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Ask Slashdot: Where's the Slashdot markup manual?

Submitted by LeadSongDog
LeadSongDog writes "After all these years, the FAQ on /. still doesn't tell a submitter how to encode a link so that it appears the way one expects, as underlined or coloured text rather than as a naked URL. So where's the markup manual? Sooner or later, somenerd is going to want to read it..."

Comment: Re:Not all airships used hydrogen (Score 1) 377

by LeadSongDog (#40183467) Attached to: Worst Design Ever? Plastic Clamshell Packaging
Right, because a burning gas which floats quickly upward is SO much more dangerous than a burning liquid which pools underfoot. The lesson from the Hindenburg should have been that "most passengers survived, let's figure out how to up the number." Instead they went to gasoline powered bits of linen and balsa wood in a quest for safety. Twits!

Comment: Re:Brick and Mortar won't last (Score 1) 377

by LeadSongDog (#40183361) Attached to: Worst Design Ever? Plastic Clamshell Packaging

The receipt check as you leave isn't even because they think the customers are thieves. They treat you like a criminal because they believe their own employees are thieves.

More like because they know their own employees are thieves. They just don't know which ones. Of course, they were honest when hired, but employees won't always stay honest if employers get them sufficiently PO'd .

Comment: Re:OP has the wrong premise (Score 1) 142

Ok, I can reason by analogy too, if you want. When you want to design an build a house, you don't start out by designing and building a car to park in the garage. If you actually wanted to make a touch-screen interface for its own sake, you would want it somewhere you could show it off (like your pocket), not hidden in your furnace room.

Comment: Improved clamshell (Score 1) 1

by LeadSongDog (#40180231) Attached to: Worst Design Ever? Plastic Clamshell Packaging
There's a variation on the clamshell that has a one-time tearopen pre-perforated in back. Saw it on a universal car charger/flashlight that I bought recently. Because it makes a lot of noise when opened, it helps with pilferage control. Its easy opening solves the frustration without doing a damn thing about the waste. I make a point of opening these things at the cash and leaving the packaging behind. Sorry if you have to wait in line behind me, but stores have to learn somehow.

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