Degree symbol °

[Hang Glider]

Back in the DOS days this was a fun way to hide data on public drives. I used to make a folder with the last character ALT-255. It is a blank character, like a space. Not only did very few people understand the acscii codes and how to access them, you couldn't even see that one. So the folder was in plain site and no one could open it.

Then XTREE Gold came along and ruined all my fun.

that's a blast from the past. We used to rename the autoexec.bat reference in config.sys too - so there "was no autoexec.bat" file ??? hee hee.

 

[944play]

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Thanks for that!!

That's °? I had been using º (alt-0).
°º. Wonky.

 

[HairyDogBrewing]

I usually just post 149F.
How do you get the degree symbol on a windows laptop?

 

[Jenks829]

We talk a lot about temps on this forum and just thought I would mention the keyboard short cut for ° is hold the alt key, then type 2, 4, 8 on the number pad.

I didn't search, so if this has been mentioned a million times before I apologize!

This is great. I am a Materials Engineer for a heat treater (read: modern day blacksmith) and I write thermal process sheets most of the day. This will definitely save me time because I like to have the processes as accurate as possible. Although the asterisk will work and the guys on the shop floor will understand I still try and go the extra mile.

Thanks bud!

 

[passedpawn]

How do you get the degree symbol on a windows laptop?

If you don't have a numeric keypad, try running the on-screen keyboard (it's in accessibility apps in XP; in Vista just type OSK in the Start/Search bar). Set the Numlock button, Alt button, click your code on the on-screen keypad, then hit ALT again to send the code.

Might not be the easiest way, but it works.

 

[ClaudiusB]

I have Windows character map loaded, just pick and place without learning any keystrokes.

Ø ° Ʊ Δ ف


Cheers,
ClaudiusB

 

[menschmaschine]

Start--->Run--->"charmap"

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

If I take the time to learn this, my brain will probably push out something important to make room for the new info. I don't want to forget how to walk or how to throw goats at small children.

 

[wildwest450]

I ♥this thread.

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[cheezydemon3]

Hold down 0 on the iPhone. Finding all kinds of crazy symbols now that I look for it

You are accessing this on a PHONE?????


I feel so violated.

 

[jmo88]

You are accessing this on a PHONE?????


I feel so violated.

Violated? What are you using your phone for? Don't even say talking. That's soooo last decade.

 

[passedpawn]

Start--->Run--->"charmap"

I like!

 

[killian]

╖¿ô☻q{╚§ƒe├Tσ╖eæm■ΘX┼j╡ò}┘ì◄≡Uµ┬S~D╪⌠↕↕↕↕îô╩µδxτ╝+Ü♂▬!,7BMx╕☼☺o♂▬▐MÜ+╝\│◙♣«Wa\│╕☼◙° oh there it is

 

[DarkNoonBrewer]

My computer is bogus! When I hit alt 248, my internet browser toggles between the 2nd, 4th, and 8th tab open. (if there were an eighth window)

in my house its 75 gmail facebook miata.net

lame.

 

[Chap]

My computer is bogus! When I hit alt 248, my internet browser toggles between the 2nd, 4th, and 8th tab open. (if there were an eighth window)

in my house its 75 gmail facebook miata.net

lame.

Make sure "numlock" is on.

 

[wild]

I usually just post 149F.
How do you get the degree symbol on a windows laptop?

Fn+Alt+KU8

 

[Blueblood]

I ♥this thread.

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I ♥♥♥ your avatar

 

[TxBrew]

I wish I just had the symbol. I hate pressing alt anything.

 

[passedpawn]

I wish I just had the symbol. I hate pressing alt anything.

I'm still surprised the 101-key keyboard doesn't come with a ¢. I grew up using typewriters - the cent symbol was a standard key then. It's the only one I know of that didn't make the conversion to PC keyboards.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

™¢•

friggin mac

 

[hal2814]

Back in the DOS days this was a fun way to hide data on public drives. I used to make a folder with the last character ALT-255. It is a blank character, like a space. Not only did very few people understand the acscii codes and how to access them, you couldn't even see that one. So the folder was in plain site and no one could open it.

Then XTREE Gold came along and ruined all my fun.

I did something similar with UNIX and a directory called '.. ' The '.' at the front means hidden directory in UNIX. On top of that '.' is the current directory and '..' is one directory up like it is in DOS. So when someone does do an 'ls -a' it just looks like there's an extra '..' which people chalked up as some sort of UNIX quirk instead of an actual hidden directory. And since it is hidden, it's still not shown in most graphical file managers.

 

[weirdboy]

I did something similar with UNIX and a directory called '.. ' The '.' at the front means hidden directory in UNIX. On top of that '.' is the current directory and '..' is one directory up like it is in DOS. So when someone does do an 'ls -a' it just looks like there's an extra '..' which people chalked up as some sort of UNIX quirk instead of an actual hidden directory. And since it is hidden, it's still not shown in most graphical file managers.

Oh, yes....lots of "secret" ftp sites back in the day used that trick.

 

[passedpawn]

I did something similar with UNIX and a directory called '.. ' The '.' at the front means hidden directory in UNIX. On top of that '.' is the current directory and '..' is one directory up like it is in DOS. So when someone does do an 'ls -a' it just looks like there's an extra '..' which people chalked up as some sort of UNIX quirk instead of an actual hidden directory. And since it is hidden, it's still not shown in most graphical file managers.

Seems to me that VMS had the same dot folders (and may have predated DOS). Man that seems like a different century (oh wait...)

 

[chefmike]

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uhhh....

 

[motobrewer]

ack!

 

[chefmike]

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[Daybis]

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Thanks for that!!

You're welcome.

 

[caphector]

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I love Unicode!

 

[chefmike]

oh, do tell key strokes on that.... several of those are soooooo useful!

 

[killian]

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