Settle This Debate

[SexyGreyFox]

So what is a backslash and what is a forward slash?
Yes I do know but it seems my IT department don't.

Type ad backslash and your username then put your password in
Done that not working
You did do the ad backslash?
Yes
You used the one by the question mark?
No that's the forward slash
That's the backslash
I think you'll find that's the forward slash by the question mark
(muttering in the background then new IT man)
You need to type ad backslash the one by the question mark
No the backslash is next to Z

and so on .........

 

[ColdAsIce]

You are wrong.

 

[cainer]

Backslash \
Forward slash /

That's how it's always been to me

 

[MissChief]

Back slash is \ because it's falling back

Forward slash is / because it's falling forward.

 

[Blackbadger]

Forward slash / (on question mark key righthand side of keyboard)
Backslash \ (on lefthand side of keyboard next to shift)

 

[SexyGreyFox]

You are wrong.

Do you want a rethink?

How to Use Slashes in Writing

There are two types of slashes: a backslash (\) and a forward slash (/). The backslash is used only…

www.grammarly.com

 

[mrk]

There is anoher meaning to the slashes too in actual reality. Forward slash is taking a pee, and backward slash is after curry night

 

[ColdAsIce]

Triggered XD

 

[Scort]

Snip

Sounds about the calibre of NHS IT to me.

You are of course correct - anyone who's worked in IT, or had an interesting in computers, over the last 30 years or so knows it's "sea colon backslash" (C:\).

Not sure where these nutters have come from, who get them arse-about-face

 

[fez]

Go find these idiots. Ask them to lean back and then slap them in the face when their face comes close enough...

This isn't a debate. They are wrong.

 

[BigT]

The right answer has been stated multiple times. What bothers me is that if I were in the IT department I wouldn't describe the character by its location on the keyboard. A backslash on a macbook inbuilt keyboard is in a very different place to that on a bog standard Windows desktop keyboard for example.

 

[mrk]

Sounds about the calibre of NHS IT to me.

You are of course correct - anyone who's worked in IT, or had an interesting in computers, over the last 30 years or so knows it's "sea colon backslash" (C:\).

Not sure where these nutters have come from, who get them arse-about-face

They're probably non-binary








ooooh

 

[Diddums]

I hereby declare this debate settled.

 

[Scort]

The right answer has been stated multiple times. What bothers me is that if I were in the IT department I wouldn't describe the character by its location on the keyboard. A backslash on a macbook inbuilt keyboard is in a very different place to that on a bog standard Windows desktop keyboard for example.

Yeah, but nobody in their right mind, would be using a Macbook for anything other than colouring in

 

[413x]

If enough people join the thread... Will it be a mass debate?

 

[FuZZuk]

Slash also means have a wee - in which case forward is better.

 

[Rroff]

If enough people join the thread... Will it be a mass debate?

A hard question to answer.

 

[uber soldat]

If enough people join the thread... Will it be a mass debate?

They've clearly done too much of that already if they can't tell the difference between a forward slash and a back slash.

 

[slinxy]

type username@ad....
debated ended

Don't get to me about helpdesk.. I spend most of my days trying to educate them to do their job correctly.

I called the penisons number to ask a question, the girl just re-read the text that I've just read out loud...
me:... ermm that's not the question, the question is.... (thinking why would I call if I already read the answer)
girl: Oh, the only infomation we have is this page (the same one that I read)... you need to send an email

Got the email back today and the guy as re-arranged the words of my opening statement describing the scenerio as the answer.

...

That was just one of my interactions with three different helpdesk..

 

[SexyGreyFox]

The right answer has been stated multiple times. What bothers me is that if I were in the IT department I wouldn't describe the character by its location on the keyboard. A backslash on a macbook inbuilt keyboard is in a very different place to that on a bog standard Windows desktop keyboard for example.

NHS, we all have PCs, I've never seen a Mac at our hospital.

type username@ad....
debated ended

Best of it I didn't need the ad backslash, it worked without it but wouldn't work with it