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| N_Cook <diverse@tcp.co.uk>: Jan 02 10:29AM I'm aware of a bar through a z , to distinguish z from 2 and a slash through 0 to distinguish zero from O. Anyone aware of an underscore below v, to presumably distinguish written v from u ? |
| Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid>: Jan 02 10:37AM On 02/01/17 10:29, N_Cook wrote: > through 0 to distinguish zero from O. Anyone aware of an underscore > below v, to > presumably distinguish written v from u ? Below suggests something else going on with 'u' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_handwriting_variation "The lowercase letters u and v — These letters have a common origin and were once written according to the location in the word rather than the sound. The v came first; the u originally had a loop extending to the left and was only used to start words. All other locations for either u or v were written with the latter. In Germany (especially southern Germany), Austria and Switzerland, lowercase u is often written with a horizontal stroke or swish over it (ū, ũ), to distinguish it from n." -- Adrian C |
| N_Cook <diverse@tcp.co.uk>: Jan 02 11:41AM On 02/01/2017 10:37, Adrian Caspersz wrote: > or v were written with the latter. In Germany (especially southern > Germany), Austria and Switzerland, lowercase u is often written with a > horizontal stroke or swish over it (ū, ũ), to distinguish it from n." I first took it to mean someone was empahasing the character was an underscore in an email address , not a hyphen, but that was not the case. So next attempt in the bouncing em train, will be a v in that position |
| N_Cook <diverse@tcp.co.uk>: Jan 02 11:44AM On 02/01/2017 11:41, N_Cook wrote: > I first took it to mean someone was empahasing the character was an > underscore in an email address , not a hyphen, but that was not the case. > So next attempt in the bouncing em train, will be a v in that position It was not the sort of person, who would because he could , create an valid email address with a conflated, by backspace, v and an underscore into one character |
| N_Cook <diverse@tcp.co.uk>: Jan 02 11:51AM On 02/01/2017 11:44, N_Cook wrote: > It was not the sort of person, who would because he could , create an > valid email address with a conflated, by backspace, v and an underscore > into one character It may be a convention from medical background, as plain v was correct for this person of medical training. Like a barred z comes from maths background, the slashed zero is pretty universal |
| N_Cook <diverse@tcp.co.uk>: Jan 02 02:11PM On 02/01/2017 10:29, N_Cook wrote: > through 0 to distinguish zero from O. Anyone aware of an underscore > below v, to > presumably distinguish written v from u ? The other complication , mainland Europe uses a bar on 7 and then a flick to the left at the top of the 1. Then in the UK that flicked 1 is interpreted as 7, as we don't use the bar, but on the other hand , we don't have a way of telling a 1 from a lower case l it would seem, other than prehaps some people but an underscore to the 1 |
| bruce2bowser@gmail.com: Jan 01 01:19PM -0800 On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 19:35:10 GMT, Doug White <gwh...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: - hide quoted text - >Posi-Drive as an option, and they have quite a range of drive styles >available. >It's possible that I've run into some Posi-Drives in the past, Is the Posi slotted? or is it like a Phillips cross-shape or is it like an Allen square shape or a hex? >old Phillips. I think Xcelite just isn't very careful with shaping >the points on their drivers. Either that, or the screw manufacturers >are making a lot of "Phillips" screws with shallow sockets. Or both.. I was on a job site where woodscrews were being put in and taken out an awful lot. Screw guns with Phillips magnetic screw heads were being used, which would involve many more rotations than with a non-powered Phillips head (which would take longer without the drills magnetic screw attachment). Otherwise, the non-screw gun Phillips would look ten times more worthless having done even near as much as a Phillips magnetic attachment for a cordless drill. ' |
| "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@earthlink.net>: Jan 02 02:11AM -0500 Benderthe.evilrobot wrote: > and seize it in solid. > I switched to Antex because it was a cheap disposable item - it turned > out to be better than Weller. I still have a couple SP23 irons, and several of the '60s version of the 8200 guns. I wore out the internal threads on one SP23, that I bought in 1970. Someone in the base's welding shop gave me some scrap welding rods, so I saw, filed and tapped the brass to make my own tips. They outlasted the plated copper tips. I also have one of the SP series that's 175 watts. I have some Xcelite tools from the '60s & 70s as well. I would have more, but someone broke into my service truck decades go and took most of my tools. I have one of the early 99SM kits, that was given to me by a friend while I was in the Army. He laughed and gave me the sealed package, then he said that he had watched me fix everything at the radio & TV station with almost no tools for a full year, so he wanted to make sure I had a nice set when I got home a week later. I've had it for 42+ years, and I wore out the two hand reamers. :) -- Never piss off an Engineer! They don't get mad. They don't get even. They go for over unity! ;-) |
| mogulah@hotmail.com: Jan 01 12:29PM -0800 On Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 7:59:44 AM UTC-5, w9gb wrote: > 2. #6-32 and #4-40 tapped flanges for mounting available). > 3. P.C. terminals. > 4. Series 46000R switches are CSA marked on special order only. I keep thinking that touch-button (semiconductor), not push-button (mechanically actuated) is what you want. Touch button means there's no mechanically actuated "turn on" or "turn off" parts to get worn out. Touch button just stays there motionless when you touch it and maybe lights-up or whatever, but it starts what you want without its own motion which could cause its own wear and tear. Buttons without wear and tear mechanical motion are offered by companies like "ideal", "little fuse", "keymatech", etc ... |
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