Talk:1105: License Plate - Revision history

RadiantRainwing at 17:46, 1 August 2024

2024-08-01T17:46:33Z

172.69.22.23: unsigned ip was 172.70.230.53

2023-11-21T10:26:02Z

unsigned ip was 172.70.230.53

172.71.242.139: Recognising the "--" as an attempt to sign (long standing email standard/.sig separator), but still...

2023-01-12T18:59:12Z

Recognising the "--" as an attempt to sign (long standing email standard/.sig separator), but still...

ColorfulGalaxy: D still looked like 0

2023-01-12T17:12:43Z

D still looked like 0

172.71.178.207: Interesting fact: Top posting isn't helpful, and hopefully it's only because this 'early' comic didn't have the comment text about that you did not know that.

2023-01-06T17:16:54Z

Interesting fact: Top posting isn't helpful, and hopefully it's only because this 'early' comic didn't have the comment text about that you did not know that.

162.158.203.55 at 15:36, 6 January 2023

2023-01-06T15:36:45Z

162.158.203.55: Info about "FE-Schrift"

2023-01-06T15:32:49Z

Info about "FE-Schrift"

172.70.230.53: Alternate explanation suggestion

2022-05-15T03:12:39Z

Alternate explanation suggestion

141.101.104.16: 1 (or more) lines per comment

2022-05-13T19:11:55Z

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162.158.122.102 at 00:37, 21 January 2017

2017-01-21T00:37:45Z

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	Interesting fact: confusing similar letters/numbers would not be possible in many countries in Europe, Africa and Asia, because they use the german "FE-Schrift"-Font for license plates. This font is explicitly designed to avoid similarities between different letters and numbers: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift Wikipedia: FE-Schrift] [[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.55\|162.158.203.55]] 15:36, 6 January 2023 (UTC)		Interesting fact: confusing similar letters/numbers would not be possible in many countries in Europe, Africa and Asia, because they use the german "FE-Schrift"-Font for license plates. This font is explicitly designed to avoid similarities between different letters and numbers: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift Wikipedia: FE-Schrift] [[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.55\|162.158.203.55]] 15:36, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
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		+	The New Hampshire one isn't the same plate, is it? But the Kansas one is. [[User:RadiantRainwing\|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing\|talk]]) 17:46, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

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 Is it just me, or are the lines in this comic really thick? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.122.102|162.158.122.102]] 00:37, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
-The explanation suggests that they flagged the plate when it was registered, and Megan in the title text used a false plate.  Could it be that they didn't automatically flag the plate, but Megan warned the police about him, and thus no false plate was needed? {{unsigned}}
+The explanation suggests that they flagged the plate when it was registered, and Megan in the title text used a false plate.  Could it be that they didn't automatically flag the plate, but Megan warned the police about him, and thus no false plate was needed? {{unsigned ip|172.70.230.53}}
 Interesting fact: confusing similar letters/numbers would not be possible in many countries in Europe, Africa and Asia, because they use the german "FE-Schrift"-Font for license plates. This font is explicitly designed to avoid similarities between different letters and numbers: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift Wikipedia: FE-Schrift] [[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.55|162.158.203.55]] 15:36, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

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 Um, I'm pretty sure the license plate office specifically forbids use of certain characters BECAUSE of their ambiguity. Like, I and O are not allowed in PA because of their similarity to 1 and 0. So this comic lives in the realm of fiction where they haven't thought of that already. --[[User:Tustin2121|Tustin2121]] ([[User talk:Tustin2121|talk]]) 16:35, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
-: This prohibition happens in my place, and it also notes that each license plate must contain at least one number as some local people were not familiar with English letters. --
+: This prohibition happens in my place, and it also notes that each license plate must contain at least one number as some local people were not familiar with English letters. -- {{unsigned|ColorfulGalaxy|17:12, 12 January 2023}}
 Just after this ran, I saw a photo (on some internet "funny photo" site) of a car with an actual New Your state license plate made up of only Bs and 8s (e.g. "B88BB8B") for a similar effect.

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	Um, I'm pretty sure the license plate office specifically forbids use of certain characters BECAUSE of their ambiguity. Like, I and O are not allowed in PA because of their similarity to 1 and 0. So this comic lives in the realm of fiction where they haven't thought of that already. --[[User:Tustin2121\|Tustin2121]] ([[User talk:Tustin2121\|talk]]) 16:35, 9 September 2012 (UTC)		Um, I'm pretty sure the license plate office specifically forbids use of certain characters BECAUSE of their ambiguity. Like, I and O are not allowed in PA because of their similarity to 1 and 0. So this comic lives in the realm of fiction where they haven't thought of that already. --[[User:Tustin2121\|Tustin2121]] ([[User talk:Tustin2121\|talk]]) 16:35, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
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		+	: This prohibition happens in my place, and it also notes that each license plate must contain at least one number as some local people were not familiar with English letters. --

	Just after this ran, I saw a photo (on some internet "funny photo" site) of a car with an actual New Your state license plate made up of only Bs and 8s (e.g. "B88BB8B") for a similar effect.		Just after this ran, I saw a photo (on some internet "funny photo" site) of a car with an actual New Your state license plate made up of only Bs and 8s (e.g. "B88BB8B") for a similar effect.

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-Interesting fact: confusing similar letters/numbers would not be possible in many countries in Europe, Africa and Asia, because they use the german "FE-Schrift"-Font for license plates. This font is explicitly designed to avoid similarities between different letters and numbers: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift Wikipedia: FE-Schrift] [[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.55|162.158.203.55]] 15:36, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
 In New Jersey (USA), the laws allowing personalize license plates specifically disallows plates in the format of a standard plate.
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 Is it just me, or are the lines in this comic really thick? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.122.102|162.158.122.102]] 00:37, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
-The explanation suggests that they flagged the plate when it was registered, and Megan in the title text used a false plate.  Could it be that they didn't automatically flag the plate, but Megan warned the police about him, and thus no false plate was needed?
+The explanation suggests that they flagged the plate when it was registered, and Megan in the title text used a false plate.  Could it be that they didn't automatically flag the plate, but Megan warned the police about him, and thus no false plate was needed? {{unsigned}}

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−	Interesting fact: confusing similar letters/numbers would not be possible in many ~~other~~ countries, because they use the german "FE-Schrift"-Font for license plates. This font is explicitly designed to avoid similarities between different letters and numbers: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift Wikipedia: FE-Schrift]	+	Interesting fact: confusing similar letters/numbers would not be possible in many countries in Europe, Africa and Asia, because they use the german "FE-Schrift"-Font for license plates. This font is explicitly designed to avoid similarities between different letters and numbers: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift Wikipedia: FE-Schrift] [[Special:Contributions/162.158.203.55\|162.158.203.55]] 15:36, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

	In New Jersey (USA), the laws allowing personalize license plates specifically disallows plates in the format of a standard plate.		In New Jersey (USA), the laws allowing personalize license plates specifically disallows plates in the format of a standard plate.

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		+	Interesting fact: confusing similar letters/numbers would not be possible in many other countries, because they use the german "FE-Schrift"-Font for license plates. This font is explicitly designed to avoid similarities between different letters and numbers: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift Wikipedia: FE-Schrift]
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	In New Jersey (USA), the laws allowing personalize license plates specifically disallows plates in the format of a standard plate.		In New Jersey (USA), the laws allowing personalize license plates specifically disallows plates in the format of a standard plate.

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	Is it just me, or are the lines in this comic really thick? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.122.102\|162.158.122.102]] 00:37, 21 January 2017 (UTC)		Is it just me, or are the lines in this comic really thick? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.122.102\|162.158.122.102]] 00:37, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
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		+	The explanation suggests that they flagged the plate when it was registered, and Megan in the title text used a false plate. Could it be that they didn't automatically flag the plate, but Megan warned the police about him, and thus no false plate was needed?

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	Wouldn't this idea be more effective (theoretically) with 0's and O's (that is, zeroes and capital O's)? [[User:Erenan\|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan\|talk]]) 15:58, 7 September 2012 (UTC)		Wouldn't this idea be more effective (theoretically) with 0's and O's (that is, zeroes and capital O's)? [[User:Erenan\|Erenan]] ([[User talk:Erenan\|talk]]) 15:58, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
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	Many localities disallow one or the other for specifically that reason. In my locality, the letter O is not allowed in ANY license plate, not even the randomly assigned ones, so AAN-999 would be followed by AAP-000, rather than the expected AAO-000. Although at a quick glance, a capital Q looks similar to a number 0. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.243\|199.27.128.243]] 23:37, 4 November 2014 (UTC)		Many localities disallow one or the other for specifically that reason. In my locality, the letter O is not allowed in ANY license plate, not even the randomly assigned ones, so AAN-999 would be followed by AAP-000, rather than the expected AAO-000. Although at a quick glance, a capital Q looks similar to a number 0. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.128.243\|199.27.128.243]] 23:37, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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	Owning a car with a number plate is not considered a crime in Britain. I would have thought even if a non-sequitur is permissible in the US, it only applies to dark skinned people?[[User:Weatherlawyer\| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer\|talk]]) 19:52, 20 January 2015 (UTC)		Owning a car with a number plate is not considered a crime in Britain. I would have thought even if a non-sequitur is permissible in the US, it only applies to dark skinned people?[[User:Weatherlawyer\| I used Google News BEFORE it was clickbait]] ([[User talk:Weatherlawyer\|talk]]) 19:52, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Is it just me, or are the lines in this comic really thick? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.122.102\|162.158.122.102]] 00:37, 21 January 2017 (UTC)