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

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



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