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HEY!
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| CrayonX |
posted 05-14-99 06:57 PM ET 
If you put your message between the greater than and less than signs (Ie << and >>) Then you lose the message!!! It's the howlers, I tell you! Howlers! | ||||||||||||||
| The One And Only DarkStar |
posted 05-14-99 07:00 PM ET
Wow..I can see hundreds of applications for this... << wtf >> hmmm | ||||||||||||||
| The One And Only DarkStar |
posted 05-14-99 07:01 PM ET
i did well to say hmmmm cause obviously it doesnt work... | ||||||||||||||
| jig |
posted 05-14-99 10:49 PM ET
It's because HTML is turned on. | ||||||||||||||
| Ser_Olmy |
posted 05-15-99 03:46 AM ET
wow >>hello<< | ||||||||||||||
| Ser_Olmy |
posted 05-15-99 03:47 AM ET
it doesn't work :^( | ||||||||||||||
| Hugo Rune |
posted 05-15-99 07:11 AM ET
What you do is- you type, say, >hello<. Here I've used the special codes, so don't get confused. You can type that in straight, and it will dissapear. | ||||||||||||||
| Hugo Rune |
posted 05-15-99 07:12 AM ET
I ment <hello>, of course. | ||||||||||||||
| CrayonX |
posted 05-17-99 05:41 PM ET
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| CrayonX |
posted 05-17-99 05:42 PM ET
Hey, it did it again! I still say it's the howlers. | ||||||||||||||
| Roland |
posted 05-18-99 03:04 AM ET
Help you ? How ? Maybe this: | ||||||||||||||
| Octopus |
posted 05-18-99 03:19 AM ET
I can't tell if people aren't understanding what is going on, or what, but here is the "problem": This forum allows you to post HTML tags in your text. An HTML tag is of the form <tag>. What happens when you enclose some text between the < and > symbols is that the text in the middle is interpreted as an HTML tag by your browser. Now, in most cases the text you have is not well-formed HTML (i.e. your text isn't a real HTML tag), so it doesn't have any effect. The stuff you've typed is showing up, though. Use your browser's "view source" feature and see for yourself. For example, in his post of 05-17-99 05:41 PM ET, CrayonX tried to post <<helpme>>. The HTML interpretation is what causes this to happen when I type <i>this to happen</i> in when I am posting. HTML is easy to learn. HTML is also easy to abuse -- just look at some of the HTML threads that have sprung up recently. | ||||||||||||||
| Roland |
posted 05-18-99 03:40 AM ET
Amen, Brother Octopus!  | ||||||||||||||
| CrayonX |
posted 05-18-99 01:33 PM ET
I'm using IE and I can't seem to locate the "view source" option. (Geez I should know this stuff, I've been programming for 10 years!)  | ||||||||||||||
| Octopus |
posted 05-18-99 03:19 PM ET
In the View menu, select: Source (this is IE 3.0, I don't know if they've changed it since...). You can also get it by right clicking to get the pop-up menu. | ||||||||||||||
| CrayonX |
posted 05-19-99 03:34 PM ET
Got it! Duh!  | ||||||||||||||
| Cameleon |
posted 05-21-99 09:14 AM ET
This also allows you to bypass censoring, like this: fu I sure hope this works, otherwise I'll have to post in the 'post here if you are a moron' thread | ||||||||||||||
| GaryD |
posted 05-21-99 09:21 AM ET
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GaryD
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posted 05-21-99 09:30 AM ET
This is a test
GaryD
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posted 05-21-99 09:32 AM ET
This is another test
GaryD
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posted 05-21-99 09:35 AM ET
Oh I don�t know I must get a book on this stuff
Stasis Archon
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posted 05-21-99 09:36 AM ET
Testing... >hello<
Stasis Archon
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posted 05-21-99 09:37 AM ET
Hmm...
Stasis Archon
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posted 05-21-99 09:38 AM ET
It worked 
Cameleon
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posted 05-21-99 09:41 AM ET
kewl |
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