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| May 20th, 2006 01:01 PM | |||||
| executioneer |
it's because old toggle switches usually have a ZERO on the "off" side and a ONE on the "on" side but now they use push buttons so they combined the symbols which i know is basically what everyone has said already but i just thought i'd tell you WHY it's that way |
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| May 20th, 2006 04:45 AM | |||||
| Command Prompt |
thats pretty nerdy 
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| May 19th, 2006 12:03 AM | |||||
| AChimp |
GW was right. End of thread. 
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| May 18th, 2006 09:57 PM | |||||
| noob3 | and what are your stating, asshole? | ||||
| May 18th, 2006 09:48 PM | |||||
| Girl Drink Drunk |
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| May 18th, 2006 09:46 PM | |||||
| GADZOOKS | I decided, case closed. | ||||
| May 18th, 2006 08:50 PM | |||||
| Johnny Couth |
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| May 18th, 2006 08:49 PM | |||||
| noob3 | sooooooo are you retro kat or what | ||||
| May 18th, 2006 08:42 PM | |||||
| Johnny Couth |
That's because GW posts make him sad, so in order to be happy, he just pretends she just posts this picture: And that makes him smile! But then he thinks about how its mean to dress up dogs, and he goes: NO THAT'S NOT CORRECT
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| May 18th, 2006 08:24 PM | |||||
| noob3 | he said you were correct, but GW wasn't. and you each gave the exact fucking answer. | ||||
| May 18th, 2006 08:19 PM | |||||
| Archduke Tips | lol I totally missed GW's post somehow. | ||||
| May 18th, 2006 08:05 PM | |||||
| noob3 |
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| May 18th, 2006 07:59 PM | |||||
| MetalMilitia |
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| May 18th, 2006 07:47 PM | |||||
| Archduke Tips |
I still don't think we have this thing worked out. I've never seen a circle used to indicate a closed circuit and a line used to indicate an open circuit. Also, why would a closed circuit be used to represent off? When the circuit is closed, current has a path to flow... I would think the circle represents a binary 0 (off) and the line represents a binary 1 (on). One of my professors explained it to me during my freshman year, but I forget what he said. |
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| May 18th, 2006 06:56 PM | |||||
| MetalMilitia |
ok yeah I was more or less right but not really
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| May 18th, 2006 06:55 PM | |||||
| Emu | The circle represents a closed circuit (off) and the line is an open circuit (on). They used to have them as two seperate symbols when there were two seperate button positions for on/off but they just merged them into one thing. | ||||
| May 18th, 2006 06:49 PM | |||||
| MetalMilitia |
Well it's not _/ _, obviously but I imagine it like the line spinning round and closing the circuit. I could be wrong I thats how I have always thought of it. :/ |
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| May 18th, 2006 06:45 PM | |||||
| Archduke Tips | Since when is that the symbol for an open circuit?? | ||||
| May 18th, 2006 06:04 PM | |||||
| MetalMilitia | No I think emu was right. It represents and open circuit. | ||||
| May 18th, 2006 05:41 PM | |||||
| Guitar Woman | it's binary, the line is supposed to be a 1 (binary for "on") and the circle is supposed to be a 0 (binary for "off"). The symbol means that you can turn the device on or off by pressing the button. | ||||
| May 18th, 2006 05:34 PM | |||||
| Emu | I think it's supposed to represent an open circuit. | ||||
| May 18th, 2006 05:29 PM | |||||
| Command Prompt |
Who Decided  That this is universal symbol for "power" ??? When did this start? Who started it? What the fuck is that supposed to be anyway? A finger pushing a button? Grrrrr
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