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>Not as bad as when I came across a resistor a few years ago with just
>one black line in the centre. Took me a while to figure out it just
>means 0ohm and is just a fancy way for the manufacturer to put a
>bridge/link/jumper on the PC board.
.. and a year or two ago, The Farnell catalogue specified these as
follows : 
Resistance :  0 ohms
Tolerance   :  5%
>
I had half a mind to ring them and ask if they could get me some 1%
ones!