Why on a telephone do the numbers go 1 2 3 on the top row of buttons, but on a calculator the top row of buttons the numbers are 7 8 9?
Is this a way of distinguishing between the two? If so, how many people have got confused and tried to make a phonecall on a calculator?
Any ideas on this?
2006-10-31 03:20:37 · 15 answers · asked by Liggy Lee 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
i once tried to phone someone whilst drunk on my tv remote control.i thought i heard a reply which was in fact the television and i had a one way conversation with myself..
i need to get out more,but i WAS drunk..
;)
2006-10-31 03:23:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question, but somehow I have managed to not get confused when using a telephone and a calculator.
To distinguish between a calculator and a phone look for the tell tail sign of a receiver with little holes at either end, sound comes out of one and you speak in the other. Calculators don't have speaker holes. Also there is no + or - sign on a phone ( I know there is a * which mean multiply, so get get confused.).
2006-10-31 11:27:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is this for real??, why would you get confused between the two unless you were blind, in which case there is a raised "pip" on the number 5 on a phone key pad which is the center of all the numbers so you can then locate all the numbers from there knowing that it is a standard layout with 123 at the top
2006-10-31 11:33:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
...and is if that isnt confusing enough...my keyboard has numbers at the top all along, with the letter F in front of each number...isnt that rude? maybe the computer geek who designed it was having a bad day??! Still, how rude. Then, just beneath it, to confuse me more, is, wait for this, another long row of numbers, really didnt want to confuse you further, but i just had to tell the world what a messed up place we live in, and hopefully someone will do SOMETHING! oh my days! i'm getting stressed, i nearly fell off my chair seeing another square of numbers to my right, going round in a square kind of way. I give up, I think i'm going to go lie down as this is all too overwhelming.
2006-10-31 14:42:35 · answer #4 · answered by Wisdom 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you really get confused, where is the handset on a calculator?
2006-10-31 11:22:22 · answer #5 · answered by DJ R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ive never really thought of that before
2006-10-31 11:37:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're crazy bored to be thinking about such small things! but maybe you like to notice and you gotta be blind to confuse the two!honestly!
2006-10-31 11:39:52 · answer #7 · answered by Kira 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never ever thought about it that way and i don't intend to ever again, but iu suppose when your bored you think about out and nowt....
2006-10-31 11:22:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont know why but i always end up trying to ;touch' dial and gettin it wrong.
2006-10-31 11:28:48 · answer #9 · answered by Jenni 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not exactly sure why they did that. But, it just doesn't add up. Does it? lol I made a funny.
2006-10-31 21:48:06 · answer #10 · answered by knownothing 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋