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Sky thinks the hash key (#) is a pound (£) sign!

(October 2001)

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SU
SpiringUnhacked
Quote from sky.com
Quote:
YTV  
20:00  Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?   (Quiz)
Chris Tarrant hosts a special edition of the ultimate big-prize game show, challenging parents and their children to answer 15 consecutive questions in order to win the top prize _ a cool #1million. But the higher they aim, the more they risk losing
Someone needs to learn how to type!!! # instead of £ and _ instead of - !!!
RB
RB
American keyboard?

Or a bad interface between two different programmes. Happens all the time at work. £ is often # here.
GM
nodnirG kraM
Happens all the time on mobile handsets etc: 'Your remaining balance is #4.32' etc
IN
indigoBen
I have heard the # refered to as a pound sign on TV and stuff - don't know why
SU
SpiringUnhacked
Who knows? Good theory RB.
GA
Gareth Attrill
indigoBen posted:
I have heard the # refered to as a pound sign on TV and stuff - don't know why


# is called lot's of things - 'square', 'gate' but rarely 'hash' these days!

Gareth
SU
SpiringUnhacked
Well in my uncle told my mum that the noughts and crosses board button was called a hash key. (on mobile phones actually, but same symbol same name logically!)
RY
ryan
nodnirG kraM posted:
Happens all the time on mobile handsets etc: 'Your remaining balance is #4.32' etc


Not on my mate's BT Cellnet phone!
JA
Jason
In the US of A # is referred to as a pound sign. I'm not sure why exactly. It's also called a 'route' (pronounced rout).
SU
SpiringUnhacked
The Americans pronounce things differently - route pronounced the normal way is OK. Don't the yanks know what a pound sign is? I think they need a big one, so here it is...[size=10]£
BH
BillyH Founding member
This is what happens when I try to press @ on an English keyboard set to a American one on the computer        '

And if I want to press ' it's    @

If I want to press the pound sign I get    #

And If I want to press # I get

NO POUND SIGN :angry:


(Edited by Billy Hicks88 at 6:04 pm on Oct. 2, 2001)
BH
BillyH Founding member
This is what happens when I try to press @ on an English keyboard set to a American one on the computer '

And if I want to press ' it's @

If I want to press the pound sign I get #

And If I want to press # I get

NO POUND SIGN

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