OFFTOPIC: Liam wants to argue (Was RE: A task-centric desktop...)

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:57:31 -0600
Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 11/21/2011 04:40 PM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> 
> 
> <snip->
> 
> >> You may have noticed that, throughout all of history, it has been
> >> the dissatisfied who were responsible for all of progress, whether
> >> directly or indirectly.  Dissent is /not always/ whining.
> >>
> >> ...although it certainly /can/ be.
> 
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Could someone please tell me what is the significance of the
> slashes   / / in the quote above.  I guess somehow in my use of the
> net I failed to learn what they mean.
> 
> Thanks,  Jim
> 
Sure.  They are used with plain text to indicate when something should
be /italicized/, *bolded*, or _underlined_.
It is a feeble but well-intended method of stressing or otherwise
indicating inflection in a poor medium.

Cybe R. Wizard
-- 
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that, it's all
learned. 
	Bruce Ediger