{"id":5532,"date":"2004-02-25T08:33:06","date_gmt":"2004-02-25T15:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/02\/25\/whats-old-is-new-again-2.html"},"modified":"2004-02-25T08:33:06","modified_gmt":"2004-02-25T15:33:06","slug":"whats_old_is_ne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/02\/25\/whats_old_is_ne.html","title":{"rendered":"What’s old is new again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though it’s really only use by ham radio operators any more, Morse code has had the first new symbol in decades added to it by the International Telecommunications Union — the “commat” or “@” sign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new symbol — a combo of the “A” and “C” without a space — will let Morse operators exchange e-mail addresses, which is apparently quite a big thing for them.<\/p>\n

Hobbyists are still lobbying in vain for an exclamation point, however.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though it’s really only use by ham radio operators any more, Morse code has had the first new symbol in decades added to it by the International Telecommunications Union –…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-tech"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29043,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/07\/rovers-reviewed.html","url_meta":{"origin":5532,"position":0},"title":"Rovers reviewed","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 7-Aug-12 6:24am","format":false,"excerpt":"Comparing the sizes of the different rovers. \u00a0On the left is Spirit\/Opportunity, in the middle Sojourner, and on the right Curiosity.Reshared post from +Karyn TraphagenWonder how the Mars rovers compare in size? 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