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mr_vile | 4 years ago

I know a couple of people that went out of their way to have the yen backslash on their PC. It certainly is charming in a way. Kind of like how email addresses used to be written like:

eddie!STONY-BROOK.SCRC.Symbolics.COM!CStacy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU

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mr_vile|4 years ago

For anyone that doesn't know, the ! is for UUCP routing.

LeoPanthera|4 years ago

And is known as a Bang Path: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP#Bang_path

notreallyserio|4 years ago

I remember using bang paths to send myself email via several different networks. I felt like such a Hackerman.