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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (49660)	6/8/2002 2:20:04 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I continue to get good value from that one google. This has become a real pet peeve of mine. I'm so tired of people saying "backslash" when they mean "slash." <<This is a slash: /. Because the top of it leans forward, it is sometimes called a "forward slash." This is a backslash: \. Notice the way it leans back, distinguishing it from the regular slash. Slashes are often used to indicate directories and subdirectories in computer systems such as UNIX and in World Wide Web addresses. Unfortunately, many people, assuming "backslash" is some sort of technical term for the regular slash, use the term incorrectly, which risks confusing those who know enough to distinguish between the two but not enough to realize that Web addresses never contain backslashes. Substituting one for the other makes the address inoperable.>>