"Nick Sabalausky" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > "Steven Schveighoffer" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... >> On Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:59:46 -0500, Nick Sabalausky <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> This has nothing to do with it. They could have come up with a *million* >> better choices. >> >> Couple that with the fact that: >> >> a) you usually want something on or off. If it's already in the desired >> state, you can usually tell without looking at the switch. >> b) It's far more mentally taxing to read/understand the symbols, remember >> how they apply to circuits, then determine whether it's on or off, than >> it is to simply start flipping switches until you get the desired result. >> > > So symbols are bad because they chose the wrong symbol? >
I put "So symbols are bad because they chose the wrong symbol?" after the wrong quote. I meant it in response to "This has nothing to do with it. They could have come up with a *million* better choices."
