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Hey Nick!

 > Are the transfusions for blood loss, or that it's not getting
 > filtered properly?

That depends on who you talk to.  I am guessing that it is a filtering problem
but the powers that be have been focussing on blood loss saving the worst for
last.

 > I take it they've already looked at your liver and kidneys?

For sure.  They all show up as 'good to go', including lungs and heart, which
seems odd to me but I am not complaining.  However it would be good to know
what the actual problem is and that there is a fix for it.  Blood loss from
bleeding should be fixable but a blood disorder might not be.

Anyhow that is my story and I am sticking to it ... for now.

 > some system files are required to use UTF-8 and do not require a
 > Byte Order Mark.

UTF-8 doesn't require a BOM since it is exactly the same for both little and
big endian systems thanks to what I call the masterbyte (leading byte).  The
same isn't true for UTF-16 and UTF-32.

 > Seems as though they had slapped in a workaround back in 2005-ish

That is probably when they discovered that everything they knew was wrong. 
:::evil grin:::

Life is good,
Maurice

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