From: Steve Shapiro (sgshiya@redshift.com)
Date: 10/30/02-09:46:05 PM Z
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Eastman"
> Full circle!
>
> You know, I was afraid that might happen. In my head a
> little voice was whispering "Hey, wasn't that
> sulfIte... not sulfAte?"
>
> But do you know what I said to that pesky little
> voice? I said "Shut up! I know what I am doing!"
> Never-the-less,I wondered as I wrote, but seeing as
> how the topic was about being wrong... and all, well I
> wanted to trust myself and not check...
>
> Again I have not checked... but I do think you are
> right... I was wrong...
>
> HYPO is short for the WORD sodium hyposulfite
> which was used to describe the traditional fixer we
> have all known and used, but unfortunately, that same
> WORD in addition to inaccurately describing the common
> fixing agent, is also used to refer to another
> substance somewhat similar(?)in formula, sodium
> hydrosulfite, which, (I could be wrong again) I THINK
> is what they THOUGHT our fixing agent really was
> chemically, and therefore explains why they gave it
> the name HYPO.
>
> If you have any greater insight on this matter,
> please illuminate!
>
> Thanks for drawing my attention to this careless
> mistake.
>
> JG
>
Insight? I dunno about no stinking insight, but seem to remember Hypo means
'taking out' or causing shortage of ...
S
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