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

[Jim Byrnes]

On 11/22/2011 09:04 AM, Cybe R. Wizard wrote:
> 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

Thank you. I guessed it indicated emphasis of some type but wasn't sure.

Regards,  Jim