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m II June 18th 08 10:15 PM

OT Browser character set strange?
 
I may have a problem with the character set in my browser. On the
following page,

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electrom...esistance.html

At the location where it says:

RT = 2.5 + 1 + 3
RT = 6.5 XXXXX

I get something other than ohms.
I have placed XXXXX where the offending part is.

Are other people getting the same mistake?

I've talked to the web master, but he claims it's OK there.

mike

Brenda Ann June 18th 08 11:19 PM

OT Browser character set strange?
 

"m II" wrote in message news:wVe6k.2166$sg6.340@edtnps91...
I may have a problem with the character set in my browser. On the
following page,

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electrom...esistance.html

At the location where it says:

RT = 2.5 + 1 + 3
RT = 6.5 XXXXX

I get something other than ohms.
I have placed XXXXX where the offending part is.

Are other people getting the same mistake?

I've talked to the web master, but he claims it's OK there.

mike



I get 6.7 k ohm (with the omega symbol). The thing is in a Greek character
set. I found this out when I tried to copy/paste into here and then type
something after it...




m II June 18th 08 11:32 PM

OT Browser character set strange?
 
Brenda Ann wrote:

I get 6.7 k ohm (with the omega symbol). The thing is in a Greek character
set. I found this out when I tried to copy/paste into here and then type
something after it...




Weird. I get the capital letter "W" using a Latin 1 character set.




mike

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[email protected] June 19th 08 01:16 AM

OT Browser character set strange?
 
On Jun 18, 10:15*am, m II wrote:
I may have a problem with the character set in my browser. On the
following page,

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electrom...esistance.html

At the location where it says:

RT = 2.5 + 1 + 3
RT = 6.5 XXXXX

I get something other than ohms.
I have placed XXXXX where the offending part is.

Are other people getting the same mistake?

I've talked to the web master, but he claims it's OK there.

mike


Fine with my view of that link . I get RT = 2.5 + 1 + 3 k Omega even
when pasted to MS Word 2000, however look below when I paste here.

RT = 6.5 kW (W in english is Omega in greek) Omega is Extended ASCII
Table character 234 (http://www.asciitable.com/). Extended ASCII is
NOT AVAILABLE HERE!

Chris

Mark Zenier June 19th 08 11:16 PM

OT Browser character set strange?
 
In article F1g6k.12$yg7.10@edtnps82, m II wrote:
Brenda Ann wrote:

I get 6.7 k ohm (with the omega symbol). The thing is in a Greek character
set. I found this out when I tried to copy/paste into here and then type
something after it...


Weird. I get the capital letter "W" using a Latin 1 character set.


Looking at the source code, I see

Font face="symbol"W/font

in the places where the omegas show up in the text. Perhaps the
"symbol" font is unknown/misconfigured in your browser.

Mark Zenier
Googleproofaddress(account:mzenier provider:eskimo domain:com)


RHF June 20th 08 06:11 PM

OT Browser character set strange?
 
On Jun 18, 2:15 pm, m II wrote:
I may have a problem with the character set in my browser. On the
following page,

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electrom...esistance.html

At the location where it says:

RT = 2.5 + 1 + 3
RT = 6.5 XXXXX

I get something other than ohms.
I have placed XXXXX where the offending part is.

Are other people getting the same mistake?

I've talked to the web master, but he claims it's OK there.

mike


A Cut-and-Paste from that webpage to here renders :
"The International Standard (SI) unit of resistance is the ohm,
designated by the Greek letter W."
NOTE - The Capital "W" not the "¥Ø" Symbol


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