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by loiswakeman @ 11 Dec. 2007 - 18:10:17

amazonI was about to get all hot under the collar when I spotted this pricing on the Amazon web site last Friday!

Did it fool you? Of course, an ‘8’ with a strikethrough looks very like a ‘0’ with a strikethrough at normal screen resolution. Perhaps that’s why, in the good old days, zeroes used to have a diagonal line across them so you could tell the difference. Ah, the days of punched cards and teletypes.

Chorus in the background of "What are you on about, old person?" ;)

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EllieGantEllieGant pro
11/12/07 @ 19:30

I see what you mean! Although it took me a while to work out that the first 'Was' digit wasn't 4....

UsksiderUsksider pro
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11/12/07 @ 20:08

I had to look at that several times before I finally saw the 'error'... and I'm still not sure it was an 8! :roll:

bloglikesitbloglikesit [Member]
12/12/07 @ 10:08

It does look like a '0'. Huh.

I use a diagonal slash through my handwritten zeroes; it was drummed into me at a job I had where customer IDs had both letters and numbers.

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