diveintomark rssfeedsspamassassintaintorg url httpdiveintomarkorgarchives20021004htmlhistory_of_the_tilde date 20021004t0027410500 researching history tilde told company installed new web proxy denies access url tilde presumably presence tilde indicates remarkable accuracy personal site apparently employer believes reading personal sites appropriate use company time honest probably accurate given nature work never mind dont want talk corporate politics want talk tilde every commandlineloving geek tell stands 8220home directory8221 cd take home directory cd username take someone elses except mac os x take public file sharing directory heritage trace presentday practice using tildes urls denote personal pages since one single systemwide configuration allowed individual users web sites storing files home directory commonly apache taken world public_html subdirectory except mac os x turn web sharing point browser httplocalhostusername youre actually served files users sites directory within home directory dont want talk mac os x want talk tilde many things find jukka korpela1 expert field jukka doubt member karass2 word google old habits die hard3 feels best explained personal site eugene wallingford like jukkas home page referenced without tilde fact jukka written lengthy treatise tilde used urls4 treatise feel obliged point contains tilde url clearly tilde underappreciated digging find post jukkas 19985 learn tilde meant tilde rather odd character called overline presumably balance underline indeed sorts things require balance balance universe sure less sure eminates keyboard matter tilde tilde spanishtyping types could type ntilde referenced html named entity ntilde somewhere along line morphed generalpurpose character sorts geeky uses digging even appears tilde originally alternate 6 alternate life overline replacement came even later jukka confirms this7 adds timeline 1963 1964 1966 overline june 30 1966 watershed moment x3 committee meeting proposed 8220as exclusively tilde usa appease share8221 find reference acronym means committee meeting next reference isnt 1991 tilde officially added iso6468 rabbit hole go scouring usenet kids yesterday called 8220deja news8221 kids today call 8220google groups8221 find reprint 1991 william safire yes _that_ william safire article language9 learn officially pronounced 8220squiggle8221 confirmed jargon dictionary 10 day im sure useful thought cool see william safire writing proper pronunciation various ascii characters early august 1990 tilde included waka waka bang splat poem 11 july 1989 kermit gained support filenames containing tilde12 february 1988 editors note otherwise unrelated article notes fidonet supported ascii characters space tilde13 early january 1987 less used tilde denote lines past eof14 early july 1986 troff supported tilde15 november 1985 modsources post refers bourne shell enhancements historytildejob control16 early january 1984 tilde included dec keyboard17 listed apl11 character set18 april 1983 tilde causing bugs vi19 actually due underlying bugs csh december 1982 officially pronounced 8220tilde822120 prompting typographical pun21 thats earliest reference find leave us unsatisfied doubt history gaps happened watershed meeting 1966 tilde rise prominence 1980s become synonym 8220home directory8221 migrate world web servers provide cheap simple way giving individual users web sites dont know lateness hour prevents continuing research failing apologize profusely goodnight goodnight may dream tildes stars whorls 1 httpwwwcstutfijkorpela 2 httpwwwcsunieduwallingfpersonalbokononhtmlwords 3 httpdiveintomarkorgarchives20021003htmlwhen_an_engineer_flaps_his_wings 4 httpwwwcstutfijkorpelatildehtml 5 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselm3627ac956609951940newscshutfi 6 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselman_600051281 7 httpwwwcstutfijkorpelalatin1asciihisthtml7e 8 httpczyborracomcharsetsiso646html 9 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselm735627391aa0202740clonehiscom 10 httpinfoastriannetjargontermsaasciihtml 11 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselm1459540shlumpnacdeccom 12 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselmcmm088616446576cmg40watsuncccolumbiaedu 13 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselm403640hoptoaduucp 14 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselm66940kodakuucp 15 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselm319740jhunixuucp 16 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselm242840calasdflukeuucp 17 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselm77840brlbmduucp 18 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselm240540decwrluucp 19 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselmbnewsucfcs904 20 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselmbnewsucbcad162 21 httpgroupsgooglecomgroupsselmbnewshppcd546 fri 04 oct 2002 080003 0000 history tilde