On Sat, 15 May 1999, Alex Zepeda wrote: > On Sun, 16 May 1999, Uwe Thiem wrote: > > > A very simple example: > > To most people in Europe and living in cultures derived from Europe, > > a line from the bottom left corner to the upper right corner means > > "up". That's because in these cultures one reads from left to right. > > > > In cultures where you read from right to left, it means "down". > > It does? Hmm. If you put an arrow head on it, then unless up means > down.... I suppose it would mean "backwards" then :-) Imagine yourself a arrow going from right+down to left+up. ("\''/").__..-''"`-. . Roberto Alsina `9_ 9 ) `-. ( ).`-._.`) ralsina@unl.edu.ar (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._`. " -.-' Centro de Telematica _..`-'_..-_/ /-'_.' Universidad Nacional del Litoral (l)-'' ((i).' ((!.' Santa Fe - Argentina KDE Developer (MFCH) An opinion you can't give reasons for is not an opinion worth having (I)