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Re: OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum

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In article <CE79E90E.A2472%ghost_topper@hotmail.com>, George Kerby
<ghost_topper@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/7/13 2:45 PM, in article
> 52530f5c$0$51490$c3e8da3$eb767761@news.astraweb.com, "JF Mezei"
> <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> > On 13-10-07 15:18, nospam wrote:
> >> In article <5253053c$0$19024$c3e8da3$cc4fe22d@news.astraweb.com>, JF
> >> Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Bill Atkinson tweeted this today:
> >>> 
> >>> https://twitter.com/billatk/status/19089270524
> >> 
> >> look at the date. it was july, 2010.
> > 
> > Wow, I didn't spot that. Must be the longest living tweet out there !
> > Someone retweeted it today and I got a copy.
> 
> That is one of the reasons I don't "tweet", but I "toot" a lot, my wife
> tells me...
> 
> BTW: Just WHEN did the 'pound' symbol become "hashtag", or "hash-tag"?!?

The # symbol has a few different names, one of the more common ones has
always been the hash symbol.

By a strange coincedence, on Australian keyboards the # symbol is
obtained by pressing Shift 3, while the £ (UK pound sterling) symbol is
obtained by pressing Option 3.

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OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-07 15:02 -0400
  Re: OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2013-10-07 15:18 -0400
    Re: OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-07 15:45 -0400
      Re: OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2013-10-07 14:32 -0700
      Re: OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-10-08 16:53 -0500
        Re: OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-10-08 19:01 -0400
          Re: OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-08 16:34 -0700
          Re: OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2013-10-10 16:56 +0200
        Re: OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-10-09 13:30 +1300
          Re: OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2013-10-09 07:43 -0500
            Re: OT: Apple donates Quickdraw and MacPaint to Conputer museum Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2013-10-09 07:43 -0700

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