Interchangeability of terms

[Blake]

Just remembered another one.
Syke/ cyc
(From the same person)
Sent from my Galaxy S3

 

[n1ist]

You are right about the DE15, though I seem to remember one of the connector vendors insisting on HD15 to me years ago. Looks like
wikipedia has a good writeup on the D-series connectors.
/mike

 

[ruinexplorer]

No problem. I had to look it up to make sure.
You know, that whole memory fade thing.

 

[BillConnerFASTC]

Open white/no color/clear

I was taught that no color meant no gel what so ever - empty - and clear means clear gel. At that time, a lens could crack and fall, so this was a safety consideration.

 

[gafftapegreenia]

I was taught that no color meant no gel what so ever - empty - and clear means clear gel. At that time, a lens could crack and fall, so this was a safety consideration.

I highly doubt Roscolux 00 could stop a falling lens.

 

[JChenault]

Perididles instead of periaktoi.

 

[chausman]

Perididles instead of periaktoi.

What is a perididle?

 

[ruinexplorer]

It's actually a paradiddle. Drum rudiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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I was a drummer in marching band before I started theater in high school.

 

[BillConnerFASTC]

I highly doubt Roscolux 00 could stop a falling lens.

Roscolene and cinemoid probably could - especially if the lens breaks into small pieces. Was used on parcans as well and it would stop the small pieces of lamp. Think era of gel and piano boards.

 

[JChenault]

What is a perididle?

A word made up by someone who once heard the term periaktoi , but did not hear it clearly and did not look it up.

 

[gafftapegreenia]

Roscolene and cinemoid probably could - especially if the lens breaks into small pieces. Was used on parcans as well and it would stop the small pieces of lamp. Think era of gel and piano boards.

Small pieces makes sense, but most of the lens failures I have seen have been pretty catastrophic. As in, the entire front falling off a PAR64, or a Fresnel cracking into two or three big pieces. But yes, 'Lene and Cinemoid was thicker stuff, so it could have better holding capacity. Still, I don't know if its worth the effort.

 

[bdkdesigns]

Shocked/electrocuted always got me too. Something I've wondered though, can one be electrocuted and still tell you about it. What if the shock caused death and then you were resuscitated. Technically you were electrocuted and then brought back.

 

[MichaelPHS]

Sorry to necro-bump, but a couple that grind my gears

Safe/"safe"
Work around/Bodge

 

[josh88]

Perididles instead of periaktoi.

Since we had a bump.
pterodactyl/Periaktoi

This started because people couldn't remember the name or how to say it and once we learned we still enjoyed calling them that and confusing the normals in the room.

 

[WestlakeTech]

One of the guys at my church has a portable compound miter saw. It's got its own table that folds out. He calls it a table saw.

Irks me because a table saw is very different than a miter.

 

[RickR]

There is one at our rental shop that annoys me to no end. We have DMX cables and XLR cables!

What they really are is 5 & 3 pin XLR connectors on DMX rated cable.

 

[JohnD]

Back to the podium vs lectern question, even the dictionaries seem to have given up.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/podium
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/podium

 

[StradivariusBone]

One of the guys at my church has a portable compound miter saw. It's got its own table that folds out. He calls it a table saw.

Irks me because a table saw is very different than a miter.

What about compound miter saw/chop saw?

That one I'll admit I'm guilty of from time to time, particularly when making an abundance of 90º cuts.

 

[cmckeeman]

What about compound miter saw/chop saw?

That one I'll admit I'm guilty of from time to time, particularly when making an abundance of 90º cuts.

Can you clarify the difference?

 

[StradivariusBone]

Can you clarify the difference?

From my understanding a chop saw is a miter saw that only cuts at 90º and does not adjust to make mitered cuts. Some of them have adjustable fences, but the arm holding the blade is fixed. I've heard it and used it interchangeably though.