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   jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com to Fred J. McCall   
   Re: The European Space Agency just unvei   
   15 Apr 16 21:39:54   
   
   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:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> 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?   
      
   Chuckle.   
      
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   Jim Pennino   
      
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