You can't read it? Pettifogger wrote (and I quote) "." Look closely and you can see it. Not quite sure of the meaning, but that's what was written. :-)
Oh man, I feel like such an idiot...spent a minute or so trying to take that dang spot off my laptop screen.
It's how to "bump" the thread with the fewest number of characters (that I know of, anyway). Wanted to save to read later and this is the easiest way to have it in my "ping" list.
BTW, USAFA_84, here.