How moronic is the last couple of lines of this reply? What the Hell does
K1MAN have to do with the numeral zero?


"Lloyd" wrote in message
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 08:16:35 -0500, Dee Flint
wrote:

"Hamguy" wrote in message
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Have you ever wondered how to make a "Ø" instead of a plain "0" on your
computer? Here's how: Hold down the ALT key, and using the numbers on
the
RIGHT of your keyboard, type 0216 then release the ALT key. Pretty cool
eh?

PS: You might have to press the 'num lock' key first.


Unfortunately that is not a zero with a slash through it but a capital
letter O with a slash through it. For visual purposes it works but for
sorting data, it will not sort as a zero.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

Also, the character only looks like a slashed "O" in *some* ISO 8859
character sets. Eastern and Central Europeans would see that as "R"
with a caron, and other parts of the world would see it rendered in
yet other ways. It is better to encode it as a true zero and to
instead choose a font which displays zero in the way you find most
pleasing. People posting to Usenet should always keep in mind that
Usenet is an international medium.

K1MAN would never use a slashed capital O in place of a zero, because
K1MAN is a citizen of the world and K1MAN is a great man.