When I open this newsgroup my newsreader, my own original posts show up in red. Recently I see that my subject line has a lot of my own posts in it, so I almost feel like I am hogging the newsgroup. Many of you must have a lot more knowledge on the subject than I do, so please, let's see some of your projects and ideas!
This post is about a short essay on the lowly "Hook". See it at:
Bit of trivia: Have you ever been typing something and had to talk about temperature? What did you do when you had to write "degree", as in "----temper it to about 450 degrees F"? Did you write out the word "degree", did you just type the "450" and let it go at that, or did you use the degree symbol "°"? Okay, you say----- "I would use the degree symbol, but it's not anywhere on my keyboard". Well, you are right, and you are wrong. It is available, but it isn't stenciled onto any key on most keyboards. You have to look up it's ASCII code in a table and then enter that code to get it to appear. Here's how I get the degree symbol (on a PC, I don't know what you do on a Mac): Hold down the "alt" key and type 0176 on the numeric key pad. That's it. The degree symbol , ° , will appear in your text.
Pete Stanaitis
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