Re: ASCIIifying
| From: | Tristan McLeay <kesuari@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 7, 2003, 12:20 |
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taliesin the storyteller wrote:
>* Tristan McLeay said on 2003-05-07 12:16:36 +0200
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>>Yeah, but if we all use Microsoft operating chaoses, what difference
>>does it make?
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>"We" all don't, and when Win-1252 was first introduced, even fewer did,
>and there are non-software-upgradable *hardware* that croaks by an ill
>placed control-char. You know, the stuff that runs the internet backbone
>(well used to), your fridge, airplanes, medical equipment, tool-
>controllers (as in large plant/factory) etc. etc., the subset of the so-
>called 'invisible computers' that can handle text.. you'd be surprised
>how many of those still around that thinks ASCII==7-bit and obeys control-
>chars.
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Sorry, you missed the humor. I'm running Linux, and I certainly hope it
isn't a Microsoft operating system. Also, I doubt you're likely to send
an email to a fridge, aeroplane, medical equipment or whatever. But
mostly, I was arguing Microsoft's case.
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Tristan <kesuari@...>
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