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Romper, stomper, bomper boo. Magic Mirror tell me true. In
misc.writing I see little Towse <self@xxxxxxxxx> saying:


<snip>

Slashes?

Why not square brackets?

Just more cool, or is it some techie reason?



--
gekko

They say time is the fire in which we burn. - Dr. Tolian Soran, Star
Trek: Generations
.

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