"James Wilkinson Sword" wrote in message
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On Mon, 02 Oct 2017 16:00:30 +0100, whisky-dave
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On Monday, 2 October 2017 15:41:28 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
On Mon, 02 Oct 2017 14:55:22 +0100, whisky-dave
wrote:

On Monday, 2 October 2017 14:32:16 UTC+1, Max Demian wrote:
On 02/10/2017 10:56, whisky-dave wrote:
On Friday, 29 September 2017 20:34:08 UTC+1, Max Demian wrote:

So what's the difference between a name and an ID? (Terms like U2
and
U11 didn't exist until the mid 60s.)

So what;s the differnce between a term and ID a name and a label.

When the cops ask you for your ID they want more than your name.

And if you didn't give it, they could charge you, you could be accused
of assualt and battery is that it ;-)

In the USA that wouldn't surprise me. FFS they have a law against
crossing the road without waiting for the green man (or walk signal in
their case).

I think it's called j-walking.

Indeed. Americans are so stupid they get into trouble for endangering
themselves.

When a studnet asks me for a barrery I asked them what type. When they
say 1.5V then I asked them what size. AA or AAA are those we use.

To that question I then usually get "er.... the really thin one".

I'd say, what for a realyl thick student, I do try to educate my
students, I;d like to think that when a studetn leaves with a degree they
can atv least telll batteries apart. Our thin batteries are mostly LiPos.

https://www.rapidonline.com/trupower...350mah-70-0003

You can get those in AAA can you?

If they ask for a 9V they'll get a PP3. I often get asked for 5V
battereis and I say we havent; got any.
If they ask for a battery called Tom, Dick or Harry I'd asked them for
the order code and supplier.

I'd ask them if they'd forgotten their medication.

yes that would be a good reply.

(in US
cop shows). (British cops just ask you for your name and address
supposedly.)

sometimes they ask DOB too.
At my college there's another with the same name as me, so just a name
wouldn't be much to truely ID a person.

Does he live at your address?

No but sometimes we get each others emails. (email addresses)

There should be more names so everyone is unique.

That's why I now call myself Englebert WeaselStrangler.

Same with batteries really.

Not if you also gave their address, which I guess would be "kitchen
clock".

wouldnl't tell me which type of battery they took would it.

All clocks use AA.

I just installed a remote (wirless) battery bell push unit.
The battery is the bell push is apparently a 12V 23A alkaline battery
according to the instruction manual.
See how much confusion can arrise that;s why I try to be clear to all my
students, a student asked me for our box cutters she meant end cutters so
I showed her the differnce between our end cutters and our side cutters.

Its why I like to find the proper name for things even if I then prefer
not to use it.

99% of people are thick, ignorant, or just plain stupid.

--
And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such
an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt his existence --
Bertrand Russell