Re: virus: Extrocranial Memes

Tim Rhodes (proftim@speakeasy.org)
Tue, 4 Aug 1998 00:50:59 -0700


Wade, who walks across rice paper without leaving a trace, asks:

>(And what am I missing re: the use of slashes (/) above? Whatever it is
>supposed to mean, it is at best, to me, confusing and looks massively
>incorrect. Is it some kind of emphasis? I thought the established
>emphasis, i.e. underline/italic convention was the '_' preceding and
>following the word or phrase. There is an established use of the slash
>already... Lotus-eater?)

*Xxxxx* = bold

_Xxxxx_ = underline

/Xxxxx/ = italic

-Prof. Tim