Re: You touched one of my pet peeves (was Re: dpkg: syntax error)(is now OOT)
On 28/03/11 13:12, Ron Johnson wrote:
> You touched one of my pet peeves
Thanks - I assure you it was unintentional, I have now washed my hands
and disinfected the keyboard.
:-)
> On 03/27/2011 08:35 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote:
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>> Is the double backslashes a clue?
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> That's a double *slash*. The backslash (on my US "small <Enter>" kb) is
> under the pipe.
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> We know this because typewriter keyboards only had one such key and so
> Lower Left To Upper Right became the "slash" key. When IBM added
> another key, that new key became the backslash.
I'm happy to take your word for it.
Was there a "pacific" link I should read....?
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> http://www.macwebguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/olympiaportabletypewritekeyboard.jpg
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> http://eprints.utas.edu.au/3383/2/op_typewriter_keyboard_ep.jpg
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> http://lh4.ggpht.com/_-1QGhsS3OZ0/R4FQccv5-WI/AAAAAAAAAPE/S6za2eZBx4c/beige+ibm+selectric+typewriter.JPG
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> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Keyboard_on_a_typewriter.jpg
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Tuttle? His name's Buttle.
There must be some mistake.
Mistake? [Chuckles]
We don't make mistakes.
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