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   Fred J. McCall to jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com   
   Re: The European Space Agency just unvei   
   14 Apr 16 19:21:54   
   
   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:   
   >>>>>>>>>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Go back and reread the question, then stop dodging.  I asked you WHY   
   >> ARE YOU THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING and WHY IS NO ONE ELSE COMMENT ON   
   >> SEEING WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.   
   >   
   >Why are you going on and on and on and on and on about something that   
   >has absolutely nothing to do with you?   
   >   
      
   Because RFI compliance matters?  Why are you?   
      
      
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