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   jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com to Fred J. McCall   
   Re: The European Space Agency just unvei   
   14 Apr 16 22:30:45   
   
   XPost: sci.astro, sci.physics, sci.space.policy   
      
   In sci.physics Fred J. McCall  wrote:   
   > jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall  wrote:   
   >>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall  wrote:   
   >>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>In sci.physics Fred J. McCall  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> Doc O'Leary   wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>For your reference, records indicate that   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In sci.physics Doc O'Leary    
   wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Learn to use the ' key, your posts are basically unreadable in   
   an ASCII   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> newsreader.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>The default encoding on Usenet has been UTF-8 since 2006.  Don?t   
   blame me   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>if tin developers have sat on their hands for the last decade.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> You don't understand, Doc.  It's the world's fault that it   
   doesn't   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> conform to the chimp's expectations and limitations.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>You don't understand the difference between UTF-8 and escape   
   sequences.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> You don't understand the difference between only Jim is having a   
   >>>>>>>>>>> problem and someone else doing it wrong.  Everyone can read it just   
   >>>>>>>>>>> fine but you.  Where do you think the problem is?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>The problem is the poster putting escape sequences into what is   
   suupposed   
   >>>>>>>>>>to be ASCII text.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> I'd bet the problem is the chimp's newsreader or OS not being able to   
   >>>>>>>>> render a character correctly.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>Then you would be wrong as well as being incapable of reading.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>As I have now said many times, the posts contain escape sequences,   
   >>>>>>>>which is a SERIES of characters, not A character.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>The first 128 characters of Unicode correspond one-to-one with ASCII.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Jim, you are the only one seeing a problem.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>No, I am the only one mentioning it.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>Unless you have taken a poll of all USENET users, you don't know   
   >>>>>>what others see.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> So your premise is that everyone else hates you so much   
   >>>>   
   >>>>There go those voices in your head again.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> There go those intellectually dishonest editing of sentences again.   
   >>>   
   >>> Simple question, Jim.  Why are you the only one complaining?  Why is   
   >>> no one else commenting on seeing what you're seeing?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>Whan did you take the poll to determine what others see?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I don't need a poll to observe that no one else is complaining.   
      
   But you do to determine what others are seeing.   
      
      
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