Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Soldered connections. Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 12:00:07 +0200 Lines: 48 Message-ID: <7i4oolxn0r.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <108aefl$1n7i9$9@dont-email.me> <108hddu$3bl64$2@dont-email.me> <108leod$b9i7$1@dont-email.me> <108mli5$k17h$1@dont-email.me> <108moro$ktk8$1@dont-email.me> <108muat$m6bo$1@dont-email.me> <6P6cndY_yqfjxS31nZ2dnZfqn_SdnZ2d@giganews.com> <1093t2g$3ophr$6@dont-email.me> <1096g3f$djbq$2@dont-email.me> <1096m5n$frbq$1@dont-email.me> <1096una$i22a$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net grYF3jbcmTz1R3shtm7K9ATE48LIxjOXwgUYwi9JIR2qJS5iOD X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:poUlm39VvWAjC8pGvuv33uR2gFY= sha256:BHKemKl6HzkqyB19Ekz3ncaKyjgkIvwnxjCynivSxUY= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:73355 alt.comp.os.windows-11:23781 On 2025-09-04 05:28, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2025-09-03, c186282 wrote: > >> On 9/2/25 10:24 AM, Graham J wrote: >> >>> Daniel70 wrote: >>> >>> [snip] >>> >>>> When I walk in from the Street Footpath through the Front Door of a >>>> House, I'm still (possibly) AT GROUND LEVEL, so I MUST be on THE >>>> *GROUND* *FLOOR* level, surely!! >>>> >>>> If I then go up a set of stairs, that puts me at the *FIRST* *FLOOR* >>>> *ABOVE* Ground level, surely!! >>> >>> This is indeed the English convention.  I suspect the same is true in >>> France: "premier etage".  So probably Europe-wide. >>> >>> The Americans can achieve the same result by numbering their ground >>> floor as zero. >> >> Nope, almost ALWAYS level ONE. >> >> Far too late to change. > > Too bad. To this day, many people can't handle the concept of zero. > >> There is no zero. Basement levels start >> at "B1". > > Or "P1" in buildings with underground parking. Some buildings use this in the elevator (translating from Spanish): 4 3 2 1 G (or 0) (ground) U (underground) P1 P2 (Parking) P3 -- Cheers, Carlos.