Talk:1474: Screws - Revision history

172.70.85.31: Finisging the job. (Darnit, Z1m! You know how to do it!)

2024-04-24T18:29:21Z

Finisging the job. (Darnit, Z1m! You know how to do it!)

Z1mp0st0rz at 16:59, 24 April 2024

2024-04-24T16:59:18Z

C0llidee at 01:40, 29 December 2019

2019-12-29T01:40:12Z

RedHatGuy68 at 04:35, 10 May 2016

2016-05-10T04:35:58Z

188.114.99.189 at 19:23, 10 December 2015

2015-12-10T19:23:50Z

188.114.99.189: opinion

2015-12-07T18:45:27Z

opinion

108.162.238.180 at 16:49, 15 May 2015

2015-05-15T16:49:07Z

Davidy22 at 03:20, 22 February 2015

2015-02-22T03:20:47Z

108.162.217.173 at 16:58, 21 February 2015

2015-02-21T16:58:14Z

Pudder at 17:23, 21 January 2015

2015-01-21T17:23:29Z

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	:I wrote too soon. I just found Pozidriv screws in a sofa's feet. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 19:23, 10 December 2015 (UTC)		:I wrote too soon. I just found Pozidriv screws in a sofa's feet. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 19:23, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

−	Uh oh. Maybe it's on Amazon? (star-shaped screw) - 5 point 'torx' is somewhat common in automotive industry as a temper proof alternative to regular 6 point torx. Some examples would be MAF sensors and old Mercedes Benz rearview mirrors {{unsigned}}	+	Uh oh. Maybe it's on Amazon? (star-shaped screw) - 5 point 'torx' is somewhat common in automotive industry as a temper proof alternative to regular 6 point torx. Some examples would be MAF sensors and old Mercedes Benz rearview mirrors {{unsigned\|C0llidee\|01:40, 29 December 2019}}

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	:I wrote too soon. I just found Pozidriv screws in a sofa's feet. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 19:23, 10 December 2015 (UTC)		:I wrote too soon. I just found Pozidriv screws in a sofa's feet. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 19:23, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

−	Uh oh. Maybe it's on Amazon? (star-shaped screw) - 5 point 'torx' is somewhat common in automotive industry as a temper proof alternative to regular 6 point torx. Some examples would be MAF sensors and old Mercedes Benz rearview mirrors	+	Uh oh. Maybe it's on Amazon? (star-shaped screw) - 5 point 'torx' is somewhat common in automotive industry as a temper proof alternative to regular 6 point torx. Some examples would be MAF sensors and old Mercedes Benz rearview mirrors {{unsigned}}

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	Just my 2 cents, since a lot of commentators were writing about the types of screws they're most familiar with. Here in Brazil, at least where I live, the standard is slot and Phillips, with the latter becoming more prominent. Allen and Torx are used in more expensive products, like HDDs and cars. I've only known about Pozidrivs from Wikipedia. I can't speak for the construction area, but I suppose it doesn't change much. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 18:45, 7 December 2015 (UTC)		Just my 2 cents, since a lot of commentators were writing about the types of screws they're most familiar with. Here in Brazil, at least where I live, the standard is slot and Phillips, with the latter becoming more prominent. Allen and Torx are used in more expensive products, like HDDs and cars. I've only known about Pozidrivs from Wikipedia. I can't speak for the construction area, but I suppose it doesn't change much. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 18:45, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
	:I wrote too soon. I just found Pozidriv screws in a sofa's feet. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 19:23, 10 December 2015 (UTC)		:I wrote too soon. I just found Pozidriv screws in a sofa's feet. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 19:23, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Uh oh. Maybe it's on Amazon? (star-shaped screw) - 5 point 'torx' is somewhat common in automotive industry as a temper proof alternative to regular 6 point torx. Some examples would be MAF sensors and old Mercedes Benz rearview mirrors

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	I think the bit about "Phillip's Head" is an obvious note about the frustration of dealing with different screw types -- as in "I'm so frustrated dealing with all these screw types I'm going to find the inventor of the Phillips head screw and chop his head off!" {{unsigned ip\|199.27.133.137}}		I think the bit about "Phillip's Head" is an obvious note about the frustration of dealing with different screw types -- as in "I'm so frustrated dealing with all these screw types I'm going to find the inventor of the Phillips head screw and chop his head off!" {{unsigned ip\|199.27.133.137}}
		+	:CHOP? I think that you are missing the point of the comic... I wonder how many screws you would need to put into someone's neck for the head to fall off... [[User:RedHatGuy68\|RedHatGuy68]] ([[User talk:RedHatGuy68\|talk]]) 04:35, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

	Shouldn't that be 'an allen key' and not a wrench? I'm willing to acknowledge the inventor (Allen) but it's a key, not a wrench, by any definition. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.135\|141.101.104.135]] 23:34, 17 January 2015 (UTC)		Shouldn't that be 'an allen key' and not a wrench? I'm willing to acknowledge the inventor (Allen) but it's a key, not a wrench, by any definition. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.135\|141.101.104.135]] 23:34, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

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	Just my 2 cents, since a lot of commentators were writing about the types of screws they're most familiar with. Here in Brazil, at least where I live, the standard is slot and Phillips, with the latter becoming more prominent. Allen and Torx are used in more expensive products, like HDDs and cars. I've only known about Pozidrivs from Wikipedia. I can't speak for the construction area, but I suppose it doesn't change much. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 18:45, 7 December 2015 (UTC)		Just my 2 cents, since a lot of commentators were writing about the types of screws they're most familiar with. Here in Brazil, at least where I live, the standard is slot and Phillips, with the latter becoming more prominent. Allen and Torx are used in more expensive products, like HDDs and cars. I've only known about Pozidrivs from Wikipedia. I can't speak for the construction area, but I suppose it doesn't change much. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 18:45, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
		+	:I wrote too soon. I just found Pozidriv screws in a sofa's feet. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 19:23, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

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	The Torx standard is primarily a 6-pointed star, but a 5-pointed star is used for smaller wire types, as noted on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.180\|108.162.238.180]] 16:49, 15 May 2015 (UTC)		The Torx standard is primarily a 6-pointed star, but a 5-pointed star is used for smaller wire types, as noted on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.180\|108.162.238.180]] 16:49, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
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		+	Just my 2 cents, since a lot of commentators were writing about the types of screws they're most familiar with. Here in Brazil, at least where I live, the standard is slot and Phillips, with the latter becoming more prominent. Allen and Torx are used in more expensive products, like HDDs and cars. I've only known about Pozidrivs from Wikipedia. I can't speak for the construction area, but I suppose it doesn't change much. [[Special:Contributions/188.114.99.189\|188.114.99.189]] 18:45, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

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	I believe 'Uranium Screw' is referring to a screw with a "half life" of sorts - these types of flathead screws (which obviously exist, just are not as common) tend to "split in half" when they fail as opposed to just stripping. Half of the head splits off, similar to uranium decaying halfway. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.217.173\|108.162.217.173]] 16:58, 21 February 2015 (UTC)		I believe 'Uranium Screw' is referring to a screw with a "half life" of sorts - these types of flathead screws (which obviously exist, just are not as common) tend to "split in half" when they fail as opposed to just stripping. Half of the head splits off, similar to uranium decaying halfway. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.217.173\|108.162.217.173]] 16:58, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
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		+	The Torx standard is primarily a 6-pointed star, but a 5-pointed star is used for smaller wire types, as noted on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.238.180\|108.162.238.180]] 16:49, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

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 This page is now on the first page of google for "uranium screw". [[User:Mrmakeit|Mrmakeit]] ([[User talk:Mrmakeit|talk]]) 05:31, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 :And as of now, this page is the #1 result for "uranium screw". The second is the xkcd fora thread on this comic, and the third is our home page. [[User:NealCruco|NealCruco]] ([[User talk:NealCruco|talk]]) 16:47, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
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 I've just removed what I consider to be excess bloat from the explanation. I'm sure some people will disagree, but to me the descriptions of the screws were getting bogged down in excessive an unecessary details. As an example, the fact that torx screws are able to be used for higher torques really doesn't have anything to do with the comic. The long rambling sentence about french royalty being guillotined was interesting (to me at least), but didn't really come to a conclusion. --[[User:Pudder|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder|talk]]) 17:23, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

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		+	I believe 'Uranium Screw' is referring to a screw with a "half life" of sorts - these types of flathead screws (which obviously exist, just are not as common) tend to "split in half" when they fail as opposed to just stripping. Half of the head splits off, similar to uranium decaying halfway. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.217.173\|108.162.217.173]] 16:58, 21 February 2015 (UTC)
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	This page is now on the first page of google for "uranium screw". [[User:Mrmakeit\|Mrmakeit]] ([[User talk:Mrmakeit\|talk]]) 05:31, 16 January 2015 (UTC)		This page is now on the first page of google for "uranium screw". [[User:Mrmakeit\|Mrmakeit]] ([[User talk:Mrmakeit\|talk]]) 05:31, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
	:And as of now, this page is the #1 result for "uranium screw". The second is the xkcd fora thread on this comic, and the third is our home page. [[User:NealCruco\|NealCruco]] ([[User talk:NealCruco\|talk]]) 16:47, 16 January 2015 (UTC)		:And as of now, this page is the #1 result for "uranium screw". The second is the xkcd fora thread on this comic, and the third is our home page. [[User:NealCruco\|NealCruco]] ([[User talk:NealCruco\|talk]]) 16:47, 16 January 2015 (UTC)

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	I feel I have to question the phrase "Imperial-sized hex screws do sometimes surface, to the dissatisfaction of anyone who owns a hex driver set." As a mentor for a FIRST Robotics Team (Go 811!), we use Imperial-sized hex screws all the time. And here in the US, Imperial hex/Allen wrenches/keys are more common than their Metric counterparts. (sigh ... maybe SOMEday we'll wise up and go metric ...) --[[User:Mr. I\|Mr. I]] ([[User talk:Mr. I\|talk]]) 18:58, 19 January 2015 (UTC)		I feel I have to question the phrase "Imperial-sized hex screws do sometimes surface, to the dissatisfaction of anyone who owns a hex driver set." As a mentor for a FIRST Robotics Team (Go 811!), we use Imperial-sized hex screws all the time. And here in the US, Imperial hex/Allen wrenches/keys are more common than their Metric counterparts. (sigh ... maybe SOMEday we'll wise up and go metric ...) --[[User:Mr. I\|Mr. I]] ([[User talk:Mr. I\|talk]]) 18:58, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
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		+	I've just removed what I consider to be excess bloat from the explanation. I'm sure some people will disagree, but to me the descriptions of the screws were getting bogged down in excessive an unecessary details. As an example, the fact that torx screws are able to be used for higher torques really doesn't have anything to do with the comic. The long rambling sentence about french royalty being guillotined was interesting (to me at least), but didn't really come to a conclusion. --[[User:Pudder\|Pudder]] ([[User talk:Pudder\|talk]]) 17:23, 21 January 2015 (UTC)