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   Fred J. McCall to jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com   
   Re: The European Space Agency just unvei   
   14 Apr 16 16:56:02   
   
   XPost: sci.astro, sci.physics, sci.space.policy   
   From: fjmccall@gmail.com   
      
   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:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> > I really can?t be bothered to figure out the messes you get   
   yourself   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> > into.  You?ll have to pay me if you want me to do your tech   
   support.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> > :-)   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> >   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Unreadable and it is not a utf-8 issue.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>[rest of support request snipped]   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>Have you sent me a check?  If so, you?re going to have to wait   
   until I   
   >>>>>>>>>>>can cash it.  If not, take your 1980s tech woes elsewhere.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Jim, do you have SUNWicu/SUNWicux installed and running?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>If you are talking to me, of course, however the problem is NOT   
   character   
   >>>>>>>>>encoding nor is it Solaris specific.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>The posts contain escape sequences.   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Jim, you are apparently the only one seeing that.  Where does that   
   >>>>>>>> tell you about the mostly likely source of the problem?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>Nope, I'm the only one talking about it.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> So everyone hates you   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>Voices in your head again.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nope.  Voices in YOUR head, apparently.  Why are you the only one   
   >>>> complaining, Jim?   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>You mean why am I pointing it out?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> No, I mean why do you think no one else is.   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>Well, primarily because the posts were responses to me.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Usenet ain't email, Jim.   
   >   
   >No shit, space cadet?   
   >   
      
   Yeah, no shit, chimp.  I only mentioned it because you seemed unaware,   
   what with your "the posts were response to me" comment.   
      
   >>  And it's interesting that you didn't bring   
   >> it up until you'd lost your disagreement with him on the issues, don't   
   >> you think?   
   >   
   >Nonsense; the very first thing I said was he had a character sequence   
   >instead of the character for a single quote.   
   >   
      
   But you're still ducking the real question, chimp.  Why hasn't anyone   
   else mentioned it?   
      
   >   
   >>>   
   >>>Why do you care so much about it?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Because I think it makes a very fine example of how you think.   
   >>   
   >   
   >You mean it is a chance to be a school yard bully.   
   >   
      
   Awwww, is poor Jimp the Chimp feeling picked on NOW?  Perhaps he   
   should learn to keep a civil tongue in his head to avoid that?   
      
   But he won't.  He's not capable of it.   
      
      
   --   
   "Ordinarily he is insane. But he has lucid moments when he is   
    only stupid."   
                               -- Heinrich Heine   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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