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by penguinsrule

You know ? He lost his hair
well he got in a fight with a great big bear
you that bear he don't fight fair
he sprayed some nair into ?'s hair

This is an absolutely silly question...

by carollong

simple: this is a question which translated means "what is ??"
Answer: this is a command used on an old command line application like an editor. Obviously an example of the good old CUI days. The first ? takes you to the Help menu, the second lists the help topics available.

Fun but factual!
;-)

by john.m1

The Real Answer is "Mornington Crescent" but you would need to be in England and listen to BBC Radio 4 to understand this.

they say that picking at an imaginary "thread" is a sign of madness, so what have we all been doing?

oh no! it's anotherone of those ? things.

by carollong

Anyone remember command line editors?
? started the help screens
?x would give speciffic help about command x
so...
?? gives help about help

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