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From: george@hyper.lap.upenn.edu (George Zipperlen)
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Subject: Re: spatial reference in natural language
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Date: 29 Dec 87 19:56:01 GMT
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In article <1987Dec17.211611.2262@sq.uucp> msb@sq.UUCP (Mark Brader) writes:

> On a related topic, it may be pointed out that the terms "scroll up" and
> "scroll down" -- or the equivalent with arrows -- should never be used.
> Is the text moving up/down on the screen, or is the window moving up/down
> in the document?  People disagree.  Better to use "forward" or "back".

In a similar vein:  "uploading" and "downloading". I've never been able to 
get these straight.  My intuition is to make an analogy with upriver and
downriver - the larger machine being closer to the sea (-:)
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