>> Hardly intuitive, is it. >> In what parlance/language does "1" stand for "on?" Binary? On an A/C >> line power switch? >> And, if it was meant to be a zero, it should have had the slant bar >> thru it, like '0', to avoid just this sort of ambiguity. >> Hmmm. The electrical symbol for current is 'I'... >> Anyhow, it is a curiosity! >> >> Most ordinary humans do not think in terms of binary symbols when it >> comes to ordinary, everyday items like hardware power switches. My >> wall switches, even the toggle or rocker ones, do not have 1 and 0, or >> even I and O on them. > > >I prefer the following symbols for "on" and "off": > >"On" for on > >"Off" for off > >These make sense to me and I seldom find myself confused.... > >--Mike
Interesting. The system of 'I' for on, and '0' for off is pretty much a widely accepted thing in Europe... Cotty ____________________________________ Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ ____________________________________ Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at http://www.macads.co.uk/ ____________________________________
