Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 12:07:55 +0100 From: barnacle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 50/70 plug dimensions part# needed
On Sunday 30 May 2004 01:57, you wrote: > Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 00:57:26 +0000 > From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Especially with concentric or jacketed connectors it can get a little > >ambiguous but I find a general rule of thumb that you look for the > > smallest pin or hole in a concentric connector, if it's a pin it's male > > and if it's a hole it's female. > > Ah so... now we're getting into the subject of absolute/dualist logic vs. > relativistic/quantum logic! Where's my I Ching? Heh. I was brought up on XLR mains connectors. Nasty things, and easy to forget which way round was which. Generally, power comes *out* of a socket and goes *in* to a plug. That the plug is in the hardware and the socket on a wire is immaterial. But in this context, we've been describing the thing on the power supply by form, not function, and calling it a plug. Strictly, I suppose it's a female plug that plugs into a male socket. The CPC site lists the bit on the PSU as a plug and the bit that gets plugged into as a socket. There's probably an alt.sex. group just for that... Neil ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
