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Re: Fixed! ($Here's the Deal$)
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 7 Aug 2002 13:39:21 GMT
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"Richard Noeckel" <SHroud_of_kung_fu@hotmail.com> writes:
> > > In lugnet.general, Richard Noeckel writes:
[I've manually translated the special characters to what I see.]
> And It \222s not my mess.
Yes, it is your mess. You *know* you are making postings that show up bad
for many readers, and yet you choose to continue to post that way.
> (Oh, like I should be held accountable for the few individuals
> who use a program that\222s limited in it\222s character recognition!)
Its called "standards". Stick to ASCII text and more people will actually
read your postings. To me, all of your fancy characters show up as a
backslash followed by the 3-digit octal value of the character. Frankly,
your posts are so ugly to me that I generally skip them, regardless of
whether I'm reading the general thread or not.
> It\222s just that plain text is sooooo boring!
> (Yes, I'm aware that it\222s the content that counts.)
> BUT,
> A nicely formulated post with a few snazzy
> characters can only enhance the overall letter IMHO.
What is nice and what is not is quite a lot in the mind of the reader. You
may think its snazzy. Many others may think its ugly and stupid.
This isn't meant as a personal insult, but it seems to me that your
attitude is very "Microsoft": you don't care about anyone using other
tools, or about existing standards - you just want to do your own thing,
adding tiny things that look a little bit cute to folks using your tool set.
--
Experience should guide us, not rule us.
Chris Gray cg@ami-cg.GraySage.COM
http://www.GraySage.COM/cg/
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| [snip] I'm just stepping in here as a friendly reminder that jabs at others tend to result in unwanted arguments which can quickly get out of control. I believe you've each made your feelings known on the typography issue. Perhaps it'd be wise to (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) Why should they!?! I never said anybody ‘should!’ I jus’ said that I'd be grateful if they corrected the malady…that’s all. (...) So it isn’t like I'm submitting faulty text! Somewhere down the line someone processes it, in Word or another (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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