In M$ Explorer at least // and \ don't matter, because good ol' M$ changes
\ typed in on the command line to //. And ! is commonly called bang (as in
"dollar bang" $! - to reboot a Unisys mainframe [ although this is not a
recommended technique for rebooting a Unisys mainframe, if you use this
technique make sure your resume is up to date ;')> ]. I have never heard
whack for , although I do remember hearing it used for the | a long time
ago (80's). But, you never know what you're gonna git when you crawl into a
hole with Windoze.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Kelsay [mailto:bkelsay@home.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 8:53 AM
> To: kclug@kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Whack whack
> 
> 
> RE: Whack whackI have heard the same odd sound coming from 
> the NT admin
> where I work.   It surprised me as much as hearing Ed Allen 
> say bang for
> !(exclamation point).  And I read that it doesn't matter if ;you use > or / .    I guess that is 
to allow for DOS and Unix users.
> 
> Brian Kelsay
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Margrave, Thomas
> To: 'kclug@kclug.org'
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 8:09 AM
> Subject: RE: Whack whack
> 
> To top off the whole story,  I ask what is "" and he replied "whack"
> and then I ask what is "/" and the response was a "whack".  I 
> ask how do
> you tell the difference between them and his reply was "They are the
> same and it does not matter between '/' and '' "
> 
> I thought this was too funny and had to  share with the group.
> >  "Margrave, Thomas" <TMargrave@starbase.com> writes:
> >  Ok those guru's that have been around have you ever heard of "whack
> whack"
> >  refer to as "\" (used in unc path).   I got this from an ex M$
> employee and
> >  I had never heard this before.  Am I just in a hole or what?
> >
> 
> 
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