I wonder how many people know the significance and history of the SOS as they mention in that commercial.
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whew. for a second there, Lou, I thought you'd been censored and couldn't imagine what you might have said.
BTW, I have no idea what you're talking about.
BTW, I have no idea what you're talking about.
whew. for a second there, Lou, I thought you'd been censored and couldn't imagine what you might have said.
BTW, I have no idea what you're talking about.
+1 on both accounts.
Isn't sos common knowlege?
whew. for a second there, Lou, I thought you'd been censored and couldn't imagine what you might have said.
BTW, I have no idea what you're talking about.
+1 on both accounts.
...---... is Morse code for SOS -- the well known distress signal.
A quick look at Wikipedia told me something I didn't know. The sequence three long, three short, three long, three short, etc. Was a distress signal independent of Morse code. SOS just happen to be the Morse code equivalent so there is no real meaning to the letters themselves (r.g. "Save Our Ship" is a "bacronym").
I'm very concerned that if I get too much useless information in my head, my brain will explode. Can you withdraw this post, please?
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It's a retirement commercial.
I made the comment that most people wouldn't know that it was Morse Code, and what it meant.
I made the comment that most people wouldn't know that it was Morse Code, and what it meant.
Actually, the original distress signal was "HELP" (.... . .-.. .--.) and that was replaced by "CQD" (-.-. --.- -..) which was said to stand for "Come Quick, Danger." In actuality, this sequence of letters was chosen because it would never appear in normal traffic text, so if a Radio Operator heard it, he knew that it was an emergency situation.
The R.M.S. Titanic sent "CQD" originally, and then alternated back and forth between that and "SOS".
Ah, just push it off into a corner. Someday you may win an argument -- or start one.
Who knows, when you get old and senile you may just start blurting it out at random times to keep things interesting!
If the were protected by a ... --- .--. they wouldn't need to send a ... --- ...
I had ...---... for breakfast today.
Was this really so long ago?
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrA1TsvAr9g[/YOUTUBE]
Lunch today for me.
...---... = Di-di-dit Dah-dah-dah Di-di-dit
-... ..- - / .. / .- .-.. .-- .- -.-- ... / - .... --- ..- --. .... - / .. - / .-- .- ... / -.. .. / -.. .. / -.. .. / -.. .- / -.. .- / -.. .- / -.. .. / -.. .. / -.. ..
-... ..- - / .. / .- .-.. .-- .- -.-- ... / - .... --- ..- --. .... - / .. - / .-- .- ... / -.. .. / -.. .. / -.. .. / -.. .- / -.. .- / -.. .- / -.. .. / -.. .. / -.. ..
. . . with yourself.
I have never understood how you tell the difference between a dot and dash when listening.
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Wow, I had never heard of the term "backronym" or "bacronym". Interesting.
