[AT] OT--string trimmers

[charlie hill]

Larry, I should have read your  post before I yet again proved how ignorant 
I am.  LOL.  Thanks for explaining that.  It's perfectly logical now that I 
realize that is a 1 and not an I.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT--string trimmers


> Those symbols snuck in the back door when we weren't watching.  They got 
> imported to us from other countries when electronics went global back 
> prior to the 1970's.  They're actually the standard symbols used for logic 
> and binary counting.  Rather than "O" and "-", they are "O" and "1" -- the 
> symbols used for binary arithmetic.
>
> I'd better stop before this discussion gets political.and/or 
> controversial.
>
> Larry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian VanDragt <bvandragt at comcast.net>
> Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 20:42
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT--string trimmers
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>
>> I don't know what the "-" and "o" are supposed to represent, but
>> I think of
>> them as the "o" is open, as in an open electrical circuit (off),
>> and the "-"
>> is closed, as in a closed electrical circuit (on).  Or on
>> your trimmers, the
>> "-" could be an "i" for "ignition", and the "o" is for "off".
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Warren
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:32 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT--string trimmers
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Oh I have one of those here.  That sort of memory, that is.
>> > (The string trimmer here has one of those switches, too)
>> >
>> > Roy
>>
>> Thankfully the new trimmer I bought is spring-loaded "normally
>> on". It's a
>> good thing too because I never did, and still don't get the "-"
>> and "o"
>> thing.
>>
>> Warren
>>
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