Author Topic: Why is the abbreviation for "pounds" "lbs"? (Read 8362 times)

rivka · « **Reply #50 on:** September 23, 2008, 03:33:33 PM »

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prime

apostrophe

I saw the difference the first time; I just had never realized before that there was one.

goofy · « **Reply #51 on:** September 23, 2008, 08:30:12 PM »

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When you do typesetting, you realize pretty quickly that a lot of the symbols you need are not on the keyboard, while a lot of symbols on the keyboard are actually used pretty rarely.

This is the keyboard you need.

Jonathon · « **Reply #52 on:** September 23, 2008, 08:36:44 PM »

Wow. That keyboard costs almost twice as much as my whole computer. It does look pretty awesome, though.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #53 on:** September 23, 2008, 08:56:15 PM »

More than three times as much as mine, but then, I got mine from Danny the Computer Guy, and he always gives me such a good deal.

Jonathon · « **Reply #54 on:** September 23, 2008, 09:29:21 PM »

I cut out the middleman and built it myself. Though I suppose retailers are middlemen, too.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #55 on:** September 23, 2008, 09:49:21 PM »

Danny builds some and sells some, but he installs all the software for me, included in the base price, which saves me a lot of money.

rivka · « **Reply #56 on:** September 23, 2008, 10:24:32 PM »

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Wow. That keyboard costs almost twice as much as my whole computer. It does look pretty awesome, though.

oooooh.

Want. Never, ever gonna have, but the ability to toggle between a Hebrew and English key layout would be very cool. (I always forget certain keys/letters when I'm typing in Hebrew.)