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The "Crosshair" Symbol - Was Z a printer?

The crosshair symbol that Z used is common in engineering and topography - it is known as a "benchmark" and is used to identify a common marker that other measurements are then...

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Interesting idea, but that symbol is found literally everywhere... on the old board, I posted a pic of a wrapper from Bob's that had the Z symbol on it, and I logically concluded that Bob's Big Boy...

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The other day I saw the new Jeep (I cant remember the name of the car now for the life of me), but the name of the car was molded in to the bumper and the O in the name was the crosshair symbol.It...

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Also resembles the celtic cross...It could be anything, only Z knows for sure

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The cross hair symbol is also used in math to represent the unit circle. Circle centered at the origin with radius equal to one. This is used in trigonometry and complex variables, etc. This would...

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The cross hair symbol is also used in math to represent the unit circle. Circle centered at the origin with radius equal to one. This is used in trigonometry and complex variables, etc. This would...

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Re: The "Crosshair" Symbol - Was Z a printer?

The other day I saw the new Jeep (I cant remember the name of the car now for the life of me), but the name of the car was molded in to the bumper and the O in the name was the crosshair symbol.It...

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Ko-Ko from the Mikado. Check out the symbol. Photo from 1939.http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/mikfilm-green.htm

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He said in a letter that he wanted people to wear a button with his sign, just as they wore the peace sign. It might have no significance other than that. The "peace" sign was...

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Dr Doogie...If you believe in a Z connection to or familiarization with newspapers, newsmen or printing then register marks as they relate to the Z symbol are as good as anything else that matches the...

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Dahlia told me about a WWII Naval Uniform at the Mare Island Museum that had a zodiac-like symbol on one sleeve.  I went today to take a look with Sandy and sure enough[URL/[/URL"...

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The circle-cross symbol can also be used as instructions for workers at a dry cleaners. It means "Do Not Dry Clean." Pax1222

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well, the do not dry clean symbol lines seem to be 45 degrees off http://0.tqn.com/d/laundry/1/0/n/3/-/-/Do-Not-Dry-Clean-500-x-500-copy.jpg

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Hello Tracers, Sorry. I forgot to rotate the image. Here it is :http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff81/pax1222/dryclean.png Pax1222

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When I theorize Zodiac as an employee of a dry cleaners, I mean this : He would be the guy in the back, working the steam press and working with chemicals. This way he does not have to deal with the...

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Zodiac's Codes were always 17 letters/numbers symbols across. 1. Harden's Code. 2. 340 Code. 3. "My Name Is" Code. 4. Mt. Diablo Code. What fits here would be an example of a cutting map. This is used...

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The Zodiac's symbol also matches the Sun Cross https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_cross which I think is where the Zodiac watch company got the idea. The White Pride groups use the symbol also....

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Sierra, Good catch on the GD&T angle. I see the symbol everyday at work on the machines I run. True Position is what you would want on a gunsight also.

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PAX1222 wrote:Hello Tracers, Sorry. I forgot to rotate the image. Here it is :http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff81/pax1222/dryclean.png Pax1222Pax, Well spotted! I should warn you that people are...

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Yeah, after 2 and a half years the criticisms are astounding, aren't they? Oh wait, there aren't any.

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