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All the world's a urinal...
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I've noticed that if any guy is sitting in a full-service stall when you enter to use the urinal, they almost always stop all, er, movements, and remain very quiet until they have the lavatory to themselves again.
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Here's the question up for debate:
Debate Why would any modern product use a standard (aka flat head) screw, which requires a standard (flat head) screw driver?
Standard screws are far more difficult to use in a modern era where we have power screw drivers which spin at high RPMs. If you've ever tried this you know that a standard (or slotted screw) will quickly get off balance with each rotation which really creates a challenge.
The very least that should be substituted would be the Phillips (+) type.
It's much more balanced. I can see using a allen type or Torx or whatever but I just can't understand why slotted would still be used.
Why are slotted screws still being produced? In my thinking they should outlaw them to save the sanity anyone who owns a toolbox.  How many billions $$$ could be saved by such a change? 
Counterpoint?
Anyone with a counterpoint on why slotted is still valid?
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Please don't refer to it as "standard"; there is no such thing.
Counterpoint:
Precisely _because_ it can't be used with a power driver.
modified 1-Mar-18 12:35pm.
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"(slotted screw)-driver"
i.e. not "slotted-(screw driver)"
It's all in the nuances.
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I take out my Dremmel Moto-tool and cut a slot into all the stripped phillips, Torx, and Allen head screws so I can get the damn things out.
That's why.
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ah, yes, so stripping seems to be the issue.
This is interesting, because that answer means that the makers are limiting you from doing things fast by adding slotted screws to their products.
I just think slotted screws are difficult to drive even when there is a pre-drilled hole and I use a manual screw driver -- because I get off balance with them because it is so difficult to apply even pressure as you turn a slotted screw.
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Use a Robertson screw. If you strip one of those you reaaaaally over-torqued it.
I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended.
I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended.
Freedom doesn't mean the absence of things you don't like.
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One good thing about stripped Phillips head screws is that it the hole for your screw removal drill bit is already centered.
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Do you mean "Phillips", or "Posidrive"?
They need different bits as the angles are different. Use the wrong one, and you will chew up the head every time... [^]
Intersetignly, Posidrive was partial developed and is partly owned by ... Phillips. 
There is also Torx, Allen, Robertson, ClutchDrive, and a wide range of oddball "security screws" - including a number that are "tighten only"!
Slotted are cheaper to make, and are useful for "historic jobs" where they should match existing screws - except in my Mercedes where the battery is under the drivers feet and accessed via a slotted screw that opens with a coin...
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OriginalGriff wrote: including a number that are "tighten only"!
I've only seen those on restroom stall doors. Ever since they started using those screws, my ability to add to my collection of restroom stall doors has pretty much stalled out.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: my ability to add to my collection of restroom stall doors
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I've seen them on some computer products. such as hard drives.
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not forgetting hex, (and if you're smart you'll use wira bits for those).
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Lopatir wrote: not forgetting hex, (and if you're smart you'll use wira bits for those).
As Griff said, Allen, the correct name for them.
Michael Martin
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OriginalGriff wrote: opens with a coin
Finally, a good counterpoint on why a slotted screw might be nice. 
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Pozidriv is not just another name, it is a very different head compared to Phillips.
You cannot use a Pozidriv bit on a Phillips head and a Phillips bit on a Pozidriv screw very easily starts stripping.
Sometimes wikipedia is the way to go...
List of screw drives - Wikipedia[^]
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I thought they were called "plus" and "minus" ...
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The chain-tightener on my chain saw uses a 'slot' screw and I use a manual screw driver - much less chance of 'stripping' the screw and rendering a piece of equipment useless.
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Tim Carmichael wrote: less chance of 'stripping' the screw and rendering a piece of equipment useless
That's a good point. Interesting too that they are used to limit the user's ability.
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It's all about usage and aesthetics.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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That's why I always use Arthur's Head screws.
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