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The standard '$' on keyboards with 1 straight dash going down the middle of the squiggly line is actually the Australian (and maybe other countires, not sure) dollar sign, the American dollar sign has 2 straight dashes down the centre, however everybody assumes American when they see the single. |
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It is also the sign for the Colombian peso. |
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and it's also the sign for the australian dollar |
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it's also the sign often used by 1337 h4xx0rz when they try writing such words as "skills," "penis" and "sarcophagus," which come out more like "$k1Ll$," "P3n1$" and "$4rc0f4Gu5" |
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you're right. |
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you're right... i knew there was a difference but had totally forgot about it (probably because of this unique "$" symbol on the keyboard). ' _ ' now "$" with two bars would look like crap in small font sizes. but it's not even in . |
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its not normally on that angle tho.. |
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grandma, you have simultaneously the most depressing and brilliant avatar ever. just sayin' |
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hehehe it took me awhile to work out he was new. as for the money thing, single dash is the way to go |
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u can tell he's new, he repeated what i typed :P, ...although im quite the spring chicken myself compared to others |
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no, i did that on purpose, i can tell you're new |
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hes older than you. now both of you. bow down to me |
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I'm glad you clarified that, DaggerHappy; I'd thought that the signs were equivalent, though even lately, baby, I realised that "why in the world would some guys do a language containing equivalent signs." |
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It's interesting of you to bring this up, for it has been on my mind for some time. Let's take a look shall we? The Australian dollar is worth virtually a third of the American dollar, hence all the more reason for a third as many lines on the symbol. The American dollar sign consists of three parts, an "S" shape, and two "l" shapes where as the Australian dollar sign consists of an "S" shape and a single "l" shape. What does this tell us? Americans have more ink? more money? or simply more time on their hands to design a "fancier symbol" But wait a minute! Americans are patriotic aren't they? oh dear, they cannot be seen with the Australian dollar symbol on their keyboards, i have researched australia and america's relationships. The US has no particular interest in Australia, and a judgement that the principal value of our US defence relationship lies in the practical benefits it brings, such as intelligence and technology transfer. Six weeks after the September 11 attacks and three weeks before the Australian election, here was a true manifestation of the Australian-American alliance under Bush and Howard - a mutual political support group. Australia dosnt want that much from america, although america is taking alot from australia with John Howard tagging along behind bush giving him everything he needs, there is one thing he got in return, a small thing, every american keyboard was printed with the australian dollar sign on it. John Bain was the inventor of the dollar sign, when he designed it he put two lines through it, was he from america? no. he was from scotland. why does america use this symbol? and why is there a modified version being used by the australians? i'll leave that up to you to find out |
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thats a nice theory,.. or is it fact. australia got one line taken off cos america didnt think we 'deserved' two lines. little did they know that taking a line off made the symbol ten times cooler (hehehe suck shit americans). |
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define "cooler" in the world of commerce there is no such thing as cool |
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The Aussie dollar is actually about 3/4 the value of the American dollar. But yeah, Johnny Howard dus suck George Bushes ass. Australia have been screwed over much by America (taking troops to Iraq and saudi arabi etc.) for nothing in return. |
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Actually it comes from Spain. Sorry Australians, but you haven't contributed even this small item to the world. You'll have to take your search elsewhere. |
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odd that |
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my "$" key has the regular '4' underneath it but also has a Euro sign next to the four. How on earth do you access the euro sign? I've tried shift+, Alt+, Ctrl+ and even messed around with the locks but can't access it even though I'm sure there must be a way.. ..anyone have the same "$" key problem? |
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this thread is $- -$ (bullion). |
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alt gr |
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€€€ argh how on earth did that combo slip through the system? alt Grrrr Thanks Mastah :) |
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hhahaah!!! $cr07u/\/\ |
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