Originally Posted By friendofdd As has been pointed out, that "~" thing is called a "tilde". Walt Whitman was one of the most avid advocates of it's usage. Until his death he devoted untold hours making others aware of it's potential. So today, as I use that little button on the upper left of my keyboard,~~~~~~ I often feel like Walt's in my tilde.
Originally Posted By Tinkeroon Isn't that what they use in spanish. Like over the n's as in manana. Only my computer isn't set up to put it over the n so it looks like banana with an M.
Originally Posted By tiki tiki tiki tiki Yes, that little wiggley thing is what we use on top of our ns but we have a key on our keyboards that types it all out at once like this: ñ. BUT, we lack the little wiggley thing key all by itself which I have desperately been searching for on my keyboard for months totally convinced that I just wasn´t SEEING it!
Originally Posted By DlandDug Friendofdd, I think you have to be Australian to truly groan at this one...
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 That's pretty terrible...but I laughed all the same. What IS that thing for, anyway? I understand it on top of the n, but what's its use when its alone?
Originally Posted By alexbook In logic, "~" means "not". Various programming languages use it for other purposes.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 Alex, you can always be depended on for answers on stuff like this. Grammer and whatnot. Thanks.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>Friendofdd, I think you have to be Australian to truly groan at this one...<< I certainly did ... LOL!
Originally Posted By disneydad109 I really did not think that that was the thing you were talking about,I am very sorry FoDD , I misunderstood the meaning.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Man, this was NOT what I was expecting when I opened this thread up~~~~way to go, Walt! *sigh*
Originally Posted By Lady Starlight Walks in and pinches her nose closed.. P.U. somethin stinks in here.
