Is it RC or R/C? [Archive] - Radio Control Zone

jeepinator2

03-20-2005, 11:15 PM

I mean... it's not Radio/Control is it?
WTH is the "/" doing in there?

It is called a virgule (http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000140.htm) and it has no function whatsoever in regards to "R/C".

PLEASE make a note of it.

darncars

03-20-2005, 11:42 PM

Mabey R.C. would be more correcter,

jeepinator2

03-20-2005, 11:49 PM

Definately. But still, just using "RC" is 100% correct.

jeepinator2

03-20-2005, 11:50 PM

I have 33 posts already? http://www.forumsfromhell.com/images/smilies/look.gif

darncars

03-21-2005, 12:11 AM

Nothing is 100% correct and there is no perfect circle..Welcome to te board.

jeepinator2

03-21-2005, 12:14 AM

Actually, there is a Perfect Circle http://www.forumsfromhell.com/images/smilies/brows.gif
I listen to them all the time.

Thanks for the welcome. I've been here before (http://forums.radiocontrolzone.com/member.php?userid=55025) though http://www.forumsfromhell.com/images/smilies/poofy.gif

darncars

03-21-2005, 12:18 AM

Saw that one coming!

darncars

03-21-2005, 12:23 AM

Portland eh? Couve here!

jeepinator2

03-21-2005, 01:04 AM

No crap?
You run at A-Main?

darncars

03-21-2005, 01:34 AM

There today

jeepinator2

03-21-2005, 02:33 AM

Well, that sure is a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster

jeepinator2

03-21-2005, 02:34 AM

Arthur, engage the Infinite Improbability Drive!

darncars

03-21-2005, 02:41 AM

For gods sake Jim, Im a doctor not a .....

darncars

03-21-2005, 02:45 AM

The world looks so small from up here.

Buggyracer28

03-22-2005, 12:32 AM

Hey! Im gonna go down to Amain raceway tommorrow and practice cuz its free. You guys gonna be there? I have an XTM X-terminator pro.

darncars

03-22-2005, 03:29 AM

After work maybee.

RichieRich

03-23-2005, 12:41 PM

Jeepinator! Only here for 24 posts and already raising controversial issues. Though, I don't quite remember you being so pedantic. Welcome back!

jeepinator2

03-24-2005, 03:13 AM

rocknbil

03-24-2005, 10:08 AM

No one's ever said pedantic on FFH? How about diatribe? :D

From an internet perspective, R/C confused me at first too, it made no sense, but the majority of abbreviated references on most RC sites are erroneously expressed as R/C. Officially it should be R.C. as an abbreviation, but that would deplete the dots TRF needs so badly in his posts. So I think it was part of the Save TRF Drive Hard movement that migrated from R.C. to R/C.

R/C = the molar gas constant / Coulomb = 8.314472 m2 kg s-3 A-1 K-1 mol-1

Molar gas. Wow. :D

Piggy89373

03-24-2005, 11:52 AM

Chemistry aside, if we go to the source for rf transmissions, the FCC, we find that it's called R/C. (http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/personal/radiocontrol/data/bandplan.html)

RichieRich

03-24-2005, 05:02 PM

Main Entry: ped·ant
Pronunciation: 'pe-d&nt
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Italian pedante
1 obsolete : a male schoolteacher
2 a : one who makes a show of knowledge b : one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge c : a formalist or precisionist in teaching

Dang, I have honestly never seen that word before (or any variation of the root). Good job :D

What are your thought on r/c vs. rc?

Thank you. Pedantic is one of my favorite words. It clearly describes some of the people I work with. It goes along quite well with pretentious. :D

As for my thoughts on r/c or rc, it appears that "rc" would make more sense. Unless you belong to the "/ corporation" and make royalties based on it's usage.

jeepinator2

03-25-2005, 12:18 AM

Haha, this thread rules.
Good to see you wankerfartasses!

jeepinator2

03-25-2005, 12:21 AM

...now back to pedanticisms.

SpeedballTrix

03-25-2005, 08:12 AM

I think I just lost a nice cluster of brain cells...

darncars

03-25-2005, 08:44 AM

Mine dont get lost in clusters anymore.

jeepinator2

03-25-2005, 01:40 PM

Ya, me neither. I lose them in strings.
...and an occasional buckyball.

darncars

03-25-2005, 08:01 PM

Actually this thread may be adding brain-cells..Is that good?..Blue Oyster Cult tonight baby !

murphy3688

03-26-2005, 09:57 PM

just read the topic question and thought id throw in my two abe's: RC

bullethead

03-26-2005, 11:12 PM

Dont fear the reaper.

I Think I can outrun him.

BULLETHEAD

jeepinator2

04-12-2005, 07:56 PM

B/t/t

bsodmike

04-13-2005, 11:16 AM

Hahhaa... love this thread :p

jeepinator2

04-14-2005, 12:22 AM

Me too.
It's my mission to stop the "/" madness.
Today I played with my Radio Control car.
Today I installed a Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning system.
Today I used a Personal Computer.

It's R/C, but it's not H/V/A/C and P/C?
Can someone please explain why R/C is used? It makes no sense at all.

AudiTT-Quattro

04-14-2005, 01:50 AM

To distinguish it from RC, the "time constant" of a capacitor. Jeep, you're well versed in the field of electronics; I thought knew this. I'm disappointed.

"You race an RC?"
"I drive a discharging capacitor. Once this baby hits 88mph..."

bsodmike

04-14-2005, 07:29 AM

To distinguish it from RC, the "time constant" of a capacitor.

:D OMG, How on earth would some one confuse RC (cars) with the time-constant of a cap? Like many things in the english language it is all about 'context'...I'm gonna stick to good 'ol RC. :p

Ohh and in most cases it would be something like 1/f=T=RC, I doubt someone is going to in the middle of something cap related just go 'rc'...but hey that's just me.

suckfish

04-14-2005, 08:12 AM

What was the question ?

BrushlessHawaii

04-14-2005, 09:27 AM

Well in the Words of the great "Ogre" N/E/R/D/S

BrushlessHawaii

04-14-2005, 09:35 AM

Thank you. Pedantic is one of my favorite words. It clearly describes some of the people I work with. It goes along quite well with pretentious. :D

Holy crap I think we might work together. LOL

and pedantic and pretentious are great words. LOL

adrcracing

04-17-2005, 02:01 AM

It's R/C cuz without the / there's no jump, and R/C without a jump to hit is no fun! Also without the / you would not have this thread you seem to love so much. FCC called it R/C, so R/C it is. Make a note. :D

jeepinator2

04-17-2005, 02:19 AM

My RC18T does wheelies like nobody's bizness. Mamba 6800 and 2S lipoly :D
So does R ever jump over C?
We might end up with C\R someday.

Nutter

04-17-2005, 09:09 PM

Jeep! :) I haven't been around here in a long time either..

From http://internationaleflcafe.com/teachers-english-grammar-types-of-punctuation.htm I found this:
English language usage

The most common use is to replace the hyphen to make clear a strong joint between words or phrases
My guess is that the origins of R/C is that it started out as radio-control, then as per above went to radio/control to emphasise the "strong joint between words", and finally was abbreviated (incorrectly? perhaps, perhaps not) to just R/C.

NitroBoy24

04-17-2005, 09:41 PM

Hehe, how long till you start reviving 4 year old threads Jeepinator2? I think you need to do it once, just so we can be sure it really is you ;)

jeepinator2

04-17-2005, 09:59 PM

That was the first thing I did :D
Lemme go find it.

jeepinator2

04-17-2005, 10:01 PM

Here you go (http://forums.radiocontrolzone.com/showthread.php?t=71081).

jeepinator2

04-17-2005, 10:02 PM

Hey Nutter!
Still living in Canada, posting on /. ?

Nutter

04-17-2005, 10:43 PM

Yup and yup! I've since moved to the other side of Canuckistan (heh.. Get Fuzzy reference, I love that cartoon!) - I've been in Vancouver for a bit over 2 years now. Last year I had a connection through Portland and "I wonder where Jeep is these days" came to mind as we were flying over the residential areas. :) Just getting back into R/C now since I'm finally in an area with a track.

Man, there's so many Certifiable RC Zone Addicts around now.. remember when it was a special thing? :)

AE_racer38

04-17-2005, 11:53 PM

can someone please tell me how to stop my kid from calling it "remote control"? i can't get him to understand that a "remote control" turns on the tv. lol

NitroBoy24

04-18-2005, 12:14 AM

Here you go (http://forums.radiocontrolzone.com/showthread.php?t=71081).

Haha, it's you :D

So, do you have THE first Graphite RC10, I'm kind of confused? You've got a huge number of vintage rc10's also.

I think it'd be cool to put todays motors in the old school original rc10 graphite chassis and put it up against a FT RC10T4 with the exact same electronics, tires, etc and see how big of a difference there is in lap times, with the same drivers of course.

jeepinator2

04-18-2005, 12:23 AM

Yes, THE very first RC10 Graphite. I'd not be bold enough to go racing with the old 6 gear tranny. But I'd go with a Worlds Car, the last iteration of the original RC10.

Ron Jeremy

02-19-2007, 02:15 AM

Does anyone know why jeepinator(2) was banned?
It seems whenever I look through old threads I see quite a few banned usernames; an anomalous thing unique to this board.

balang_479

02-19-2007, 03:15 AM

all this is too confusing

Shazz1234

02-19-2007, 06:03 AM

R/C = the molar gas constant / Coulomb = 8.314472 m2 kg s-3 A-1 K-1 mol-1

Molar gas. Wow. :D

Am I a geek for knowing that it's the molar gas constant /Coulomb... It could also be over the speed of light which is roughly how fast mine will go one day when I can get time to fix it.

How come the magazine add on the left hand side has RC Car Basics and not R/C car basics?... The FCC should get onto that one :D

rocknbil

02-19-2007, 03:19 PM

Does anyone know why jeepinator(2) was banned?

<snicker>

Was it that thing of resurrecting worthless old threads? The Anti-Christianity movement? Just too rebellious to bear?

Or, was it simply the revenge against the evil clown (http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/evilclown.htm)?

:D

ElectricThunder

02-19-2007, 03:27 PM

<snicker>

Was it that thing of resurrecting worthless old threads? The Anti-Christianity movement? Just too rebellious to bear?

Or, was it simply the revenge against the evil clown (http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/evilclown.htm)?

:D
LOL!

I miss Jeep...:( He made this place REALLY funny. :eek:

tomstacey

02-20-2007, 12:52 PM

I think he's probably still around.. sometimes you can't keep a good man down ;)

awnelson

02-20-2007, 01:02 PM

Okay, to see if he's still around, whii don't wii start calling R/C R-C instead of RC, which to most people would be initials on a shirt or hankie... ie. Richard Cranium. I think there are enough wise people out there who wouldn't mind leaving dead threads dead but since it is open, lets bury new crap with it so that when we open in in 2009, someone new can laugh about it.

Sorcerer001

02-20-2007, 02:02 PM

Hold on a minute...

rocknbil

02-20-2007, 03:44 PM

When you say "a minute" is it minute or minute? 'Cause I'm looking at the post time, and well . . . .

is it "min." or "min/"? Does "in a bit" or "shortly" mean "in this lifetime" or "whenever I freakin' get around to it?"

:D

ElectricThunder

02-20-2007, 05:19 PM