Jeff G. wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jose Marquez" <jhereg69 at earthlink.net> >To: "Dragaera" <dragaera at dragaera.info> >Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:25 AM >Subject: Re: evolution in language: OT.now on topic > >> Thanks, Mark; that had been bugging me for a long time now. An amusing >> aside, in Spanish, tilde is the accent mark that goes over a vowel to >> indicate emphasis, which is why when I first learned of the tilde key on >> an American layout keyboard, I was greatly confused. How am I supposed >> to cheat in Doom and Quake if I can't find this tilde key?! >> >> Jose >> > >Doom: >IDKFA > >Quake: >~ >IMPULSE 9 >IMPULSE 255 > Actually, my favorite is in Team Fortress Quake: temp1 1024. Nothing was more entertaining than grappling to the "sky" and sniping down, getting fragged and switching to Medic, and then poisoning enemies in suicide axe attacks... *sigh* The good ol' days. So the language in this thread has really evolved, eh? Jose -- Jose Marquez | There are 10 types of people in jhereg69 at earthlink.net | the world: those who understand http://www.hackwater.com | binary, and those who don't. -- Jose Marquez jhereg69 at earthlink.net http://www.hackwater.com