On Wednesday 06 September 2006 10:50 am, Mike McCarty wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 05 September 2006 12:25, Michael P. Brininstool wrote: > >>dictionary.com sez basically that fuse is the thing you light to blow > >>something up and the fuze is an electronic version of same. > > > > And as a C.E.T. of 34 years, and chasing electrons for a living for 57 or > > so, I have yet to see the hot wire device designed to open a circuit when > > too much current flows called anything but a fuse, with an 's'. Thats > > not > > Yep. > > > saying it couldn't be so spelled in other locales, but here, there's only > > one way to spell it unless the writer failed spelling. > > Then dictionary.com is wrong. A fuze is a device for detonating a > weapon. A fuse is an electrical device. I've been doing electronics > for 40 years, and *never* have encountered the term "fuze" to mean > an electronics component. > > Furthermore, I looked in a "real" dictionary, and that's what it > verified. And that brings the thread back to the start [can you say recursion?] ;-) > > Mike > -- > p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} > This message made from 100% recycled bits. > You have found the bank of Larn. > I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. > I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list