  When you're driving a small car, do you expect the lanes to automatically shrink for you? It's a standard so no one has to think "does this page have enough space", and the notes are often relevant to the current page. Stuff like the photo in https://www.thedailybeast.com/photo-details-obamas-speech-edits/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/photo-details-obamas-speech-ed...
  - lostlogin 9mo ago
    I was referring to the notes, notices and various preambles occupying the first quarter of the document.
    - ceejayoz 9mo ago
      Which are a very different sort of notes than the ones I'm talking about. They print it out and people go over it with a pen, make corrections, comments, etc.
      - dylan604 9mo ago
        To me, I read it as they are stating those pages are really useless fluff that could essentially just be ripped out and used as scratch paper as they seemingly serve no other purpose.
        lostlogin 9mo ago
        Yes, this. But as ceejayoz points out, taking notes on the actual page is better. I was having a dig at how long it took for the document to get to the point.
gucci-on-fleek 9mo ago
> Same deal with things like SCOTUS opinions. (Random example: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-624_b07d.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-624_b07d.pdf) I don't think that that's quite right. SCOTUS opinions do indeed use a narrow text size (4 1/8" by 7 1/8" [0]), but that's because they're designed to be printed on unusually narrow paper (6 1/8" by 9 1/4" [0]), not to leave room for taking notes. This paper size actually only leaves 1" margins on either side, which leaves less room for taking notes than most other documents. [0]: https://www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrules/2023RulesoftheCourt.pdf#page=47 https://www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrules/2023RulesoftheCo...
- ceejayoz 9mo ago
  When the SCOTUS justices and staffers are marking up drafts, they’re likely using regular old letter sized paper. That they can lop those margins off in the final printing that goes in a bound book is just saving a bunch of paper.

conductr 9mo ago

Also allows flexibility in terms of binding options

lostlogin 9mo ago

I’d have thought the 20+ pages before getting to the point would have allowed scrap paper for notes. Maybe the foreword, acknowledgements, preface and various notes contained something of value.

ceejayoz 9mo ago
When you're driving a small car, do you expect the lanes to automatically shrink for you? It's a standard so no one has to think "does this page have enough space", and the notes are often relevant to the current page. Stuff like the photo in https://www.thedailybeast.com/photo-details-obamas-speech-edits/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/photo-details-obamas-speech-ed...
- lostlogin 9mo ago
  I was referring to the notes, notices and various preambles occupying the first quarter of the document.
  - ceejayoz 9mo ago
    Which are a very different sort of notes than the ones I'm talking about. They print it out and people go over it with a pen, make corrections, comments, etc.
    - dylan604 9mo ago
      To me, I read it as they are stating those pages are really useless fluff that could essentially just be ripped out and used as scratch paper as they seemingly serve no other purpose.
      - lostlogin 9mo ago
        Yes, this. But as ceejayoz points out, taking notes on the actual page is better. I was having a dig at how long it took for the document to get to the point.

gucci-on-fleek 9mo ago

> Same deal with things like SCOTUS opinions. (Random example: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-624_b07d.pdf https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-624_b07d.pdf) I don't think that that's quite right. SCOTUS opinions do indeed use a narrow text size (4 1/8" by 7 1/8" [0]), but that's because they're designed to be printed on unusually narrow paper (6 1/8" by 9 1/4" [0]), not to leave room for taking notes. This paper size actually only leaves 1" margins on either side, which leaves less room for taking notes than most other documents. [0]: https://www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrules/2023RulesoftheCourt.pdf#page=47 https://www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrules/2023RulesoftheCo...

ceejayoz 9mo ago
When the SCOTUS justices and staffers are marking up drafts, they’re likely using regular old letter sized paper. That they can lop those margins off in the final printing that goes in a bound book is just saving a bunch of paper.