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(...) not to mention that Hebrew isn't on that list! where did you get it from?!? :) (or I might be blind, it's early) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, you could include a standard quote at the bottom, similar to the one at on slashdot: (URL) Don't complain about lack of options. You've got to pick a few when you do multiple choice. Those are the breaks. * Feel free to suggest poll (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Let me preface this by saying that the polling mechanism just introduced, while it has some bumps (some of which have already been fixed, like the ability to keep a poll result anonymous, e.g. the CLSotW poll results are now anonymous so everyone go (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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I'm not sure where to post this problem report so I'll send it here. Hopefully this is close to the right place. :) Anyway, just a heads up that when trying to access the ballot pages for some (but not all polls) I get the following error message: (...) (22 years ago, 14-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Use (URL) in Communicator, search on any set. Click on the pic to bring up the fullsize version of the Set Guide, you get a 430 Not Found. Looking at the source for 4558: <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0><TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT> <A (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yep! If I use one of the machines in our house and switch the Russian localisation on (we actually have one that has it installed, we installed it for Yulia when she first got here and was sending a lot of notes back home in Cyrillic), and (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) One reason to use Word instead of Notepad is spell checking. The choice of font has nothing to do with the character codes, and does not affect the keyboard character map. Even if you compose the message entirely using the newsreader or the (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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This is skating dangerously close to LUGNET's policy on profanity... (...) (22 years ago, 12-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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FYI: I'm about to leave SC for MA, where my access to, and time for, LUGNET will be limited. I'll be back in exactly one week. You can still send concerns to admin@lugnet.com and one of us will help you. -Suz (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Cary Clark wrote: <SNIPPER!> (...) Actually, it is somewhat simple. Unless Richard uses a totally bizarre System Font, all he needs to do is compose in Notepad instead of Word (honestly, who would waste the overhead of Word on NG posts when any (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Could we use these to denote which message has a reply? Scott A (22 years ago, 8-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.admin.general, Suzanne D. Rich writes: ... (...) I should know better, but I can't help jumping in on this. I've written a fair amount of code that deals with character sets, so I understand the technical issue in detail. Chris Gray is (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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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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(...) [I've manually translated the special characters to what I see.] (...) 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. (...) Its called "standards". (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Thanks for the clarification... (...) Well if they go to the same place, is having them there (when there's no tree structure for them to be involved in) just a decorative thing, or do you envision lists of things where some of the items in the list (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) They should have been there all along -- I just added them a couple days ago when I noticed that they were missing, while coding the new spotlight headline mode display listing. (...) No, they go to the same place -- just like a "Brief" (...) (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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(...) Why? That is, why should they? (...) It's not random, it's when the post is reposted by someone that doesn't have access to all the wonky characters you use. Personally, I think it's a bit of an affectation and I don't think you should expect (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Is it just me, or have the little hollow squares that denote nodes in the thread tree just started appearing on the title only lists of posts that you get from the traffic page (URL) (for example) Or have they been there all along? Are they supposed (...) (22 years ago, 7-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I, of course, agree. :-) (...) Doh! That's odd.. I'd -swear- I removed that line a week or two ago. hmm.. [snip ideas] (...) :-) the reason I meant to delete that particular wanted position is, I found a volunteer! He will work on entries and (...) (22 years ago, 2-Aug-02, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
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