<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 2 Oct 2022 at 10:05, Davidoskky via Tagging <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
>> I'll add to this list all those taps that can be activated without a direct manipulation of an object, such as passing your hand in front of a light ray which causes the water to start flowing.<br>
> The objects being manipulated in this case are photons.<br>
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> Maybe you are being needlessly pedantic or "splitting hairs" (getting lost in the minutiae of details), I'm not sure. But I think asserting "if there is a valve (and there are many sorts of valves), it's a tap" is fairly clear.<br>
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I think your definition is perfectly good. I was just pointing out that <br>
other kinds of devices using valves exist that don't always require <br>
manipulation of any object.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yep!</div><div><br></div><div>If they don't exist already, pretty soon you'll be just able to say "Turn the tap on - harder - now warmer - no that's too hot - yep, that's right - now turn it off, thanks". Which will all be <i>much</i> easier than just turning a tap! :-) <br></div><div><br></div><div>
Thanks<div><br></div><div>Graeme</div></div><br></div></div>