[AT] OT--string trimmers

[Gene Waugh Elgin, Illinois USA]

I have to reason through the symbols just about every time I am faced 
with them---I just think of the "I" as a straight line/wire, power 
flowing through it.

/-- 
Gene
Gene Waugh
Elgin, Illinois USA

The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. 
Alexis de Tocqueville /


charlie hill wrote:
> 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
>>