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when I was a kid, I always remembered the difference by thinking of the line as a pipe that lets electricity flow, and the circle as something blocking that pip
by cleverjake 16y ago
when I was a kid, I always remembered the difference by thinking of the line as a pipe that lets electricity flow, and the circle as something blocking that pipe (and therefore blocking the flow)
- otto 16y agoI always thought it was from binary. 1 being on and 0 off.
- Samuel_Michon 16y agoAccording to the article, that's exactly where it came from. Sadly, the symbols mentioned in the article aren't always used the way they should. For instance, earlier today there was a link on HN about an HTML5 audio player, Speakker [1], which uses the standby symbol as a play button. Confuses the hell out of me. [1] http://www.speakker.com/demo/ http://www.speakker.com/demo/
- X-Istence 16y agoIf I hadn't read your comment I would have been very confused as well, it made me pause for a second before clicking. Either way I wanted to thank you for leading me to some very awesome music which is available under Creative Commons!