> And from the 70's onward I often felt a twinge
of pity whenever I saw
> References to the ASC2 character set. 
  Or worse yet, going full circle, "asskey
two". 
Typical usage of that from the 70's onward: "You're still using asskey?
We're using asskey-2. You should upgrade."
Tim "Excessive force in the apprehension of abused acronyms has been approved"
Shoppa.