I have seen this state labeled with little graphics that tell you what each
state means. If it's a "push in to turn on" button, you see a picture of the
button pushed in, next to the words "Turned On" or just "On", and a picture of
the button released ("pushed" out) next to the words "Turned Off" or just "Off".
My own twisted logic tells me that the position of the button indicates the
last activity someone performed on it. If the "0" is in the down position,
that means someone (probably myself) recently decided they wanted 0 to be the
position, and pushed that side of the rocker. The fact that it's still in that
state means I didn't change my mind. It's certainly not the most direct way to
figure out if something is on or off...good thing I don't have to do it that
often, and probably better that I don't really think about it that much...
Another point about this particular button is that you can't always see it when
you flip it. There are times when you just reach blindly back there, seek it
out with your fingers, and flip it to its opposite state without caring or
thinking about where it currently is. You don't need to see it to know when
you have changed the state, since the sounds from the computer tell you
everything you need to know (no noise if it's off, and some noise if it's
on...or no noise if it's on and broken).
- Bryan
http://www.bryanminihan.com
---- Shaun Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But what does it mean?
> If the '1' is farther away from the chassis, with the '0' flush, does that
> mean it's supposed to be ON?
> Or the other way around?
> Should the '1' be 'UP'?
> Or if the '1' is pressed down against the chassis, is that 'ON'?
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