Deep into trivial thought....
 

Did you ever wonder why the heater fan in your car operates from low-
medium-high, while a typical box window fan operates from High-medium-
low?

I was just thinking about that.

hmm....

Oh yeah, I never figured out how 8 "bits" could equal $1.00 either...

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On Aug 8, 1:04*am, Tim wrote:
Did you ever wonder why the heater fan in your car operates from low-
medium-high, while a typical *box window fan operates from High-medium-
low?

I was just thinking about that.

hmm....

Oh yeah, I never figured out how 8 "bits" could equal $1.00 either...

Oh great... shortpants must have come through your computer and mind
melded with you.. Do you feel real tingley right behind your eyes?
Watch it man, your head could explode, it has happend before.. I
think his circuits are backwards or something;)

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Well, 2 bits is 25 cents, so do the math. The *real* qustion is why is 2
bits 25 cents?

I'll leave the googling to harry so he can jump in and act like he just knew
it... like he does everything else. :-)

--Mike

"Tim" wrote in message
...
Did you ever wonder why the heater fan in your car operates from low-
medium-high, while a typical box window fan operates from High-medium-
low?

I was just thinking about that.

hmm....

Oh yeah, I never figured out how 8 "bits" could equal $1.00 either...

Deep into trivial thought....
 

"Tim" wrote in message
...
Did you ever wonder why the heater fan in your car operates from low-
medium-high, while a typical box window fan operates from High-medium-
low?

I was just thinking about that.

hmm....

Oh yeah, I never figured out how 8 "bits" could equal $1.00 either...



We will all try to put your mind at ease:

With the fans, the car is a DC motor and the window is AC. Starting
torque is different.
As for the bits ..... isn't 2 "bits" a quarter?

Eisboch

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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Tim" wrote in message
...
Did you ever wonder why the heater fan in your car operates from low-
medium-high, while a typical box window fan operates from High-medium-
low?

I was just thinking about that.

hmm....

Oh yeah, I never figured out how 8 "bits" could equal $1.00 either...



We will all try to put your mind at ease:

With the fans, the car is a DC motor and the window is AC. Starting
torque is different.
As for the bits ..... isn't 2 "bits" a quarter?

Eisboch

And the reason for it being called 2 "bits" according to Wikipedia is:

"It is sometimes referred to as two bits because two bits of a Spanish
Reales coin, which was often used in the early years of the United States,
made up a quarter of a dollar's value"

Tom G

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On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 22:04:08 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Did you ever wonder why the heater fan in your car operates from low-
medium-high, while a typical box window fan operates from High-medium-
low?

I was just thinking about that.

hmm....

Oh yeah, I never figured out how 8 "bits" could equal $1.00 either...

Believe it or not, it's related to the Spanish dollar or real. Back
during the Spanish exploration of Mexico during the silver mining
phase, silver was minted into coins - eight coins (or pieces of eight)
to the Spanish dollar or real. Bit substituted for piece - just 8
bits to the dollar.

This carried over to the American colonial days when Spanish dollars
were considered more valuable and Colonial dollars. How it came to
the lexicon of America was pretty simple - American/Spanish dollars
were divided into "quarters" or two bits.

Thus the rhyme - two bits, fours bits, eight bits, a dollar.

Two bits equals .25¢.

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On Aug 8, 5:53 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 22:04:08 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Did you ever wonder why the heater fan in your car operates from low-
medium-high, while a typical box window fan operates from High-medium-
low?

I was just thinking about that.

hmm....

Oh yeah, I never figured out how 8 "bits" could equal $1.00 either...

Believe it or not, it's related to the Spanish dollar or real. Back
during the Spanish exploration of Mexico during the silver mining
phase, silver was minted into coins - eight coins (or pieces of eight)
to the Spanish dollar or real. Bit substituted for piece - just 8
bits to the dollar.

This carried over to the American colonial days when Spanish dollars
were considered more valuable and Colonial dollars. How it came to
the lexicon of America was pretty simple - American/Spanish dollars
were divided into "quarters" or two bits.

Thus the rhyme - two bits, fours bits, eight bits, a dollar.

Two bits equals .25¢.

When do we start using Peso's?

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On Aug 8, 1:01 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

...

Did you ever wonder why the heater fan in your car operates from low-
medium-high, while a typical box window fan operates from High-medium-
low?

I was just thinking about that.

hmm....

Oh yeah, I never figured out how 8 "bits" could equal $1.00 either...

We will all try to put your mind at ease:

With the fans, the car is a DC motor and the window is AC. Starting
torque is different.
As for the bits ..... isn't 2 "bits" a quarter?

Eisboch

But you can take a window fan and set it on "low" , plug it in, and it
starts up jjust fine, though...

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On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 04:00:53 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Aug 8, 5:53 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 22:04:08 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Did you ever wonder why the heater fan in your car operates from low-
medium-high, while a typical box window fan operates from High-medium-
low?

I was just thinking about that.

hmm....

Oh yeah, I never figured out how 8 "bits" could equal $1.00 either...

Believe it or not, it's related to the Spanish dollar or real. Back
during the Spanish exploration of Mexico during the silver mining
phase, silver was minted into coins - eight coins (or pieces of eight)
to the Spanish dollar or real. Bit substituted for piece - just 8
bits to the dollar.

This carried over to the American colonial days when Spanish dollars
were considered more valuable and Colonial dollars. How it came to
the lexicon of America was pretty simple - American/Spanish dollars
were divided into "quarters" or two bits.

Thus the rhyme - two bits, fours bits, eight bits, a dollar.

Two bits equals .25¢.

When do we start using Peso's?

When the Aztlan Revolution succeeds.

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Tim wrote:
On Aug 8, 5:53 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 22:04:08 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Did you ever wonder why the heater fan in your car operates from low-
medium-high, while a typical box window fan operates from High-medium-
low?
I was just thinking about that.
hmm....
Oh yeah, I never figured out how 8 "bits" could equal $1.00 either...
Believe it or not, it's related to the Spanish dollar or real. Back
during the Spanish exploration of Mexico during the silver mining
phase, silver was minted into coins - eight coins (or pieces of eight)
to the Spanish dollar or real. Bit substituted for piece - just 8
bits to the dollar.

This carried over to the American colonial days when Spanish dollars
were considered more valuable and Colonial dollars. How it came to
the lexicon of America was pretty simple - American/Spanish dollars
were divided into "quarters" or two bits.

Thus the rhyme - two bits, fours bits, eight bits, a dollar.

Two bits equals .25¢.

When do we start using Peso's?

Just think you can carry a million pesos in your pocket and still not be
able to buy a cup of coffee.