Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:14:33 -0000 (GMT) | From | Simon Kenyon <> | Subject | Re: elevator algorithm bug in ll_rw_blk.c |
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On 19-Nov-98 Riley Williams wrote: > {Shrug} I quote from Collins Technical English Dictionary... > > Q> Elevator: (1) {UK} An alternative name for an escalator, usually > Q> referring to mobile escalators, especially in agricultural use. > Q> (2) {Primarily US} A cage that moves up and down a vertical shaft, > Q> stopping at various different levels determined by the operator. > Q> Escalator: {UK} A rolling staircase, where passengers or goods > Q> placed thereon are moved from one level to another automatically.
well i'm sorry and apologise for being rude what you have is a definition for a grain elevator (sort of a conveyor belt) not many people when presented with the term elevator would think of a grain elevator -- simon
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